Around The House with Eric G ®

Eric Goranson and Caroline Blazovsky start out with a DIY project gone wrong. These is a trend on social media where people are using old indoor heating oil tanks to convert into a BBQ or smoker. We dive into this subject quickly and discuss what might go wrong with this plan.

Next up we talk about a huge recall on portable dehumidifiers that could cause a fire inside your home. For more information about this recall head to https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2016/gree-reannounces-dehumidifier-recall-following-450-fires-and-19-million-in-property-0

Then Eric G and Caroline B discuss landscaping issues from Creosote in railroad ties to mold and fungus that is in Caroline’s own landscape mulch. All of these can create issues around the outside and even inside your home.

Eric and Caroline jump into getting ready for a disaster. It could be a hurricane, a flood, a wildfire, or earthquake. What have you done to get prepared? Do you have food and water put away?

All this and MORE as we discuss Portland Oregon and how they won the best Pizza in America from Bloomberg.

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As we talked about earlier this week lumber prices are tanking fast. So that will change our lumber prices in the next six weeks or so. Is your business ready for the next BOOM? One of the biggest challenges for 2021 in the construction industry will be our ability to get products to the jobsite. Have you got your supply chain figured out where those challenges will not hurt you in 2021?

All this and more in today’s Pro Insider Podcast.

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Have you been holding off on a project due to the insane lumber prices? If you have and you were waiting for lumber prices to lower now is the time to hit the restart button. Are lumber prices down in the stores? Not yet but that is right around the corner. IF you wait for them to drive down then you will end up getting in line after many people have already started the process.

Eric G gives you his advice on how to restart your project in this weeks mid week specail! Plus a sneak peek into Saturdays show!

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Around the House this week: Jeff Devlin, host of DIY Network’s Stone House Revival, is a licensed contractor with more than 20 years of building experience. Jeff says he has always had a passion for designing, creating and building things. He started as an apprentice for a historic home remodeler where he honed his skills in the trade and gained an appreciation for the craftsmanship and beauty of historic dwellings.

His first TV gig was as the resident carpenter of HGTV's Spice Up My Kitchen. During his television career, which includes being a carpenter on both seasons of HGTV’s Ellen’s Design Challenge and star of DIY Network's I Hate My Bath, Jeff has tackled renovations in every area of the home, including complete overhauls of kitchens, bathrooms, basements and more. In Stone House Revival, Jeff and his team of restoration experts transform Pennsylvania properties older than the country itself into modern living spaces while preserving the home’s historic integrity.

Jeff, owner of School House Woodworking, says his love for historic homes inspired him to completely renovate two centuries-old Pennsylvania farmhouses, one of which he calls home. 

We talk with Jeff about how Stone House Revival was brought back to life after nearly two years of being cancelled. Then we dive into his own company School House Woodworking and how he located it inside a shopping mall so people can take classes, purchase custom woodwork and furniture and vintage items.

We dive into the rumors that are on social medai. Is he still married? Is he Gay? How about the search topic that seems to come up "Are there pictures of him without his shirt?" and so much more. Plus a special guest joins in the conversation.

Eric G calls Jeff "The Most Humble Contractor in the trades and on TV" and they will discuss how he has stayed so grounded after nearly 10 years on national television.

For more about Stone House Revial check your local listings on DIY Netowrk: www.diynetwork.com/shows/stone-house-revival

To find out more about Jeff Devlin head to https://schoolhousewoodworking.com/

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With the heat and humidity across the country we have a feeling your power bill is going to show it over the next few months. Is there something you can do to help save money? Of course there is. Eric Goranson and Caroline Blazovsky will discuss how you can monitor your energy use and identify those things that could be costing you money. It could be an appliance that is quitting or even an air conditioner that is having a hard time starting or even an old water heater that is running that bill up on you.

We will talk about sense home energy monitoring that can watch your system real time and let you know what is always running and what is costing you the most money on your power bill. For more information about Sense head to https://sense.com/

We will also discuss a new water heater that can save you big money on your hot water heating costs over a standard electric or gas water heater. For more information about the water heater Eric G installed last year in his home check out Bradford White's website and the AeroTherm Heat Pump Water Heater at https://www.bradfordwhite.com/aerotherm/

Plus we are in the last few days of our giveaway. We are giving away to a lucky listener a Aprilaire room air purifier! Click HERE for the specifications.  somake sure you listen to this episode and listen to the key word you will need to enter on our contest page at https://aroundthehouseonline.com/show-giveaways This contest is over on July 12th 2021.

