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When a deck starts rotting, homeowners usually jump straight to the material question: should the replacement be cedar, pressure-treated wood, or composite?
If a pipe bursts inside your house and you manage to shut off the water, I would call a restoration company for an inspection before trying to explain the entire loss to an insurance adjuster.
A bathroom can be one of the smallest rooms in the house and still become one of the most expensive to remodel.
If your heat pump has not been serviced this year, I would rather have it checked before winter than wait until something stops working.
If water is spreading through your home, the first thing I want you to do is make sure everyone is safe and stop the water if you can reach the shutoff without putting yourself at risk.
A $50,000 bathroom estimate looks better than an $80,000 estimate until the $50,000 project finishes at $100,000.
A homeowner may look at a wide-open part of the backyard and see the perfect place for a pool, garage, or addition. I may look at the same area and ask where the septic drainfield and repair area are.
Two kitchens can have almost the same square footage and end up with completely different remodeling budgets.
Cedar and James Hardie can both work well on a Western Washington home, but I would not choose between them based only on appearance.
We get a couple of calls every month from homeowners who say their house smells like sewage, and the first thing I tell them is that the smell does not automatically mean the septic system has failed.
When homeowners ask me what size septic tank they need, they usually expect me to ask how big the house is. In South Carolina, that is not how residential tank sizing works.
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