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I got an email from someone who has recently bought an older home (2,000 square feet, one story). He looked in the attic and there is a layer of 40-year-old fiberglass insulation up there that may be four inches thick now. And he has a reasonable question – how much money could he really save [...]
Rescreening a porch sounds so easy, doesn’t it? It’s NOT. At least, not if you don’t have a proper plan of attack. I might not know the superlative strategy, but I do know one that works very well because I recently helped a friend rescreen his back porch and it was an epic battle: Us versus Inanimate Mesh! Sounds silly, but that mesh had moxie. Luckily, however, we managed to emerge victorious after being seriously harried during the first couple rounds of battle.
For those out of the weather loop this week, floodwaters have engulfed parts of Atlanta, beloved HowStuffWorks headquarters. As of this morning, more than 100 roads in the metro area have been shut down because they’re impassable, and many homes, schools and businesses are dealing with structural damage from the excess moisture.
Flooding is, in fact, the most common natural disaster to strike in the United States. Unlike tornados and hurricanes, it doesn’t require a specific set of weather conditions to cause a flood; melting snow, poor landscaping and the aftershock of other natural disasters can usher in the rising tide. Of course, if you live on a floodplain, you have a statistically higher chance of encountering flooding.
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