by Joe Levitch | Dec 30, 2011 | Engineering, Framing, Trust, Understanding your home
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was looking at a home inspection book that it had a picture of a structure that had several distinct problems. The roof had peaks at each gable end and a sway back in the middle. It also had bulging walls. This turned out to be a symptom of...
by Joe Levitch | Dec 24, 2011 | Understanding your home
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere are many of life’s little lessons that have been learned along the way. Here are a few in the Understanding Your Home category to make living in your home easier. ELECTRICAL Put some anti oxidizing grease on the bottom of light bulbs...
by Joe Levitch | Dec 16, 2011 | Appliances, Plumbing, Understanding your home, Water Awareness
Reading Time: 3 minutesDid you ever have one of those days? I awoke groggy I inadvertently kicked the cat water bowl and tipped over their food. While cursing and cleaning it up I noticed another spot of water near the corner of my refrigerator that was suspicious....
by Joe Levitch | Dec 9, 2011 | Environmental Awareness, Understanding your home, Water Awareness
Reading Time: 4 minutesI was just going about my normal morning routine when I noticed that my wife had left some dried house plant leaves floating in the toilet. This got me thinking, what should not be flushed, and why? I recalled taking this toilet off a few years...
by Joe Levitch | Dec 2, 2011 | Appliances, Safe Practices, Understanding your home
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis situation caught me off guard. I was presented with a thermocouple from an AO Smith, sealed combustion chamber water heater. The symptoms included that the water heater would go off for no reason. Eventually, he couldn’t even get the...
