Home repair is, in some ways, an ever-constant part of life. The responsibility to keep your living area maintained, and beautiful, and safe is what separates the homeowner from a renter or anybody else. If you own a house long enough, you will likely have a chance to repair parts [...]
Utah might have been described as a rose blossoming in the desert but in terms of its weather, it has never been compared to anything so demure. The Beehive State’s sometimes tumultuous weather has been known to bring rain in the morning, snow in the afternoon, and have it all [...]
Home damage due to inclement weather is an unfortunate reality for many people all over the country. Hurricane-tossed sheds, flooded basements, and homes shaken down in an earthquake are all things that one usually hears about happening in places other than the midWest (with the exception of Utah’s tornado-ripped siding [...]
There is no doubt a certain mystique that surrounds the person who is intent on doing all their home renovation projects themselves, and then go on to actually do it. Neighbors look out their kitchen windows and stare from the car as they drive past, wondering how it is that [...]
Drive around with your grandpa and you will likely experience some of the nostalgia he feels for the vehicles he grew up on. He’ll point to the vintage car, mull over the exact year within the decade of its release, and then identify exactly what makes it a ‘56 Chevy [...]
Vinyl siding was brought to the housing market in the 1950s. Previously, aluminum siding, brick, and wood were popular materials for home exteriors. While initial vinyl siding options in the 1950s and 1960s left much to be desired, siding today is a popular, reliable choice for home renovations. You don’t [...]
You’ve been thinking about it for years; the wall in between the bedrooms needs to be knocked through, the basement has got to be finished, or the house needs a complete facelift with new siding, roof, and paint job. You’ve discussed the changes with your partner and with your kids; [...]
The story of humankind’s history of construction is relatively straightforward: dugouts in the dirt led to structures of mud, reinforced with straw; as humans began to proliferate to different biomes, mud led to building with wood; meanwhile, other peoples began to build with sand, which when mixed with water and [...]
After numerous discussions with your partner at night, constantly thinking about it on the commute home from work, being reminded of it whenever you leave to go pick up the mail, the day has finally come: you’ve decided to go with your gut and remodel the exterior of your home. [...]
Chances are that if you look out the window of your home you will see that the majority of houses around you look pretty similar to yours. This isn’t a mistake or a sign of some architect’s lack of imagination. Instead, the plight of urban planning has always been to [...]
