Does Your Basement Have A Nasty Odor
Last week I was called in to do a home repair job. The client had asked me to hang a curtain rod, fix a lock and some other small repairs. While I was in the middle of working I tripped the circuit breaker and had to go down to the basement to fix it. While I was down there, I noticed that the basement had a terrible smell. It smelled damp and while lurking around I noticed that the smell was becoming worse. I asked myself, what was causing the smell until I noticed the mold on the inside of the closet that contained the circuit breaker panel. Many basements have this same exact problem - a bad odor caused by dampness. Although the underlying problem is caused by mold and m

Hooked On Houses
Being an online handyman is all about the things that need doing around the house.  And since I am around houses so much online as well as off, I am very much drawn by the house blogs. One blog in particular that that I read on a daily basis and know that my readers would enjoy as well is http://hookedonhouses.net Julia features a different house every day and does a beautiful job of displaying it with pictures.  Today she is visiting Mel Gibson’s Tudor Style mansion in Greenwich.&

Ever Wish That Your Home Could Look Just Painted Without The Hassel Of Actually Painting It?
The other day while we were working at a customer’s house I happened to notice that there was someone in the next room cleaning walls.  In fact, the walls of the room that we were working in looked pretty good to.  Then I took a peek in a third room and could see that it just didn’t have the same look and feel.  What was the difference? Because the homeowner was looking to do a thorough cleaning job and not spend a fortune, instead of painting the walls they decided to clean them.  And while there is a common misconception that the only thing that can be

Does it RAIN In Your Living Room Too?
Last week one night, it may have been Thursday when I fell asleep on the sofa only to be woken up by the rain.  Considering all of the rain that we have been having lately it should not have woken me up except for the fact that I was not just hearing the rain I was actually getting wet.  Since I had never gotten wet from the rain inside of the house before, I immediately jumped up.  It was like I was outdoors only that was not the case - it was raining in the living room. Right away I noticed that one area of the room was getting wetter than others so I placed a pail there hoping to catch as much of the water as possible.  The remaining area where water was com

Considering Installing A Tile Back Splash? It’s Easier Than You Think
A tile back splash in a kitchen is truly elegant.  The luxuriousness of tile can make the difference between an ordinary kitchen and a spectacular one. And a tile back splash is so easy to maintain, just take a rag and wipe it down.  So a while back when a friend of mine was giving his house a makeover one of the things on his “to do” list was to tile the back splash in the kitchen.Since Bob is not as experienced with home improvement as I am, but wanted to do the job himself he asked me if I could give him a hand, just to make sure that he was doing the job right.  Being a handyman that really enjoys working with