Sure, You Can Touch Up That Paint!     We are all looking to do things fast and easy, less time and money is best! We can see this sort of thinking in many of the repairs needed to rent a property. One of those areas of repair is painting, we can just touch it up with some new paint right? Before going around the home with a brush and enthusiasm and finding out there is a problem later, consider this first. The paint may not match. Sure, it is the same brand, same color, same sheen but for some reason it is not exactly the same. It may be close but it would be best to check an area and verify that it is what you expect before zipping around the house. Test a small area, check for color and sheen but be sure that it is dry before judging. Maybe you can get by with a touch up paint, but... 02/22/2015

Two water heaters schedule to be installed on the same day, different properties.   Water heater installations and replacements seem to come in groups, I’m not sure why that is but it happened again. So this week I need to install two water heater units, one at each of two different properties. The good thing about that is that I will have the tools that I need for both on the same day. There is nothing as frustrating as being asked to install a unit the same day I you do not have all the tools and equipment. Trust me it still gets done, but I end up with more than my share of Mapp gas and torches. Getting the heater installed is the top priority, no matter what it takes. The bad thing about the two installs is that there is a time pressure getting them both in by the end of the day. A... 08/31/2014

  If you are planning on going back in, let’s make it a door!       It was discovered that the main line at an apartment building was missing a clean out to a portion of the main drain line. The plumbing had used a drain line within the walls to get the line clear a few months ago. I was not informed of the reason for the hole in the wall was it was cut open; I was just asked to patch the hole and make it match the existing surface. So I did. A similar drain clog happened again and the hole that I patched had to be opened again. I was asked to patch it again. What? You plan on using this as the entry for the clearing of the drain line when it gets clogged again, why not put in a door so you can open it the next time. The repair will be easier and it only needs to be done once.   They lo... 11/21/2013