The three walls surrounding a bathtub take a lot of abuse, especially if the bathroom serves a house of family members who bathe daily. Those conditions call for a hard-working, durable wall surface with the ability to withstand the moisture and continued use. Solid Surface is a manufactured material, made of acrylic resin, polyester resin or a combination of the...
LOS ANGELES – Before he finished the final season of “Better Call Saul,” Bob Odenkirk got a script for a new series about a college English professor.
Minimum wage increases go back into communities and the economy, Aaron Bartley says.
One of the most fulfilling moments of my career happened just a few days ago. It’s a story worth sharing for so many reasons, not the least of which is that it should inspire you to do something you think is impossible. It’s a tale of the three Ds: diligence, determination and dedication, mixed with a heaping spoonful of courage.
Q: I’m interested in a property that is under contract but is also under a contingency. I find it odd that this house has been contingent for over six months! I want to submit a backup offer. How can I find out if their deal is rocky or just slow to go through?
Pity the poor AFC Richmond fans. Their team is in last place at the start of the new season and the prospects don’t look good.
LOS ANGELES – How do you play a man who betrays his country?
I was disappointed to see Buffalo News take a half-measure approach to its endorsement of the Bigger, Better Bottle Bill.
I’d like to share a story with you. This saga transpired over the past six weeks, and I feel it contains a valuable lesson that could save you thousands of dollars, allow you to sleep at night, and go to dinner with your remodeling contractor at the end of the job.
Q: Our real estate attorney misread an estimate to remediate the underground storage tanks on the property we purchased. The sellers had started to remove and remediate some old underground oil storage tanks. The seller’s attorney and our attorney ended up recommending that we take a credit for the remediation estimate rather than have the seller finish the job.
An article titled "Buffalo union leader to back Bills stadium deal after talking over contractor issues" appeared last week in this paper. The…
When an electric water heater begins to produce lukewarm water, replacing it is an obvious choice. The simplest solution is to replace it with a new electric unit that will be more efficient and consume less energy than the old one. A good place to start is Energy Saver, the U.S. Department of Energy's consumer resource on saving energy at...
Q: We recently purchased a townhouse in Columbia, Maryland. The day after we moved in, the sewer backed up into the utility room. We had the sewer pipe snaked out by a qualified plumber, who found tree root intrusion in the pipe about 10 feet off the back of the house. We subsequently had the faulty portion of the pipe replaced.
Q: My husband and I have found it impossible to find a contractor to build a small family room and deck off the back of our Chicago home over the last four years.
When you think about the biggest organizing challenges in your home, there’ s likely a few things that come to mind: the messy kitchen counter, the overstuffed bedroom closet and that towering pile of papers. Considering the influx of mail, bills, catalogs and paperwork that flows into our houses every day, it’ s no wonder we can’ t keep up. The task seems so daunting that...
At a time when New York faces health care workforce shortages, the physician assistant profession continues to meet patient demand. PAs have t…
It took the shock waves of a massacre last May to bring longstanding inequities into sharp relief, spotlighting the undeniable fact that real change in East Buffalo means historic, paradigm-shaking investment.
If Ke Huy Quan wins an Oscar for his work in “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” he knows who’s on the thank you list – co-star Michelle Yeoh.
“She inspired me to get back into acting,” the Best Supporting Actor nominee says. “She gave me the courage to dream again, to give voice to this dream that I had for a long, long time.”
Make a striking impression of your home by adding a weather vane, an ornament atop your home, garage or outbuilding, to catch the wind. It can be a distinctive crowning touch on a rooftop to distinguish your home, and it’ s a simple way to see which way the wind is blowing. You’ ll find a wide variety of weather vanes in home accessory catalogs, home and garden centers and...
As a columnist, it’s my job to save you money and time on every repair or improvement project you plan for your home.
Q: My wife and I own a single-family house in Chicago. Over the past 40 years we’ve had remodeling work done, especially in the basement, installing a bathroom, but without a permit. Now we’re thinking of selling but are worried the unpermitted work will cause any legal problems during the sale. What should we do about it?
LOS ANGELES -- If you think “Magnum P.I.” got a little sexier after it moved to NBC, you’re right.
He had a stellar baseball career, a bulldog of a catcher who won two World Series with the Cardinals in the 1960s and played in three. He had an even more decorated run after his playing days ended.
You may know of a suspended ceiling, which is also called a drop ceiling, because of its design using metal channels that run the length and width of a room. Once those channels are installed on the ceiling to create a grid of cross runners and ribs, 2- by-4-foot acoustic panels slip and slide into place. For years, a suspended ceiling solved the problem of covering up a...
When I woke up just before writing this column, it was a balmy 15 below zero here at my house in central New Hampshire. A gale was blowing and the wind chill was -41F.
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