Around the House with Eric G®: Upgrade Your Home Like a Pro

Hiring a contractor can be a scary task! You are writing a check to someone that you are hoping will take your project more seriously than even you are. Did you hire the right person? Eric Goranson and Caroline Blazovsky will walk you through many of the important steps to finding that right licensed and bonded contractors and what to watch out for during the process. This is a must listen to if you are getting ready to hire out a project. Did you know if you hire the wrong one their employee could get hurt and YOU are on the hook for their medical bills and expenses? That can add up quick!

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There are a lot of good building inspectors out there. However there is at least one electrical inspector in Florida is phoning it in. We will discuss how waiting lists for new homes can make it hard for homeowners to check brand new homes to see if it was build correctly when the builder wont allow a home inspector in the building before closing.

Eric G had some parts coming from his house that were built to order and somehow got lost in transit. In our investigation in what happened we found some secrets that helped us eventually locate the package even after Fed-Ex said it was lost and to contact the shipper. We share with you those secrets that might help you later if that happens to you.

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Who makes what brand of tools? Is Porter Cable the same company as Craftsman? How about DeWalt? We answer all those questions and so much more plus the five tools that every homeowner should have. Pick any brand and there are at least 100 power tools from each manufacturer. So we help you with your first five! You might be surprised about a few of them.

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With plenty of us working from home still in fall of 2021 and more and more streaming options hitting us, we need to have that internet that we pay good money for working at its best. We want to get what we pay for right? Many times we assume its too many people using it or its the weather when its a problem inside or outside of our homes. Lets talk about how to get your internet working at its best and then dive into some of the best new smart home devices for 2021.

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Caroline Blazovsky and Eric Goranson talk about the aftermath of her birthday party and then jump into Eric getting his HVAC system tuned up today! Plus they will jump into the material shortages in the home improvement industry AND what is going on with Fed-Ex? What is going on with them?

All this and more in this weeks mid-week special!

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Did you ever see Catch a Contractor with Skip and Alison Bidell with Adam Carolla? They spent three seasons busting California's worse contractors that had taken advatage of homeowners. Now you can catch him on Fox & Friends in the weekdays talking about the latest in Home Improvement products.

We get Skip and Alison in the studio to chat about all of this and some of the back stories to some of the bad contractors they caught in those seasons. Plus we talk a little bit about their kitchen they remodeled in their own house with the design help of Eric G.

We then dive into Caroline Blazovsky's birthday party for a few minutes! Make sure and listen to the end where Skip talks about King Water Filters and how they can save you some serious money and give you great tasting water.

All this and more in todays second hour of Around the House!

For more information about Skip head to https://www.skipbedell.com/

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Now that we are fully in fall or at least my calendar says so, there are some projects that we should be looking at as we head closer to winter. Eric G and Caroline B discuss what are some of the common ways to heat your home and what seems to be the best way in each part of the country. They discuss some of the little projects you can knock out now and be that much farther ahead of the game!

Plus there are some easy tips with new products to keep mice and pests out of your home and garage. All this and SO MUCH MORE on Around the House!

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Its been all over the interweb! A contractor in Colorado said he wasnt getting paid so he went and "repossesed" the bathroom. That is what the media is saying but it is the truth? Not really. We sure would have have paid him! We dive into the details and we hope to get the homeowner on the show real soon. Bad contractors are a huge problem and lets take a look at the details we know. If you just read the headling its not what you think.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.kptv.com/video-contractor-destroys-renovated-bathroom-with-sledgehammer-after-payment-dispute/article_90ced33e-1526-5eb2-a814-30bf7ac62ffe.html?fbclid=IwAR3zsjzmnpGMQYLxfNan-d2EfxKeKRwm268gxrfuxPw2lZyXyQhayH0Tf3Q

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This is just not another healthy home conversation. We take a dive with Andrew Guido, a building biologist. Andrew has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from the Schulich School of Business from York University in Toronto, Ontario and is a Certified Building Biologist from the Building Biology Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

When you are building a new home, or even remodeling there are a LOT of things that you should take into account to make your house heathier to live in. We tackle many of those things that can keep dust down, help with those seasonal allergies and even those chemicals that can make you sick that are standard in building construction today. Did you know even those light choices can effect how you sleep at night. You dont want to miss this special episode of Around the House with Eric Goranson and Caroline Blazovsky.

To find out more about Erth Homes head to: https://erth.com/

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When was the last time you tuned up your appliances? Have you checked the water filter on your front load washing machine? When was the last time you adjusted the thermostat on your oven? There are a ton of things that can save you money and are DIY friendly that you can tackle!

We will discuss pre-washing those dishes and if that is actually making your dishes even dirtier than if you just scraped them off into the trash and loaded them up. All this and so much more on this weeks Around the House with Eric Goranson and Caroline Blazovksy.

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