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HomeAdvisor Studies State of America’s Home Spending
Americans are re-investing in their American Dreams. That’s the terrific headline of HomeAdvisor’s 2018 State of Home Spending report. “2018 was a robust year for consumer spending on home services, with average total spending of $9,081,” HomeAdvisor reported in its key finding of the survey. Other notable numbers in HA’s 2018 State of Home Spending […]
Avoid Homeowners’ 5 Most Common Summer Mistakes
Remember, There’s No Weather Offseason In Iowa Through snow, wind, rain and more rain, we endured to reach the Promised Land. After a spring only a fish could love, weather-weary Iowans have finally reached sweet summertime. While our only weekend thoughts may naturally be to cue up the stereo, fire up the barbecue, crack open […]
May Is National Deck Safety Month
How To Spot A Deck In Trouble Before Disaster Strikes There’s no better view of summer on a sunny day than a backyard deck. It’s the stuff dreams and Norman Rockwell paintings are made of. Unfortunately, there are few scarier feelings than standing on a rickety, creaky deck. For as the Reading (Pa.) Eagle’s Karen […]
Storm Windows Provide Inexpensive Protection From Season’s Unpredictable Weather
As everyone who’s ever lived a day in Iowa knows all too well, the weather can go from pleasant to crazy without a second’s notice. Iowa’s famously unpredictable spring weather and its often fierce rain, wind and hail storms can ravage unprepared houses. Fortunately, a simple, smart, inexpensive storm defense system can enable your home’s […]
Best Spring Basement Flooding Defense Is A Good Offense
In your front yard, once mighty snow mountains are melting. In the side yard, ice glaciers are turning to watery mush. In the back yard, hardy early spring rains are naturally constructing a small river. The thaw is on in full force. The signs of changing seasons are everywhere. Exiting Stage Left is the lousiest […]
Is Your Roof At Risk Of A Career-Ending Injury?
As winter 2019 turns your block into a snow globe yet again with another one of its “greatest hits” and your back screams in pain with heavy lift, it’s only natural – trust us, folks – to yell “Enough Already!” to Old Man Winter. If only the pain of this Iowa Winter of Discontent ended […]