Behind a screen enclosure in Parrish, a chalky gray cloud showed up in the deep end every March, and by June it was back no matter how many times the plaster got patched. The couple who owned that…

The bonus room is rarely the problem. Every homeowner who calls me about a newly finished space over the garage describes one uncomfortable room, and what they are really describing is a house whose equipment is now being…

The December gas statement came to $248.60. The same month a year earlier it was $178.90, and nothing in the house had changed except that two upstairs bedroom vents were now shut. Seventy dollars is real money in…

The splash block under the north downspout is full of black grit again, and the warranty folder in the kitchen drawer still says thirty years. Grit like that is the roof itself, which is why the roofers mequon…