For more information on Aprilaire please visit their website at https://www.aprilaire.com/

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Our bodies feel humidity just like temperature. So many times, when our house feels too warm it is the  humidity that is high. If you live in a Southern State that same humidity can reduce the lifespan of your Air Conditioner by many years as it tries to fight that added moisture.

Caroline Blazovsky and Eric Goranson discuss how to control humidity with Marc Marchillo from Aprilaire. Aprilaire invented the dehumidifier and talk about how these can save you money and make your home more comfortable and heathier.

We will also talk about how that humidity in your basement or crawlspace can cause issues all Around the House.

We love contests here on Around the House. Over the next two weeks we will be giving away to a lucky listener a Aprilaire room air purifier! Click HERE for the specifications.  somake sure you listen to the episodes from July 3rd and listen to the key word you will need to enter on our contest page at https://aroundthehouseonline.com/show-giveaways

For more information on Aprilaire please visit their website at https://www.aprilaire.com/

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So many of us are wondering how a residential building can collapse in 2021 whithout a lot of people knowing what is going on. We are not going to speculate on what happened in Florida but talk about how neglected buildings need much more attention through local building codes and inspections.

If you are curious about the building you are living in we will talk about what you should be looking for when you are inside the building and what should be a cause of alarm.

Plus we will talk about those chemicals in your garage, pantry or basements and where they should be stored. You dont want to miss what is in Eric G's garage shop and his epic fail in this episode.

Make sure you listen to this and the next episode as we are giving away to a lucky listener a Aprilaire Air Purifier. Listen for the key word and make sure and enter HERE

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In today's Pro Insider Podcast, we address the upcoming cold and flu season and is your remodeling, construction, or design business ready for a massive influx of business. What is your plan if you are an HVAC company and the weather is bringing you in 400 to 500 leads a day? How about a plumbing company with a big pipe freeze or a roofer with a big windstorm?

I have some tips that might help you come up with a game plan you can pull out when and if these things happen.

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You might have seen the change this week to the cover art and title of Around the House! We decided to asnwer some of the many questions that have come up with the new rollout this week of Around the House with Eric G and Caroline B!

it was time to freshen up the show a bit with a new expert to co-host the show with Eric G and you have heard her over the last few weeks as our guest co-host.

Here is a little more about Caroline:

Caroline Blazovsky is nationally recognized as America’s Healthy Home Expert ®. She is a home investigator, environmental consultant, spokesperson, and media personality promoting healthier homes throughout the U.S. She has been featured by AARP, Shape, SiriusXM, Broan-Nutone, House Smarts TV, The Jenny McCarthy Show, Good Housekeeping and hundreds of podcasts, radio, and print interviews. 

With more than 20 years of “house experience” and 30,000 home investigations--she can teach you the healthy way to home projects. She is a council-certified Mold Remediator (CMR), Environmental Allergen Consultant (CEAC) and Indoor Environmentalist Investigator (CIE) with graduate Sustainable Design education from Boston Architectural College. She is also credentialed through the National Environmental Health Association as a Healthy Homes Specialist (HHS). 

Caroline is a board member of the ACAC responsible for creating indoor air quality credentialing as well as a keynote speaker & scientific contributor to the national Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA). She resides as CEO of My Healthy Home®, a company specializing in indoor air quality products, consultations, and services. Ms. Blazovsky was named a 2020 Top 25 Leading Woman Entrepreneur in her home state of New Jersey and her company My Healthy Home was a finalist for New Jersey Business of the Year 2020. In her spare time, she is a graduate candidate in Public Health at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She enjoys making humans healthier and is collector of rock and roll memorabilia.  

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Roger isn't just Richardson, Texas' favorite plumber, he's America’s favorite plumber! That “looks great and smells good!” That was a line taken from the winning video of American Standard’s 2016 Plumber Know How contest where Roger was chosen as their The Next Expert Plumber. 

Roger is a Texas Master Plumber and an entertaining video creator on YouTube and LinkedIn. He also teaches plumbing and is passionate about green-building and water conservation. He considers becoming a LEED AP in 2009 as a major accomplishment in his plumbing career, as very few plumbers received that certification.

We talk with Roger about the trades and then talk about some of the things that the small amount of bad plumbers try to pull over on homeowners.

For more information about Roger head to: https://www.rogerwakefield.com/

His Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RedneckRoger

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGIMKh92vaL0_Yc0u4GYhHA

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