From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, November 2, 2023 ~ Are you closing down your northern home before you head to a warmer climate for the winter? Perhaps you are simply shutting down a…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, February 3, 2023 ~ Don’t sign that contract for home improvements! Not yet anyway. It is good that you are being offered a written contract since it is…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, January 19, 2023 ~ Think of one kilowatt-hour, kWH, of electricity as the equivalent of operating 10 100-watt incandescent light bulbs for one hour. The average cost of…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, January 19, 2023 ~ I have never met a Midwesterner who enjoys cold floors in winter. Some cold floor issues are harder to solve than others, like that…
DETROIT, January 12, 2022 ~ What is the second leading cause of personal injury to people in the United States? Injuries from falls on stairways is right behind those sustained in automobile accidents. According to the American Journal of Emergency…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, January 5, 2023 ~ Not every home improvement project has to be a home run. Some tasks that improve quality of life in the home are small in…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, December 29, 2022 ~ You may not remember the 1980’s when the industry and governments were concerned about global cooling. Look it up. We knew worldwide reserves of…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, December 22, 2022 ~ This is a great time of the year. We all want to express our love and appreciation for those near and dear to us…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, November 24, 2022 ~ Every building has one, but not every building has a good one. Foundations are intended to transfer the load of a building to the soils below and to…
By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, November 24, 2022 ~ You’ve heard “The Guys” for years saying that any building needs a great roof and a great foundation. But in that discussion, we have ignored a huge segment of…