Your Valuable Home

This Your Valuable Home begins with Charla sharing the vision for her new kitchen. The plan includes removing a load-bearing wall, and some other nice touches that could aid in your own kitchen planning.

In our Horror Story today, Kevin recounts the story of how a contractor’s lies in his social media got through unchecked.

In our Featured segment, drinking water expert, Steve Wiley, explains how people with well water can get shaken down for expensive remediation of bacteria when a prospective buyer orders a water analysis. Steve also discusses which water generally wins out for drinkability and safety….well water vs. municipal water.

Leading up to today’s featured interview, Bernie, the roofer explains why there are shingle shortages of certain styles and colors in this lingering Covid environment.

In the Horror Story, Bernie cites three or four problems caused by inept roofers, and how you can guard against them. 

In the featured segment, Dan George, who was a listener favorite last week, is back to talk about Escape (tiny home) vacation rentals available in 12 states across the country( at $160 or so a night, a money maker for the unit owners), Escape’s Tampa Bay expanding development and the company’s partnership with Ikea. Exciting stuff that happening right here on Your Valuable Home.

Our Replay today and our Horror Story are both about Mark and his bathroom re-do. Bathrooms can be difficult, and this one was. In our Featured interview today we speak with Alan Hubbell from DuPont Tyvek. Such a simple product, but it can keep you out of trouble. For example, Tyvek Wrap around a window cavity before the window is installed can provide you with many years of trouble-free installation. Why not insist on it?