In a house I just bought, 1 unit has a small 10x11 living room that currently has no insulation in the walls or ceiling. It has a drop ceilng so I have access to the top 10" or so of the walls. If I wasnt paying for h...

Hi Everyone,A little about the property-- I recently purchased a house in Alaska and am renovating the basement while living in the top level.  I'd like to eventually rent out the basement.  It's zoned for multi-famil...

Is it possible to insulate garage walls after the drywall has already been installed and put up? Maybe from the attic? I bought a resale home and I want to convert the garage but I don't know if I have to take all of ...

I read about a boy that became infected with the fatal protozoan species Naegleria fowleri while swimming in lake Havasu about a week ago.

It enters the nasal cavity,attaches to an olfactory nerve,migrates to the b...

I have a question for the construction-and-repair inclined in the BP community:  I'm contemplating the property shown below.  The style looks very odd to me and in fact, as one might guess, there are water intrusion p...

We just finished up one of our rehabs and as some of you may know, our company just recently adopted the green/energy efficient strategy. We've been rehabbing homes since 2011 but jumped onto the green scene when we r...

Last week I discovered a water line break outside. Turned out that it was under the sidewalk, a few feet from the water main. The plumber came, dug out under the sidewalk. These city concrete walk pads are about 4x4, ...

So, this goes back to my first experience of being a landlord. A woman (who ironically was a realtor), was renting my apartment. I allowed her to have a pet, as it was a tiny chihuahua. I was suspecting that she was n...

I recently had to do some research (read: cutting into the wall) on my clothes washer drain.  I found that there is no p-trap, either in the wall or below grade in the crawl space.  The washer plumbing drains straight...

Newbie here and I would love some feedback on what you would do in this scenario. Would you Stay-Sell-Rent?  We are realizing that this home doesn't fit our lifestyle anymore and we want to pay down debt and start sav...