SHOW NOTES:

Join us as we cover the essentials of home safety and comfort! In this show, we discuss whether smoke detectors and CO detectors alone provide complete protection, then explore how to avoid cleaning product hazards. Plus, find a game-changing product that not only bolsters insulation but significantly enhances your home's energy efficiency. All this and much more to answer your latest home improvement questions!

- Fire Protection: Are smoke and CO detectors enough to keep your home protected?

- Cleaning Products: What to look for and what to do to handle cleaning products safely

- Boost Insulation: This new product boosts insulation and increases energy efficiency and comfort.

Q & A:

- Plumbing Leak: To fix a leak where the copper pipes connect, Kris needs to start by draining the boiler below the point of the leak.

- Building a Sunroom: Jay is building a sunroom and gets tips on pouring the concrete foundation and adding insulation to supplement passive solar heat.

- House Leveling: A main beam has broken under Diana’s house and now it’s settling unevenly. A good contractor can attach a new beam to reinforce the old one.

- Water Softener: How can you tell if your water softener is working and how do you clean it? Ken gets some step-by-step advice.

- Security System: Sherry lives in a rural area and wants to install a security system. There are lots of affordable options that offer Wi-Fi connections, power backups, monitoring services, and other features.

- Roof Leak: Vincent isn’t sure if a leak is coming from his metal roof or the air conditioner. We tell him how to find the source and what to do to seal the roof.

- Noisy Siding: Why is Carolyn’s vinyl siding making noises? It may be wind going through the panels, but they shouldn’t be tightened because the siding will buckle.

- Stained Patio: How can David renew a stained, faded patio? We discuss some products he can use to refinish and seal the concrete surface.

- Stone Porch: Mindy has lots of questions and we’ve got lots of answers on what products to use on her stone porch.

- Faucet Plumbing: Roger’s bathroom sink faucet keeps leaking even after he’s replaced the parts. It may be best to use original parts from the manufacturer that will fit perfectly.

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