Around the House with Eric G® Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY

We start out today's first half of the show with a caller from Reading, PA and his laundry room plumbing questions and then we tackle his vinyl siding and electrical question.

We then talk with the team at Constructing Hope. We have Pat Daniels, Executive Director, Dave (My Prison Pappy) Dahl, Founder of Dave's Killer Bread, and Bobby Hamilton, who is a graduate of the program and is now a Case Manager at Constructing Hope. They are in the middle of their fundraiser called "Leveling The Playing Field". and we are going to talk about helping people in need and their pre-apprenticeship training program and how they help people create a career in the trades.

Constructing Hope provides construction career training to 85 adults each year, place at least 65 in new careers, and provide career retention and advancement services for 60-70. They serve 25 high school youth through our summer program.

Participants are:

• 80% Unemployed
• 100% Low income (individual & family)
• 65% People of color
• 70% Justice involved

For more information about Constructing Hope and to donate head to https://www.constructinghope.org/

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Roger Wakefield is one of America's plumbing experts. I stopped in his studio and discussed remote leak detection for his YouTube channel. You can catch all of his videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/RogerWakefield/videos

Roger teaches homeowners how to save money on their plumbing by doing DIY plumbing projects. He also educates plumbers and plumbing company owners how to be the best in their area.

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Roger Wakefield is one of America's plumbing experts. I stopped in his studio and talked saving water for his YouTube channel. You can catch all of his videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/RogerWakefield/videos

Roger teaches homeowners how to save money on their plumbing by doing DIY plumbing projects. He also educates plumbers and plumbing company owners how to be the best in their area.

For more on Roger Wakefield:

► Check Out Our Social Media:

Website — http://texasgreenplumbing.com/

Blog — http://texasgreenplumbing.com/blog/

YouTube — https://goo.gl/va1xXe

Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/theexpertplu...

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Twitter — https://twitter.com/_rogerwakefield

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We are seeing that national shortage of coins effect small businesses around our neighborhoods. Lets see if we can take 20 min and fix this problem. Here is how! All in under 2 minutes. Check it out!

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Most residential contractors that are running a legal business are great people. However you want to week out the bad ones that are impersonating these good ones.

Finding one that even matches your personality is a smart move. Contractor laws across the country are very different so lets talk about the differences and how they can effect your project.

Eric will also give his take on what contractor referral services seem to be better than others and who not to trust in your hunt for a great contractor. All this and more in the second half of Around the House with Eric G on Saturday.

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Dane and Eric G start out talking about Eric's trip to Dallas Texas to meet up with Roger Wakefield, LEED AP and then dive into a listener question about granite countertops and plumbing.

Then we tackle a major failure in DIY projects. Fasteners... Are you using the right ones for your project? You can get so close to building it right but then...you pick the wrong fastener and everything fails on you!

Plus lets talk about wood rot around your home and talk a little more about decking!

All this and more in this first half of Saturday's Around the House with Eric G.

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Due to my filming schedule today its a quick Around the Toolbox episode. Here are a couple of things to watch out for that you really have to be careful of. I am seeing plenty of people getting burned by insurance and licenses that have run out.

All in under 10 minutes.

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When you are hiring a contractor you should have an idea of what a realistic budget should be so you know if you are talking with the right contractor. Lets spend a few minutes and talk about the national averages for projects and what they cost so you have a better idea knowing where that project should come in at BEFORE they step foot on your property to give you an estimate.

For more info on this in your area: https://www.remodeling.hw.net/cost-vs-value/2020/

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We will tackle premade home center vanities and where you can use them and where you can’t! Then dive into our design discussion with William and Wayne, Seattle designers that we will talk about how interior design has changed. IS the open concept home dead? How do you control sound with multiple people in Zoom meetings or conference calls. Be ready to laugh with this one as it will be a fun tine. All that and MORE on this weeks Around the House with Eric G!

For More information about William and Wayne head to: https://www.williamandwayne.com/

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In this weeks Around the House with Eric G we have a super fun show ahead! This is no best-of show!

We are going to talk about buying Kitchen and Bath cabinetry… what you should pay attention to as well as how the recent ruling on Chinese imported cabinetry has changed cabinetry pricing. We will then dive into how to paint hard to paint materials. What are the secrets you should know before you tackle that plastic, cloth, metal or composite. Should you use vinyl siding on your home? Lets talk about the pro’s and cons and what works! 

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