Spring Maintenance

Cracks and/or bubbling of roof membrane
Signs of ponding or stagnant water on roof
Parapet walls for damage or cracks
Capstone joints for separation or cracks in the seams
Flashing for tears, loose parts or disfigured sections
Roof ladders …

After having the heating systems taken offline for the summer to conserve energy, I called Mr. Rooter to do a “pre-firing” inspection of the boilers and associated components. Throughout the past 3 years Mr. Rooter …

This is really to help my memory than a functional post that explains functionality. 
From time to time, it’s a good idea to flush the heating system – not only will this reduce (or temporarily eliminate) the amount …

What began as a minor inconvenience of having to re-light pilot lights and flush the heating system has TURNED into “well, how much could a new boiler be” scenario. The previous owner of the building …

It took a while for me to notice, but recently I’ve noticed that some google ad-words have been popping up on this site without me having any control over whether they appear (or where they …

The result of the recommendations for fixing the basement flooding problem:
Vulcan Basement Waterproofing: Installed french drains based on the recommendation of the sales rep that came out to assess the problem. ($3,400) Later was told …

Mr. Rooter has been out here to fix this problem and all they’ve done is snaked the piping from the house to the sewer main. I called the manager over there (Steven) to make sure that …

It’s been nearly a month since talking to Frank and I haven’t heard a word back from Vulcan. While work has been keeping me occupied, I should’ve made time to check in and call for …

I managed to get in touch with the manager (Frank Verville) at Vulcan to describe my concerns about the system that was installed. He suggested sending out someone to inspect the work that was done …

Vulcan Basement Waterproofing arrived at 9am this morning to start (and, I was told) complete the job of installing a water overflow system. The crew of about 7-8 guys dug a trench (at the cost …

The past week or so has been gray, wet and humid — not really ideal weather conditions for doing much at all aside from mopping up rainwater…
When the house was initially constructed, the basement was …

Yeah, I laughed =)
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While combing through the rest of the tags out there, I came across the Tenant Screening Blog that has some great tips.
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Just something to help me remember things:
Ephpod:
The IPod has been locked. Please quit iTunes, and then load Ephpod again
Fix: 
You fix this by plugging in the ipod to the pc and letting it connect.

Open explorer browse …

At times the lengths people go to in order to save a few bucks borders on mind-numbingly foolish. The backyard to this property had initially been covered with old, ill kept concrete which the previous …