I had no plans for my basement shop last week so, being an animal lover, when Meredith from Mayor's Alliance asked me if her organization could use my shop as a holding facility for a feral cat spay/neuter trap-and-release I agreed. You can read more about the Great Owls Head Cat Roundup on my blog. This story is about something broken in my house that I found ...

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A few weeks ago I wrote about the possible impact that the Waxman-Market climate and energy bill (the bill would institute a cost for carbon emissions via a cap-and-trade system and provides incentives and mandates for improved efficiency) could have on old house renovation. In that post, I alluded to incentives included in the bill for homeowners who inprove the efficiency of their homes without actually describing what those incentives are. (Full disclosure: I hadn't actually ...

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An apartment dwelling friend called me last week and complained about her upstairs neighbors who sounded like they were raising cattle. The clomping noise was driving her nuts and she wanted to know how much acoustic ceiling tile would cost her. I told her that ceiling tile would be virtually useless in this application. That's not what it's made for. There are two basic types of noise control: ...

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