Episode 2169
Winter Bird Attraction | New Year New Studio Space | Sink Odors | Ep #2169
The Money Pit Home Improvement Podcast · Leslie Segrete
January 10, 202238m 16s
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Show Notes
SHOW NOTES:
- Do you enjoy watching birds visit your yard in warmer weather, but miss them in the winter? Tom & Leslie share tips to help attract visits from your fine feathered friends all year long: even in the cold months!
- Need a workshop, maker space, sewing center or other studio space? We share tricks for carving out room for your past time using hidden space you may not even know you have!
- Cold floors can be very uncomfortable and raise your heating costs. We identify the top causes of cold floors and the easiest ways to warm those surfaces, and your feet!
- Got a smelly sink? We solve that one too with a hack that can help.
- Plus, here’s one for the rule-breakers out there. Leslie shares design rules that are worth breaking with amazing results.
Plus, answers to your home improvement questions:
- We help Kayla in Iowa who has a dehumidifier that keeps tripping her circuit breaker.
- Tom gives Manny from Rhode Island some money-saving advice about service contracts offered for water lines.
- Ellen in New York is working on a new floor and wants to know if she has to remove vinyl tile to install a new engineered hardwood floor.
- Jonathan from Tennessee wants to now the best way to insulate and heat his garage so he can use it as a work space all year long.
- Ever fix a crack in a wall or ceiling only to have it reappear over and over again? Linda has and gets a one-and-done solution from our expert hosts!
- Martin in Wisconsin wants to know if it’s possible to remove a load bearing wall to create more open space in her home.
- Devron from Missouri learns why the best way to make her home more energy efficient is to start with an energy audit. Tom & Leslie share several options to get it done.
- Steve in Illinois needs a gut check on an estimate for new windows. Tom and Leslie review the project and offer a checklist to use that’ll make sure he gets the best quality windows and the best price.
- Danuza from Georgia loves her fireplace so much she wants to know if she can open the back side to make double sided.
- Justin in Montana has smelly bath water he can’t find the source of. Expert host Tom Kraeutler, points to the problem instantly – and it’s not the bathroom at all that’s causing it!
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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