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Season II | Introduction
PEWTER.pints - November 10, 2021 05:00 - 24 minutesA quick introduction to the new season of PEWTER.pints. The guys talk a bit about what they have been up to, their current experiences and the lay of the land.
Interior water leaks needn’t drain your pocketbook or cause damage and disruption
Your Valuable Home - November 06, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur Replay today involves a young couple – Mark and Stacey – who finally found their first home in the desirable Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. It’s not easy, but it is possible to find an affordable, livable home in this crazy seller’s market. In the Horror Story, a homeowner is left s...
Need a New Roof? Then You Need to Hear Our Roofing 101 Featured Segment Today.
Your Valuable Home - October 31, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Joshua talks with Kevin about his vision for his kitchen and bath reno. We’ll have Josh back as the project progresses. Our Horror Story today is about a roofing job that’s as bad as it gets. It was definitely avoidable. A new roof is an expensive home improvement. That’...
Steve Olsher, publisher of PodCast Magazine, gives a compelling course in residential real estate!
Your Valuable Home - October 25, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur Replay this week deals with bringing the out-of-date look of a house up-to-date, without spending a fortune. New windows, trim, and doors did the trick. Should a new roof leak? In this Horror Story, that’s just want happened, because the roofer failed to replace some step flashing, and imp...
From a temp home in Germany, a Retired Marine & family build sustainable homes in Washington State.
Your Valuable Home - October 16, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay this week, Jed Strong talks about his new light and airy, enclosed porch, resurrected by Kevin’s VSP Home Remodeling from a wreck of a room. Jed also got a whole house of new windows. Our Horror Story deals with the case of the contractor who tried to lay the blame for the ripple...
Hear what it takes for a house to withstand, a tornado, an earthquake, extreme heat.
Your Valuable Home - October 08, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our lead-off segment, the Replay, we offer advice to MJ, the host of the Podcast, "DearSis" about moving out of New Jersey to a neighboring state. Which state do you think offers the best value…PA, DE, VA, or NY? What could possibly be wrong when a couple-week-old roof begins leaking.? L...
Leveling the Playing Field for Homeowners in Defect Disputes with Big Builders
Your Valuable Home - October 02, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur Replay today is dedicated to helping Christina and Frank Sasso arrive at cost-effective moves they can make to renovate the property they recently purchased in upstate PA, and make the existing barn livable. The Horror Story is about a bad kitchen re-deo botched in the design phase. In our...
Meet the Architect Who Designed the First Resilient and Sustainable Home in America!
Your Valuable Home - September 24, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Kevin walks us through the final steps in the installation of the expanded septic system that was required when he added an in-law suite to his home. Our Horror Story involves a newly constructed residence with all sorts of workmanship issues. Oh yes, it happens. Resilient...
Leverage Your Home Equity with Unison – No Payback for Up to 30 years!
Your Valuable Home - September 17, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, we help the legendary performer, Kim Sledge plan a garage makeover to livable room. Kim and her sisters (Sister Sledge) gave the world "We Are Family" and a string of other hits. In the Horror Story, Kevin was working one of his jobs, when along came a contractor without a ...
There Are Some Projects Do-It-Yourselfers Just Shouldn’t Do
Your Valuable Home - September 11, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the Replay this week, we talk with Jed about replacing 22 windows in his home – and about turning a dilapidated porch with an aging hot top into an inviting sitting area. The Horror Story is about the nightmare framing and wiring job done on Jed’s porch by a former owner. And in our Featu...
New roof in your future? Don’t make a move without considering these new metal shingles.
Your Valuable Home - September 03, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Kevin talks about his new, expensive septic system. It was a “must do,” because his recently completed in-law suite adds one more bedroom to the house. The Horror Story is about a clueless handyman who used black pipe for a bath tub value, causing rust stain on a brand ne...
Provia 101: Windows and Doors
Your Valuable Home - August 27, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Gerri talks through the projects she has in mind for her new downsized house. If you’re planning interior work, you can get some ideas by listening to this interview. Think you're safe hiring a family member to do some simple home improvements. Gerri did and paid the price....
Award-winning Interior Designer on how to make an effective home Design and Construction Team
Your Valuable Home - August 19, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, fellow New Pod City podcaster, Rich Hopkins, from Rich and Tim Unleashed gets advice on up-dating his expanded cape cod. Some of the possibilities: transform an existing porch into a year-round room, remove the half wall between the kitchen and dining room, and – if the bud...
Equally Fascinating this week is John Wolstenholme’s take on Modernizing the Exteriors of 6 Homes.
