Sheldon Stewart of Stewart Painting foregoes the start of a family party to stay with us for hour number two of this edition of The Handyman Hotline. It's a good thing too because we needed tips on how to stain a deck and how long to wait to stain a pressure treated one (Hint: not as long a you might think).

Sheldon Stewart of Stewart Painting is back in the studio for this episode of The Handyman Hotline. The difficulties in matching an existing stain, and what surface to paint first-the smaller or the larger? Just a couple of topics discussed with our painting expert!

The topics are always changing, and the questions are wide ranging. the Handyman Hotline is a group therapy session for the home owner, and the answers and tips sometimes come from fellow callers who've experienced the same situation...like adding heat to an outdoor shower (it's simpler than you might think!)

Larry and John in the studio this week on a Labor Day weekend edition of The Handyman Hotline and boy does Larry have respect for people who labor...namely fence installers. Having to dig a number of post holes and deal with the lingering muscle aches and pains afterwards will do that for you!

Electrician Jim Venuti has some big plans for Larry and his newly purchased shed (that he's been dragging his feet about buying). Namely, running power to the shed! Oh, and running a line for the generator, installing a sub panel for the shed's power, and while we're at it...upgrading the entire electrical service to the house from 100 amps to 200 amps! Jim sees big plans...Larry sees big dollar signs!

Our very own power broker Jim Venuti of James M. Venuti Electric sits down in the studio with Larry and John on this episode of The Handyman Hotline. Electrical fluctuations, mysterious smoke detector chirping (sometimes) and other questions are discussed on this group therapy session for the weary home owner!

Armen Safaryan of Corey & Corey The Roofers sits in on this episode of The Handyman Hotline where the home owner questions and topics of discussion are wide ranging as usual!

Armen Safaryan of Corey & Corey The Roofers stops by to help out with homeowners' questions about the roofing and ventilation of their homes, and we learn he wakes up at 4:15 am every morning...by choice!! Ugh...

Dan Caouette of Cape Cod Pest Pros Joins Larry & John on this episode of The Handyman Hotline. Mosquitoes, ticks, wasps, ants, mice...blech! Good thing we have a person Dan to not only tell us what's happening in the bug world, but also how to control it...'cause we're not doing it!!

Dan Caouette of Cape Cod Pest Pros Joins Larry & John on this episode of The Handyman Hotline. Further proof that the topics of conversation are wide ranging: Discussion went from all things creepy and crawly to a brief discussion about The Cape Cod Baseball League, the nation's premiere college summer baseball league! It helps when you have a pest control expert and the host of the CCBL game of the week broadcast on hand!