Stephanie The HomeFix Show | 12 JUN 2010 Learn about Lawn Mower maintenance on today’s show as Scott Moore from Briggs & Stratton provides expert advice. Included are the four key points to keeping your outdoor power equipment easy to start and running at peak performance. Also, which is the right gas for your mower and how to sharpen blades. Callers ask about their mowers and also if wall paper can be textured over.
A few weeks back, I was called in to rebuild a deck that had failed. Failed is not the right word. This thing disintegrated! The deck was built technically right with the right size timbers and dimensional lumber for the substructure, however, Fir was used rather than redwood or treated lumber. In many places the bottom the joists were in direct contact with the soil. This on it’s own was a problem in the making. But there was more. The …
The HomeFix Show | 5 JUN 2010 Joe hits the road and broadcasts the show from a newly remodeled home in the north end of Boise. This house, remodeled by Renaissance Remodeling, is one of several on the Remodeled Parade of Homes tour. Chad from Renaissance fills us in on the tour, his company and is community project, Boise’s Big Give. Stanley Johnson sitis in on the show from Heating Equipment Company and gives advice on selecting new heating and …
The HomeFix Show | 29 MAY 2010 Memorial Day weekend show, Joe opens the phone lines and take calls on how to hook up a range microwave hood vent through he attic, putting a vinyl floor over an old vinyl floor, and cleaning cedar shake shingle roofs. Joe give advice from Idaho Power on how to take care of your air conditioner condenser coils, and Stanley Johnson from Heating Equipment calls in and adds more to the advice on service …
The HomeFix Show | 22 MAY 2010 Joe talks landscaping and maintenance with Kirk Davis form 3-D Landscape. This is a new subject for HomeFix and Joe was glad to have Kirk in studio to cover the topic. Callers ask about Driveway repair and crack filling, Thermostats, installing attic fans, and mounting brackets to vinyl siding.
The HomeFix Show | 15 MAY 2010 Water Softeners are the topic of the day as Shane from Master Rooter Plumbing sits in with Joe for the show. They discuss the types, reasons for, and maintenance of water softeners and conditioners. Callers as about patching up a leaky water fountain, tile flooring, and moisture in crawl spaces.
The HomeFix Show | 8 MAY 2010 Danny Lipford, Home improvement expert and national TV and Radio personality joins Joe to talk about Liquid Wrench, the products and uses. Callers ask about installing a new range hood and for advice on painted or stained trim for a room. Joe also gives some motivation for kicking off summer improvements with a list of the top exterior projects homeowners are focusing on.
The HomeFix Show | 1 MAY 2010 Joe takes HomeFix on the road and broadcasts from Evans Building Center in Eagle, Idaho. Joe talks with Evans General Manager Mike Seil about the new Trex decking products, colors, and installation techniques. Also, Randy from Boise Cascade introduces to the show listeners Fortress Metal Handrails and tells us how easy they are to install.
The HomeFix Show | 24 APR 2010 On this HomeFix Show, The new Boise City window code for basements is discussed and how this will change things as well as a followup on the Lead Paint issue, some corrections to previous information, some resources people can explore, and how the City of Boise is going to handle it.
HomeFix Show | 17 APR 2010 Joe broadcasts live from the front seat of his wife’s Volvo as he is on the road in Moscow, Idaho. The discussion starts with feedback received to the April 10 show on the new Lead Paint laws, and Joe trys to explain what the little marks on the heads of bolts mean as far as the hardness of the steel and where they should be used. Idaho Power gives us a tip on why …