Metal roof Charlie: Jose in Brazoria says we have a building used for Knights of Columbus business and bingo, etc. Knights of Columbus. Tom: Got to have the bingo. Charlie: Knights of Columbus, bingo is in that one. Tom: Must be Catholic. Charlie: It’s one of those Catholic words, true. The roof is metal and […]

Charlie: … Thym in Spring. Anyway, he says we had to have our wall open due to Harvey, and there’s a plastic vapor barrier on each side of the walls. If you open it a little, you can look down and see that there’s old mold growth between the exterior walls and, what he thinks […]

Charlie: Steven Tomball says, “I want to take the intercom system out of our house. Is there anything we need to do? I was planning on disconnecting the base unit, terminating the wires with wire caps, and also terminating the speaker wires with caps and sheet rocking over the openings.” Sounds pretty thorough to me. […]

Charlie : Santiago in Missouri City wraps up the festivities today with this one; “I’m planning on remodeling my home. My question is, what would be the best route in getting a home remodeling loan?” Tom: I think the best … When you get into home remodeling loans, the first thing is a one with […]

Charlie : Leslie in the Woodlands says, my home is 47 years old, and during Harvey, the frame supporting the windows leaked, causing the inside grout in the floor brick to bubble up. She said it’s the same pavers as the Galleria. So it’s obviously the nicer part of the Woodlands, where she’s living. Tom: […]

Charlie : Sandra in Rosharon says, “We’re in need of a spring for a 1940s garage door.” She says it was called a “Hollywood door”. Where could she get a replacement spring for that? Tom: I’d call the Overhead Door Company of Houston on Main Street. Charlie : All right. I wasn’t sure. The Hollywood […]

Charlie: Mark in Clear Lake has our last question this morning. He says, “Should I use the Zinsser mold killing primer first and the Zinsser shellac primer on top of that? I’ve already sprayed with the Consan  per your recommendation.” Tom: It wouldn’t hurt you, but I think it’s a redundancy you don’t need. The […]

Charlie: LuAnna in Klute asks us about sheetrock, Tom. She says, “Is there a safe sheetrock to use to replace on the walls, after flooding?” As opposed to an unsafe one? I’m not sure what she means there. Tom: Well, there would be an unsafe one. It would be the Chinese sheet rock that came […]

Charlie: Leslie in Atascocita says “My question is should I replace my 10-year-old AC unit with a new unit or just have someone redo the coils? They’re starting to leak and freeze up on us, and I don’t have the funds for a new one at the moment, so I was looking to save some […]

Charlie: Jeremy  in Porter  says his back door gets a lot of splash-up when it rains. Because of this the bottom eight inches or so has rotted out. He wants to know, can he repair this, or does he have to replace the door jam? Tom: I’d probably, if it’s 8, 10 inches up and […]