Articles of Interest

Chompomatic! If you manufactured garbage disposals what would you name them? Try these: Bone Crusher! The Little Butler (nicer), Badger(where did that come from?), and for the New Agers out there-Evolution.... My friend Nora Rich suggested “Chompomatic!” The things...

Off with his Foot! Garage Doors!   My beloved son was boarding a plane this week when a crazed automatic door closed on his foot and didn’t stop! The door took a large chunk out of his shoe and had just finished knocking a lady across the room…My son’s comment...

Sticking your tongue out- a tongue of fire!   Now there are some people (speaking for a friend) who suggest that their spouse may have a tongue of fire. As to the Marvelous Meggy, even though she is a redhead, I would never assert that I have been burned, warmed...

Walk in Bath Tubs-So Amazing?   What can worse than stepping out of a hot bath into a cold room??? Every time, I see that advertisement for those amazing “walk in Bathtubs” all I can think of is what it must be like sitting in the tub, all nice and warm and then...

Leaky Panels!   Water in your electrical panel?- Not good! We all know that if we stick our finger in an electrical outlet and put our toe into a wet spot then the electricity will “reach out and touch someone” Suddenly! So the idea that water and electricity...

Leaning Chimneys! “Ned! That Chimney looks like it’s leaning”.  My client pointed to the large brick chimney that was quite definitely out of plumb. Not only was it not vertical it appeared that the chimney might have fractured at the roofline and was leaning toward...

Can your fogged-up windows be repaired?“it’s kind of a drag…” those were the lyrics from an old song that conveys my feelings when I notice that one of my insulated, double paned windows has lost its seal and fogged up. Most of us have insulated glass...