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So, you have a leak in your basement. No big deal, you say. After all, your basement isn’t finished. You use it only for storage and the occasional project. The water will evaporate eventually, right? Or, you can clean it up with a wet vacuum. Why panic, right? And why spend...
Window wells are a wonderful but often overlooked addition to a single-family home. Let’s face it, if all a basement window offered was a close-up view of dirt it would be neither very attractive nor very useful, hence the window well. The window well allows the basement window to serve...
Oak Lawn IL is a suburban town west of Chicago with a population of more than 57,000. Oak Lawn was a small, semi-rural village prior to World War II but was a classic case of postwar boom in the decades that followed. Today’s Oak Lawn is still growing and has...
Everybody likes to save money. It’s the rare shopper who’s not attracted to a sale and the exceptional buyer who doesn’t try to bargain down the price of a new car. Homeowners are no exception, of course. The increased interest in Do-It-Yourself projects is at least partly motivated by saving...
Glenview IL is a large suburban community north of Chicago. Formerly the home of the Glenview Naval Air Station, a World War II era defense installation, the village today is a mixed bag of residential and commercial development, including a significant center known as The Glen on the site...
There are lots of old sayings that are part of the collective wisdom: “Haste makes waste,” “Don’t put the cart before the horse,” and, of course, the one that has puzzled everyone since Benjamin Franklin first uttered it, “A stitch in time saves nine.” These expressions may have grains of...
Oak Park, IL is one of the best known suburbs of Chicago, primarily because of two famous former residents, one of whom definitely left his mark on the community. Iconic American author Ernest Hemingway grew up in Oak Park before moving on to Havana, Key West and other venues in...
According to the National Association of Home Builders, between 75% and 90% of homes in the Midwest, North Central, Eastern and New England states have basements, either full or partial. They are very common in Chicago and surrounding area. Unfortunately, a large percentage of these basements will develop leaks and...
Wheaton IL is a large and prosperous suburb about 25 miles west of Chicago. The seat of DuPage County, Wheaton’s growth has kept pace with that fast-growing county and it currently boasts of a population of more than 53,000. The families of Wheaton live in approximately 20,000 houses, ranging in...
Owning a home is great. It provides a stable living environment that is completely customizable to a family’s needs and it allows the homeowner to accrue equity in the home instead of paying rent. If there is a downside, it is the fact that maintenance and repair costs are now...
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