Home Repair & Maintenance

Basic Home Care
Tips and information for homeowners including pool maintenance, carbon monoxide and home seating safety, plumbing information, caulking doors and windows and replacing window glass and screens. Also featured is information about water softeners, lead exposure and indoor air pollution.

JimSalmon.com
This is the site of Jim Salmon, host of Home Repair Clinic at WHAM 1180 AM which is on Saturday mornings from 7 to 9:30. There is a phone number to call with home repair questions. The site has home repair articles, a home inspection page, a list of contractors, an email list, recommended books, and a poll. You can also find a list of Salmon's upcoming appearances. Salmon has information on his site not related to home repair such as content about the New York area.

For a great selection of outdoor fountains to choose from, visit Serenity Health, a leading merchant of indoor and outdoor fountains for the home.

You Can Protect Outdoor Fountains from Winter Damage
Your garden fountain is a focal point for your back yard, and the last thing you want is for it to get damaged over the long, cold winter. By taking the time to implement a few simple steps, you can increase your chances of being able to enjoy it next summer. Draining, filing the basin, and covering your outdoor fountain are all parts of this necessary maintenance activity. It's important to protect your garden fountain in the summer months, too, and you will find suggestions to keeping it running well posted on this site as well.

The Repair-Home.com Forum
Sometimes getting the help you need means asking questions in a forum filled with people who have been there, done that. That's what Repair-Home.com's Forum does—it allows you to ask questions about a wide range of home repair projects and get almost instant feedback from helpful, friendly people out there who have been in your situation and found the answers that you need. After all, there's no reason in the world for you to reinvent the wheel. Some of the forum topics where you can view questions and answers by other Do-It-Yourselfers include General Repair, Electrical Systems, Heating & Cooling, Roofing, Siding, Walls, Floors & Stairs, Doors & Windows, Household Appliances, Plumbing, Pools, and Landscaping. You can also ask questions and get answers about project costs (real costs from real people who have actually done the project), and you can get helpful comments about contractors. If you need a contractor, you can even find a qualified contractor in your area.

DoItYourSelf.com
Do-it-yourself home improvement and repair includes home improvement projects, hardware store, contractors, tool, home improvement how to, home repair, home repair projects, cleaning, stain removal, kitchen remodeling, plumbing, electrical, painting, gardening, and more. The site includes Community Forums hosted by home improvement and repair experts where you can ask questions and get answers.