As much as we don’t want to admit it, winter is on its way. The good news is that you don’t need a long list of to-do’s to get your home ready for the cold weather. We picked out five essential home-prep tasks that will save money and time, and included an estimated time for […]
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5 Ways You Can Save Money (And Time) This Winter
November 18, 2015Category: Heating and Cooling, Mighty House Tip of the Week, Roofing and Gutters, Uncategorized, Windows, Doors and Trim Comments Off on 5 Ways You Can Save Money (And Time) This Winter
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10 Spring Cleaning Tips
March 30, 201510 Spring Cleaning Tips with Blain’s Farm and Fleet By Kristin Mickelson, Blain’s Farm and Fleet It’s spring cleaning time, but no need to be overwhelmed. Just follow our 10 Spring Cleaning Tips and take one task at a time. Remember, a good spring cleaning helps keep your home more organized, cleaner and more […]
Category: Clutter Clarity, Green Stuff, Roofing and Gutters, Uncategorized, Windows, Doors and Trim
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Soffit Venting
July 19, 2014Soffit Venting. Last week I talked about the need to properly vent your roof; and how to determine how many vents you need in the roof to do it properly. That was posted on the Mighty House Blog page for you. This week I want to talk about soffit venting. Why is it important? Because […]
Category: Green Stuff, Insulation, Mighty House Tip of the Week, Roofing and Gutters, Siding
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Roof Venting Options
July 12, 2014Roof Venting My tip of the week this week is about roof venting. Sure we talk about it all the time but, we never get technical enough for you to fully understand what needs to get done. Roof venting is important; it gets the heat out in the summer and moisture in the winter. This […]
Category: Green Stuff, Heating and Cooling, Insulation, Mighty House Tip of the Week, Roofing and Gutters
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Show Recap 4 May 2013
May 4, 2013Siding, roofing and concrete problems were the questions of the day. Let’s start with the siding. All types of siding are fine when installed properly. With the properly installed drainage plane no water damage can occur even if the siding was to fall off. Some siding may require a rough or crinkled surface type of […]
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Show Recap from 27 April 2013
April 28, 2013We had a great time at the DuPage County Home Improvement & Landscaping Expo at DuPage County Fair Grounds. We met a lot of great listeners. We spoke with Ody from Southwind RAS in the first hour and he runs a company that recycles roofing with over 11 locations in Illinois and Wisconsin. Keep your […]
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Show Recap from 30 March 2013
March 30, 2013Okay, maybe this is one way we can use a blog? We had a visitor in the studio today. Robbie called him the Easter Bunny. Rich was talking about a variety of uses for Hydrogen Peroxide for the Tip of the Week. People called to disagree. Well, there is a ton on info online to […]
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