HOME RENOVATION REPAIR

I hate moving. I’ve had enough experience that you’d think it would be easier by now: I grew up in a military family and have been bit of a tumbleweed ever since. But it feels daunting every time, and it's expensive. It’s enough to make you want to chuck all your earthly possessions and live like a Zen monk, with just a sleeping mat and a bowl. So this last, and I do hope last, time I moved (from California back to New York), I was looking for advice on everything from how to pack dishes so they don’t arrive as mosaic scraps to whether the cat and I should travel by car or by air.

Kitchen-appliances-14 Kitchen & Bath Design News calls our attention to cracks in stone counters caused by hidden rusting. Since when does stone rust? When it has been reinforced…to prevent cracks. Seems conscientious counter fabricators strengthen the thin strip in front of the sink with an embedded steel rod so the strip won’t crack under the weight of those dirty pots and pans. But with water nearby, the rod gets rusty and expands, like ice in mortar. Father-and-son correspondents Jim and James Heaphy, drawing from a scary science journal called Advances in Fracture Research, explain the phenomenon as “oxide jacking,” which is another way of saying “homeowner heartache.” There’s a solution to the solution-solving problem, they note, namely using rods made of stainless steel or fiberglass. But it kinda makes you wonder if some larger rethinking may be in order. Ever experienced a similar sort of problem-hidden-inside-a-solution? Send it along. I’m keeping a list.

Today is my most favorite day of the year, times two! It’s Halloween and tonight we get to set our clocks back, which means an extra hour of sleep. Yay! Now, it won’t be all fun and games. Ok, it will be mostly fun and games, but this is also the time of year when you should test and replace the batteries in all of the important devices in your home. Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms, security systems, and even the remote controls for your entertainment center, if it runs on a battery it’s time for a check up. Battery testers only cost a few dollars and will save you from replacing batteries that still have plenty of life in them. So before you get in costume, party, and pass out from eating too much candy, take 15 minutes for this simple yet important chore. Don’t fret, you still get an extra 45 minutes on the back end!

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