Spring Deck Prep | Affordable Updates to Boost Home Office Productivity | Tax Deductible Improvements | Ep #2190

SHOW NOTES:

• With Spring just ahead, is your deck ready? Sun, rain and even insects can damage your deck’s surface, but a good finish can help keep Mother Nature from ruining your deck surface. Tom & Leslie walk you through the project.
• These days, we spend more time than ever in home offices. We’ll share a couple simple and affordable updates to make your home office space comfortable and productive.
• It’s almost tax time again – while we’re not tax experts we DO have a pretty good handle on which improvements are tax deductible and will share suggestions.

Plus, answers to your home improvement questions:

• Karen in Nebraska has bathroom tile that is has grout falling out of it.
• Dave from Arizona has a kitchen sink that was installed into his countertop that is starting to fall into the countertop.
• Nicole needs a solution for returning her grout to its bright white color.
• Brian from Iowa has a crack in his bedroom wall that’s keeps coming back and needs a permanent solution.
• Ruth in Michigan wants to know if she can put shutters over her vinyl siding and if so how to do it.
• Tom from Missouri has a garage that was pulled away from his house and wants to know restore it to the way it was.
• Trish in New Jersey wants to know if it’s worth it to move a load bearing wall.
• Donna from Tennessee has an odor in her guest home that won’t go away and needs a solution.
• Steve in Arizona has a gas firepit that is lacking in heat, what can he do to make the fire a little stronger.
• Dot from Wisconsin wants to know how to put a trench into and drain her driveway.

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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