One of the things I like about my job is that no two days are ever the same. It takes me all over Northern California, to a number of different styles of houses, where folks need help with a number of different challenges. It’s always interesting, which is great when…
In my line of work, I find that there are usually two very distinct types of plumbing leaks. The first type of leak is the kind that’s easy to spot, so you know right away where it’s coming from. The second, though, is the one that you don’t notice nearly…
Let’s be honest, during a California summer, there is no good time to turn on your air conditioner only to find out that it doesn’t work. And, of course, as luck would have it, this usually tends to happen on a sweltering hot day when all you want to do…
Our friend Hank in Sacramento, CA has a hankerin’ (sorry) to have a quieter backyard—but his AC unit is acting up. Hank writes: “I’ve gotten a bit desperate with a problem I’ve been having in my backyard. I like to spend my summer evenings out on my back patio, lounging…
My nephew was recently showing me this funny account that he found on Twitter. It’s called You Had One Job. One of the posts was a picture of a grocery store, and someone had filled the lemon box with limes and then placed it right beside a lime box filled…
My family and I recently spent a lovely weekend in Lake Tahoe, hiking, fishing, and even a doing a little bit of mountain biking. For those of you who haven’t been, I really recommend it. It’s one of the most beautiful spots in our great state, but also straddles the…
An old buddy of mine from my high school days just had a young son, and he’s one of the proudest new papas I’ve ever seen. He’s always posting pictures of his new baby boy on his Instagram account, telling us stories about the little guy, and just generally reveling…
Jon in Rancho Cordova, CA is trying to play it cool about a potential problem with his AC, but he’s having a tough time. Jon says: “I had a bad day recently that I’d kind of like to share with you all. At first, it was just a standard bad…
Summertime can get kind of expensive in Northern California—there’s just no way around it. It gets so hot during the afternoons here that we often have to close our windows and run our air conditioners on full blast. A lot of people think that it’s the air conditioner that really…
Our friend Ken in Folsom, CA has been doing some research into California’s many energy efficiency incentives, and now he has a question. Ken asks: “One of my neighbors was recently getting new windows put in and I went on over to ask him what the deal was, if he’d…
