Archive for July, 2008

why do home improvement and cable people always expect you to be home during working hours?

Friday, July 4th, 2008
rockinright06 asked:


My wife and I got our kitchen remodeled and had seperate installers for flooring, cabinets, applicance install, and countertops. In every case, one of us had to take a day off work, on short notice, and endure bitching from our respective bosses about it, because the aforementioned contractors could only do 9-5 hours during the week and not pin down an exact time to boot.

Why do they do this? Why do they expect that the average working person can take off work 5 times in one month? Am I the only person that finds this to be a problem?

Is there a web site that can help me estimate home improvement projects cost and time?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
BlueFish asked:


We have several dozen improvements we want to make to our home before putting it up for sale. I am trying to prioritize and budget our time and money to get them done.
We are not handy people and have no idea what we are doing but we don’t have much money either so we are doing as much as we can ourselves.

Who are your favorite home improvement bloggers?

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Misc asked:


Who are your favorite DIY home improvement bloggers? Who do you trust for info about sprucing up your home? Thanks!