Drywalling tips
Drywallinfo.com features lot of information on new products and methods for installing drywall. If you’re planning to tackle this project yourself, you might find the site helpful.
For parts & repair advice for tools and appliances
A good source of information on repairing tools and appliances is eReplacementParts.com. (They carry parts, as well.) Check out Bryce Faddis’ 6/30 13 post praising Home Repair Resource Center.
Check your home’s foundation
Cynthia Freeney’s post, published by Patch Media Corporation on May 21, 2013, has some good suggestions for inspecting your home’s foundation. She suggests that it’s easiest to see problems in early spring, while your landscape plants are dormant.
Choosing a New Exterior Door
Should you choose wood, fiberglass, or steel for your replacement door? Let’s talk about the pros and cons of each, and then you can decide for yourself.
Wooden doors have been around since doors were invented. No doubt, the door you are replacing is wood. Think about why you need to replace it. Has it come unglued? Does it swell up and stick during certain seasons? Does cold air leak in around the edges, no matter how well you insulate it? All these common problems, along with a certain lack of strength/security, are the less desirable qualities of a wooden door. Nevertheless, wood has a high weight-to-strength ratio and brings a warmth to the entry of your home that no other material has yet matched.
Fiberglass doors are better insulated than wood doors, and have much the same kind of weatherstripping. They can be grained and stained to look like wood, but are lighter in weight. Fiberglass doors are less likely to absorb moisture, so they will not rot, swell, or bow.
With recent improvements in steel door technology, however, some people are choosing the practical advantages of metal.
Adventures in Homeownership: The Agony of Comparison Shopping
by HRRC Program Director Allison Urbanek. I promised a little story about the experience we had buying our first major appliance. Let me take you back just a bit. On my birthday in April, we bought a dishwasher. Since Dave does not do dishes (he cooks, and I clean), I was in quite a hurry […]
Adventures in Homeownership: Puddle in the Basement
by HRRC Program Director Allison Urbanek. Last weekend I was all comfy and cozy in my living room chair reading a book, when Dave came in and told me that there was water on the basement floor. Once before a rag had gotten stuck in the laundry sink drain, causing water to overflow when the […]
Adventures in Homeownership: Accessibility, What?
by HRRC Program Director Allison Urbanek Recently I had the pleasure of attending a senior focus group at the Cleveland Heights Senior Center. I decided to go because I wanted to hear about the concerns of the aging population in our city. I learned a few things: 1) Cleveland Heights residents are die-hard residents. More […]
Adventures in Homeownership: Things that go chirp in the night…
It was a dark and stormy night, I had just finished watching a very scary horror movie, and I was awakened in the middle of the night by a very shrill chirping sound…. No, this is not entirely true, but it sounds much better than what actually happened.
Dedicated to “keeping Cleveland Heights in good repair!”
Home Repair Resource Center is a nonprofit organization serving the people and houses of our community. Since it was established in 1971 as a mission outreach of Forest Hill Church, Presbyterian, the purpose of Home Repair Resource Center has been to maintain and strengthen the houses of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, to support the community’s rich […]