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How Texas Cities Fared in Most- and Least-Expensive Home Improvement Costs

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 19, 2022 /

Texas placed 21 cities in Lawn Love’s top-100 least expensive cities for home improvement.

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DIY Disaster: This House Shows Why You Need To Call The Pros

By Mimi Perez / October 6, 2021 /

In the Clint Eastwood classic, Magnum Force, Dirty Harry Callahan’s last line of the movie is, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Well, that expression is never truer than when you are a homeowner, and the idea of “Hey, we can do this ourselves” creeps into your mind. When my husband and I bought…

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Test Your Inspection Skills: What’s Wrong WIth This Picture?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 13, 2021 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” As a homeowner, it’s a good idea to hone your observation skills around your house so that when problems arise, they don’t go unnoticed. Sometimes things…

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If You Don’t Know Building Code, Fixing it Yourself Can Be a Bad Idea

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 24, 2020 /

Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” As home inspectors, we come across a lot of things in homes that malfunction due to poor maintenance or just age. But sometimes we find repair…

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HGTV and DIY Networks Shutter Operations; Face FCC Regulations and Class-Action Lawsuit

By Jon Anderson / April 1, 2015 /

Popular real estate and renovation cable TV networks House and Garden Television (HGTV) and DIY Network shuttered operations today in the wake of recent FCC legislation and a class-action lawsuit from appliance manufacturers. The chilling and sweeping legislation by the FCC, bans the words “charm” and “character” (among others) from the nation’s airwaves. It also…

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