The more I inspect, the more I respect the challenge of constructing a home. Products, codes and best practices are constantly changing....

Washington's Building Museum has a feature called LAWN. Built on scaffolding is a turf hill with hammocks and corn hole games. On a...

Just like you can't use your deck in the summer without a 9 foot umbrella, you don't want bugs entering as you go inside repeatedly to...

Ok, this is a picture of a polar bear in a snowstorm! NOT! This is the kind of board you want to replace those rotten trim boards on...

Door to lovely rooftop deck had interior hinges installed. They are rusting and the pins can be knocked out easily and the door removed...

New Xcluder product to fill gaps and holes. Says it won't rust. Comes in door sweeps too. #exterior #pests

Just takes a very simple tool: Click on image for link. #exterior #maintenance

93,000,000 miles a way, a billionth of it's energy hitting the day side of earth, and yet it's mere glancing reflection off a window can...

Give up on those ugly, plastic dryer vents, that clog easily and rats can chew through (Yes it happened to me... rats died in bathroom...

This photo shows security film on a bathroom window. Before the invention of the film the glass within 18 inches of the floor, or over...

Just need a spline tool and utility knife. Click on image for video. For pet screen click here. #remodel #exterior #maintenance

The plastic ones don't do your older home justice and they are too short for your vintage windows...wooden replacement ones are available...

House wash--gets rid of mold and algae! Wear goggles! Wear old clothes! Just attach it to your garden hose. When empty simply refill...

Sorry, not that much fun! Belly board is used as trim at the bottom of siding and Z-bar is the flashing above it. In the photo above...

Those vertical gaps between bricks where there is no mortar let the wall breathe. They're called weep holes but mice and other critters...

This foam cladding system ran into serious problems before drainage was accommodated. Ask what kind is on your house! Click on image...

Think peanut brittle you can walk on! Click on image for a how-to on coating your worn concrete stairs and patios with a slip and...