Energy Star Homes | Smartest Way to Rake Leaves | Tips to Trouble shoot Ovens | Ep #2147

SHOW NOTES:

• There’s no shortage of ways to make your home energy efficient – but what if there was a way to build a home that was already efficient? Tom and Leslie explain the very successful “Energy Star Homes” program plus answer your home improvement questions.
• They call it “fall” for a reason… and if raking leaves is the last thing you want to do with your weekend, we’ve got tips, techniques and tools that make leaf collection much easier.
• Halloween is right around the corner! Find out how to make sure your sidewalks, walkways and driveway are safe for your littlest Halloween Trick or Treaters. 
• And with the holiday baking season ahead, there’s no worse time to have your oven break down. We share how to troubleshoot your oven, before stomachs start grumbling.

Plus, answers to your home improvement questions:

• Susan from Texas’ curb is starting to crack and needs a solution.
• Jack in Michigan has a strange noise coming from his pipes after using the washer and sump pump.
• Tony from Montana wants advice on how to hook up a generator to his home.
• Linda in Alabama is asking what to use to stain her concrete porch.
• Holly from Ohio has cracks in her basement and changes color after heavy rains.
• Jim from Arizona wants to know if it’s possible to insulate a sink?
• Christine in Alaska wants to know how to insulate the floor above her unheated crawlspace.
• Georgia from Pennsylvania has a problem with humidity in her stone house.

Do you have a home improvement or decor question? Call the show 24/7 at 888-MONEY-PIT (888-666-3974) or post your question here.

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