Sticky Sliding Door Maintenance
Is your sliding door sticking, grinding, or generally difficult to open? This issue can often be resolved with relatively simple maintenance that homeowners can perform themselves. Sliding doors need to be maintained in order [...]
How to Change a Swimming Pool Light
Swimming pool lights are important safety features that increase a swimmer’s visibility at night and help observers to locate swimmers. Locating swimmers during an emergency, such as drowning, is imperative and pool lights can [...]
Asphalt Shingle Bonding
An effective and relatively low-cost roofing option, asphalt shingles are one of the most common types of roofing material used on steep slope roofs. When properly installed and maintained, asphalt shingles can last between [...]
What is a self-piercing saddle valve? Why should they be avoided?
Did you know that many well-known home improvement retailers may sell certain types of equipment, parts, or building materials that are not actually allowed to be installed in homes? One type of plumbing connection [...]
How to Replace a Toilet
Do you live in a house built before 1994? If so, you may be flushing down more water than you think every time you use the toilet. If you are someone that pays water [...]
Cleaning the Gutter and Downspout System
In the Pacific Northwest, keeping water away from the home structure is of the upmost importance. With an average of over 42 inches of rainfall in the Portland/Vancouver Metro Area, your gutter and downspout [...]