War happens in peacetime when the enemy least expects action. Right now, right there where you are, there may be unseen action underway which may catch you off guard and ruin your peace besides causing untold losses and miseries. The water and sewer line right down your home may just be the enemy you least expect. Colluding with the tree in your yard which you so lovingly have been watering and nurturing all these years, your pipes may be planning the perfect ambush, one which you may not ev... (more...)
NJ is blessed with varied forms of water outlets, be it from the municipality of mother nature! You get water. And you get plenty of it! The ONLY likely catch (and this isn’t uniform by any stretch of imagination!) is that water in most parts of NJ is hard to various degrees. Though nowhere close to Colorado levels, water sourced directly from nature which has spent time among rocks either in the earth or high up in the mountains generally tend to have higher concentrations of salts, especiall... (more...)
You are in Bahamas on vacation unwinding and chilling after having worked your butt off in the whole damned year. A cold beer in hand, you gaze into the endless horizon. That’s till the phone rings and all hell breaks loose! It’s your neighbour at the other end hysterical as hell. Why? Because his garden has been destroyed by one of your clogged drains/ water pipe which burst open in the middle of the night. Next, your town’s Municipal Office calls you. And then the cops call you. And so o... (more...)
This doesn't happen often but for those who have gone through the nightmare, nothing compares! Yes, this is about leaking taps which suddenly turn into a torrent or a super-chocked drain which looks like a fountain, only that the water stinks and if the neighbours got it right, seems like the water originates from your place! Something which might not be as dramatic though equally destructive could be that you forgot to de-winterize your plumbing and piping could. Thankfully (and provided you... (more...)
All is fine till on the gravy train. Till there is gravy till the brim! The painful part starts when it starts to slow down And typically this happens after one retires from a job/ profession and is perennially short of money! Today we tell you of all the likely scenarios which may need assistance when it’s about senior citizen home repairs! We mention below an entire set of likely problems or areas of concern where seniors home repair grants can be thought of as a means of off-setting preci... (more...)