We just bought a brrrr house in an auction and it has a cat pee smell that we can not rid. We have taken up carpet, sprayed enzymes on floor and just painted the floor with killz. We are running out of options. Any re...

Hello,In one of my duplex rental units the ac heating and cooling is shared between both the tenants. I find the lower unit tenant somewhat peculiar, given he is in the lower unit there will be more heating need as it...

So I’m looking at installing a new cooling unit. The house already has one AC unit to cool 1338sqft and I was looking for something better for the tenant. I’ve currently been looking at a mini split system or just cen...

I just received the results from an inspection on a house I closed on (REO). My first flip and I’m trying to interpret these results to make sure I budget correctly. Any initial thoughts and budget numbers you (experi...

Does anyone in the area know if air gaps are required to be connected to drainage pipe from dishwasher to garbage disposal? I recently had some plumbing work done under the sink, but there is no air gap connected to t...

hi all the facts
it is 105 today tennant complains that her thermostat is set at 77deg and the air runs all day and only gets to 80 ,, she is a wuss if you ask me but she has small kids so ok
the air con guy was cal...

The electric is on, but we are having a lot of trouble getting the bank to call and turn the water on for the inspection. The bank is very disorganized, and realtor has been trying for 2 weeks now to get them to do it...

Pilot goes out AFTER it heats the water. That is, I can start the pilot light, and it will stay on (even all night - as i left it in pilot mode), but once the gas turns on and heats the water for awhile (not sure ho...

Hi All, I have a 13 year old rental property in Austin that needs 4 lbs. of R22 refrigerant. I'm being told by the HVAC contractor that because of the phase-out R22 is $125/lb. If I'd like to find the leak that will c...

Hey all!
My water bill was $4,500 last month, compared with the typical $90/mo. 
The water meter detected a leak of about 7,000 gallons/day for over a month, before magically "fixing itself".
Has anyone experienced...