Author: The GypsyNesters

Marge and Dan pulled out of their Issaquah driveway in the second week of October, thermostat set to 55, mail on hold until spring. In January, their neighbour Rick sent a photo from the end of the driveway: three orange streaks bleeding down the standing seam panels above the garage, and one panel corner lifted just enough to throw a … Continue reading “Rust Streaks On A Metal Roof Rarely Mean A New Roof”

What does a house owe you once the kids have gone? For one Worcester County couple in a 1972 ranch, the answer arrived at Thanksgiving, when eleven people tried to eat pie in a living room laid out for four. They were not moving. So they called a remodeler who handles basement finishing ma projects and asked … Continue reading “One Couple Gained A Family Room Without Adding A Foot”

The porch light worked, which turned out to be the only thing that went right at a 1,600 square foot two bedroom near Sarasota Bay on reopening day in mid October. Two bedroom outlets were dead, the microwave clock stayed blank, and by dinner the kitchen breaker had tripped twice, which is the evening most owners stop unpacking and start … Continue reading “Five Electrical Checks For The Day You Reopen A Florida Winter Home”

A low-slope commercial roof does not maintain itself, and the owner who finds that out from a tenant is already months late. If you own a leased storefront and spend most of the year somewhere else, the fix is boring and it works: put a local contractor on a written inspection schedule before you pull out of the driveway. Absentee … Continue reading “The Flat Roof Myths That Cost Traveling Building Owners a Tenant”

The RV rolled back up the driveway on a Tuesday afternoon in late July, and the front door opened onto air that felt like the inside of a parked car. Six weeks of Missouri summer had run unattended through a 1970s ranch, the condenser had quit somewhere around week two, and what followed was a frantic phone hunt for Continue reading “Coming Home To Ninety Degrees Changed How We Plan Cooling Upgrades”

You back the travel trailer onto the same gravel pad you have used for two seasons, drop the jacks, and watch the bubble slide left. The door binds at the top corner. Anybody searching for equipment rental forney tx can have a plate compactor on a trailer by mid morning, and half a day behind one is … Continue reading “A Rented Plate Compactor Keeps The RV Pad From Sinking All Season”

Dale and Marjorie pulled back into their Windsor driveway on a Tuesday in late November, six weeks after leaving for Moab, and found stacked mail, dead plants, and a gas bill that had been running the entire time they were gone. They booked hvac service windsor co expecting to hear the furnace was failing, and instead heard … Continue reading “Traveling Empty Nesters Pay To Heat Rooms Nobody Enters”