Slab to Shingle

Inspection asphalt shingle roof

Is your roof in good condition? Here’s how to tell.

Tips and Tricks

If you own a home, you have a roof to take care of, and my guess is seven out of ten of you have an asphalt shingle roof. Here in the southland, asphalt shingles cover the vast majority of homes, and for a good reason. They are the least expensive…

Required gfci outlets

Do you have GFCI outlets installed?

Have you ever noticed that some of the outlets in your home have buttons but don’t know why they are there or what they do? Those outlets are called Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters, or GFCI outlets for short. Modern building code has…

Smoke detector safety and maintenance

What you need to know about your homes smoke detectors.

It may be a surprise to many of you that smoke detectors or automatic smoke alarms have been around since before 1900. They were first invented in England by a guy named George Andrew Darby. Around the same time, the U.S. National Fire Protection…