Your Valuable Home - August 12, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Your Valuable Home Replay, Angel is back again this week to share her plan for the rejuvenation of her 1940ish Mid-century Modern, all concrete home. It’s one of 1,000 such homes built on the suburban Philadelphia site of what was one of the most famous residences in American, the Stotes...
Donna Hoffman tells how she would update the interiors of 6 homes in 6 architectural styles.
Your Valuable Home - August 07, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay, Angel, an interior designer, shares the back story of how she found a mid-century modern home for her mid-century modern Airstream. Both are rejuvenation projects in progress. In the Horror Story, Kevin explains how a young interior designer made a huge mistake by scheduling th...
Should You Increase Your Homeowner’s Insurance Accordingly?
Your Valuable Home - July 30, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our replay today, you’ll learn about the importance of roof ventilation, and how to make sure it’s done right. Our Horror Story is about one of the worst siding jobs we’re ever discovered. Listen and learn how to spot poor siding installation. If your home has increased in value in this crazy...
Is there any way to beat this real estate seller’s market? Maybe.
Your Valuable Home - July 23, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Heather and Kevin discuss her options as she embarks on a kitchen redo: 1) remodel within the current footprint to save money, or knock down a wall and expand into the dining room space. (The existing kitchen in this 40 something- -year-old house is on the smallish side.) ...
Which is safer to drink, well water or municipal water?
Your Valuable Home - July 15, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThis 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...
Escape Home’s Dan George returns for an encore interview!
Your Valuable Home - July 09, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLeading 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. And in ...
You’d be amazed at what’s included in these tiny homes!
Your Valuable Home - July 01, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPlanning a new kitchen on a modest budget, listen to Eric and Jen’s kitchen ideas based on staying within the same footprint that they have now. In our Horror Story today, Matt tells his tale of window woe. A houseful of new windows and most of them leak. After a year of aggravation, the contrac...
How Debt Free Life Insurance is a truly sound investment.
Your Valuable Home - June 20, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe replay this week is about a special door installation in an old stone farmhouse and Kevin and Ron talk with Tom Hartill and George Matthews from Symmetry Financial Group about Debt Free Life Insurance.
A Veggie Garden Could be Good for What Ails You
Your Valuable Home - June 04, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay this week, Mark wraps up his twin projects: a new expanded kitchen, and a basement with a kitchen. Can a botched siding job lead to leaks? You better believe it. And in our Featured segment today, Professor Bill Hlubik from New Jersey’s Rutgers University explains how you can gro...
The Many Issues Caused by This Hyper-Seller’s Market
Your Valuable Home - May 29, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Kevin explains why your contractor may not be able to give you a solid estimate for a scheduled project. Supply chain issues for lumber and other building materials and products are causing headaches for contractors and homeowners. The Horror Story deals with a ridiculous ...
Success is Spelled T-Y-V-E-K
Your Valuable Home - May 20, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOur 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 aro...
Why Do Some Cities and Towns Flourish and Others Flounder? Part II
Your Valuable Home - May 13, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Lisa tells the story of her just-completed kitchen. The project included the relocation of her washing machine to the upstairs master bedroom. This outside-the-box solution facilitated expansion of the kitchen. Split HVAC systems require a lot of tubing to be inserted int...
Why Some Cities and Towns Flourish and Others Flounder
Your Valuable Home - May 03, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Mark’s 1,000 square-foot basement is almost totally made over. Imagine this: a built-in gas fireplace and a kitchen with cabinets that match those in his just renovated kitchen above. There’s a water monitor just in case. Egress was achieved with Bilco Doors. All things ...
Lessons from the learned landlord and property manager
Your Valuable Home - April 29, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, Kevin explains to a homeowner how windows should be replaced to avoid causing damage to surrounding stucco. The Horror Story today comes from Ann, a residential landlord, who reports on an alarming development at one of the HOA-run communities where she has a rental property...
Should you live in a multigenerational household?
Your Valuable Home - April 22, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn the Replay today, we discuss what it takes to make for a successful siding and window installation – and the difference it can make in the appearance of a home. In the Horror Story, Kevin reports on a basement remodel that included a kitchen and an electrical nightmare lurking behind the wal...
Roofing wisdom from an 88 year old company who set the standard for asphalt shingles.
Your Valuable Home - April 15, 2021 00:00 ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIn our Replay today, we talk about wrapping up Leslie’s remodel to benefit her aging mom. This complex job included a kitchen in the basement, a chair lift and the removal of a load-bearing wall. Our Horror Story deals with the DONT's of window installation in a stucco application. And in our ...
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