Clean Your Ducts

Over years heating and air conditioning ducts will fill up with debris. Some of it consists of dusts, but it is also common to find other things that have made their way into a home’s heating system via the vents. This is especially true when you do a home...

Getting Rid Of Old Insulation

I did a recent post on foam insulation. To put that insulation down we had to remove the customer’s old inferior insulation. I thought it may be interesting to see how that is done. See the photos below. Here you see the original insulation. Below the blow-in...

Updating A Staircase

I recently did a major renovation for a home. The home was built in the 1990s, and its style reflected that period. Beyond major updates, like the kitchen, I also upgraded quite a few other areas of the home. One of those was the staircase to the second level. The...

What’s Your “R?”

A customer was having significant problems with their roof. Ice dams were forming in the winter, and there was also signifiant condensation issues. A home produces a lot of moisture which finds its way into the attic. The attic was poorly insulated which caused...

From Flood Destroyed To Fabulous

A number of months ago I was contracted to restore a house that had major flood damage on all three levels of the residence. A second floor toilet leaked when the owners were on vacation, and this simple problem completely ruined much of the second, first, and lower...