Around the House® Home Improvement: A Complete Guide For your Home

This is last weeks National Association of Home Builders Seminar on Smart Homes and how builders can navigate the new technology. In this webinar, learn how to establish a competitive advantage and increase sales by helping clients navigate the smart home tech landscape. From building the integrated, standard systems today’s customers want, to offering appropriate service after the sale, you’ll leave with product and marketing best practices that add revenue to a project without the headaches. Participants in this webinar will: -Recognize the importance of smart hub technology as the foundation for product selections. -Implement a trouble-free system that works and complements each tech item. -Understand how to service smart home technology after the sale. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

The words "Smart Home" sometimes get tossed around and we talk about what makes a smart home versus a bunch of smart home devices. Before you go out and start looking at new homes you might want to spend 10 minutes and catch this quick episode. Plus we will give you a sneak peek in what is happening in this weekends show! Its a big one! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

Remodeling a bathroom can be stressful! Here are my five tips to follow when remodeling or having it remodeled by professionals. These can save you serious time in your project and a ton of money while reducing mistakes. Then we will talk about how to properly renovate and update your fireplace. These is a lot to consider and there are mistakes to be made. Lets give you the right info on tackling this project so you get the most out of it this winter. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

We have a cool Black and Decker Power and Hand Tool Giveaway going right now until September 27th 2020 so sign up to win and then we will dive into keeping that energy you use to heat and cool your home right where it is supposed to be. There is a way to repair those worn out metal and vinyl windows. Some basic hand tools and some time with new wool pile weatherstripping and you have windows that seal like they were new. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

With the growth of our listening audience for Around the Toolbox we are making some slight changes that will make it easier for the construction industry professional to catch this podcast. We have spun this off to its own feed for anyone wanting to catch industry specific information. Please subscribe to this new show here: https://player.captivate.fm/show/d5793130-86a7-4b36-896b-b5c645059d3b Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

$8.00 for a 2x4x8 and that is the contractors price? Really? Yeah it is true. With our lumber shortage Fortune Magazine is reporting a 134% price increase over last year in lumber and that effects all projects including remodeling. Lets talk about that plus what is coming up in this weekends Around the House with Eric G Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

Kitchen remodels are one of the most stressful times in a homeowners life. Here are my 5 tips to avoid big mistakes in a kitchen remodel. These are the ones that can make it a big win or a big failure. Plus we will talk about my new heat pump water heater that is more efficient than anything gas produces and we will talk about my roofing project with my shed! There is a ton of DIY in this episode of Around the House with Eric G! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

No interviews in this show! We just talk home improvement and design! A special Thank you to Energizer Generators who kept the show on air today with the power outages and fires here in Oregon. We have a listener question about killing mold and we will also update you on the Cherry family in Seattle and their battle with the city building department on the $11,000 Affordable housing fee that was attached to their remodeling permit on their house. We will also talk about a new feature that Lutron is coming out with that works with your Ring Doorbell and Camera. All this and so much MORE on this episode of Around the House with Eric G! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

Living outside Portland Oregon I am watching mill towns burn with only a small percentage of buildings making it through the fires. Towns like Mill City appear to have a couple of buildings still standing. This is not going to help our ever growing lumber shortages here in the US. Looking ahead Canada is having those same shortages. Lets talk about an update on where we are at in the building trades. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

Hurricanes, global pandemic, wildfires, riots, snow in the mid-west in September....its been a strange year. Are you ready for fall and winter? Lets talk about some of the basics that you might need to have around your house...and we are not even talking about toilet paper and disinfecting wipes. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

We took some time this week with Waterstone Facuet's Chris Kuran, President/CEO and Owner of Waterstone Faucets. These are all made in Southern California and have been leading the industry with innovative design. In some of these very artful pieces you can see his inspiration that might have come from his beginnings as a U.S. Naval Academy grad and Marine Corps Veteran. To see what I am talking about head to their website https://waterstoneco.com/ Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

I think many people want to paint away 2020. Lets talk with Puji Sherer, the director of color marketing at Miller Paint and find out what direction colors are going. Are you tackling a painting project? Lets find out if you are headed the right direction with the colors you are thinking and some great tips to making the colors work great for your home or office. Are you still thinking about painting the inside of your home 50 shades of Gray? Lets talk about that and take listener questions in this segment of Around the House! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts at https://around-the-house-with-e.captivate.fm/listen . We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

On September 2nd 2020 Eric G did a keynote speech for 2020 Design for their 2020 Connect online trade show. This is my keynote speech from that. This will help designers, kitchen and bath design firms, and lumber building material dealers with Kitchen and bath departments navigate the ever changing challenges of the changing economies of construction. If you would like Eric to speak to your group, trade show, or consult for your business please contact Cheryl Lewis at https://www.cheryllewisassociates.com/ for more information.

In about 10 minutes I am going to give you my secrets on saving money this week or even the next couple of months. Plus lets talk about a tariff on a material inside your home that was exempt until next week. Then prices will go up at least 25%. Lots of information packed in this mid week special! Please subscribe to the podcast and make sure you leave a review on your favorite episodes! Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts. We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)

Here is the second half of the show....and thank you for listening! We start out with the World Famous Clyde Lewis from late night radio's hit show Ground Zero as we were I think all surprised when we were talking about haunted houses and Clyde's wife called in to say she thought I could communicate with the dead. We then will have a follow up with Derrick Chee and his interview of Eric G (comedy) We will then dive into a favorite caller where Eric called out an illegal contractor who was trying to illegally play electrician on top of it. They we will close out this hour with Caroline Blaovsky, America's Healthy Home Expert and we will talk about air quality and then dive into our favorite plumber Roger Wakefield who has been blowing up Youtube with his plumbing advice. Thanks for listening to Around the house if you want to hear more please subscribe so you get notified of the latest episode as it posts. We love comments to we would love reviews on how this information has helped you on your house! Thanks for listening! For more information about the show head to https://aroundthehouseonline.com/ (https://aroundthehouseonline.com/)