It's a sunny morning here in NH, but COLD! Old Man Winter kicked Lady Spring to the curb for a bit. Yesterday, we had 3 inches of snow and it dropped down to 15 F overnight. BRRRRRRRRRR! The sun is out now and in a few days I'll see the ground again. Oh, and the Read More »
If you're a new subscriber in the past few days, weeks or months, every now and then I have a FUN game for you to play. What I've discovered is that you LOVE to see NEW PRODUCTS but you want to have fun while doing it. Well, I GUARANTEE you that you'll discover something new Read More »
You know, I was so tempted to have some fun today. For example, I thought it might be a good idea to tell you to just rely on caulk when building shower seats and forget about using waterproof membranes. Then I pondered telling you to forget about that heavy cement board and just go for Read More »
Two different things happened over the past two days that are the inspiration for this newsletter. I need you to hang in there and absorb this important story. Seventeen years ago, I was one of a few founding members of a very secret Internet entrepreneur mastermind group. This group exchanged ideas via email and we Read More »
It's been almost two weeks since I've reached out to you. A childhood friend of mine, who matured into a fantastic painter I used on many of my jobs, had to be sent back to Heaven early. The travel to and from the funeral services ate up six days with me arriving back home this Read More »
The ice is about to leave the lake here at my house. This would be the earliest ice out on record in the past eight years. Yes, we'll still get a few chilly days or even a heavy snow, but Spring is here. There's no doubt about it. I've just got a few things for Read More »
Spring is here in New Hampshire! WOO HOO!!! Two days ago, it was, are you sitting down, 71 F. Holy Cucumber! Normally, it would be about 41 F and there could be two feet of snow still on the ground. I spent the day with two friends over by the Connecticut River at the Saint Read More »
I've got some killer content for you to review and a video below you should watch for this weekend. Some of you already have great weather and can do concrete repairs. Others, well it's just about five weeks away when Old Man Winter will be plodding his way back to the North Pole. Before we Read More »
Holy Tomato! It's March! We're just a few weeks away from the Vernal Equinox - the official start of Spring - but here in NH, it sure looks like Spring to me. As I look out my man cave / office / ham radio shack window, the snow is gone in the woods. For the Read More »
What a difference a week makes! Last Sunday I taped the video: Why is My House Cold With the Heat On Go watch it. When I woke up this morning and was grinding my coffee beans with my inexpensive, yet powerful, Krups Grinder it was 40 F outdoors! That's a 47-degree DIFFERENCE in temperature from Read More »
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