Episode 1505
Coming up on Saturday 35 years of Around the House plus new content
In this weeks mid-week special we talk about our 35th birthday coming up on Saturday. Plus some great ways to find close out deals at the home centers and we talk about current lumber prices and your upcoming projects. That and so much more new content coming your way now.
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Transcript
[00:00:34] Eric Goranson: Well. Very important week for around in the house. This week on Saturday is our 35th birthday, and yes, I am the fourth host of Around the House Show. And uh, I took it over from Handyman Bob years ago and became his co-host. And then when he retired, I took over the show. And here we are today. So we have a big birthday celebration coming up this weekend.
[:[00:01:16] Eric Goranson: However, if you head over to around the house online.com, you'll be able to find us over there and, uh, hit the, uh, listen to the around the house, show there, and you'll find years and years and years and thousand over a thousand episodes hanging out over there for you to take a listen to. So there's a lot of.
[:[00:01:55] Eric Goranson: Fox 12 Oregon, that's Kpt V. Fox 12, Oregon on [00:02:00] YouTube. You can go over and find the around the house playlist and we have a boat full of stuff hiding over there. So we have, um, last week I did a, a segment on, uh, this cool delta glass rinser. So kinda like what you see at your favorite pub or tavern where you can put the pint glass over the top.
[:[00:02:37] Eric Goranson: Without using some of the nasty chemicals. And then we talked about a couple products, actually three ting that senses electricity. Uh, predicts an electrical fire since to cover your, uh, home energy monitoring and of course root quencher. And then, uh, went back and talked with Wesco boots. That is one of my favorite videos of all time that we've done.
[:[00:03:20] Eric Goranson: She's a writer there and an author. And then, uh, but yeah, we talked about a ton of stuff. Talked with Roger Wakefield and Carrier, talked about how to fix that exterior leaky faucet and how to fix that delta leaky faucet. That old single handle that's been around for decades. And then, uh, the latest from co garage Doors.
[:[00:04:00] Eric Goranson: And, uh, each week you'll see those videos from the TV show get pushed up over there. So that is so much that we're doing over there. And, uh, just look over on YouTube, KP T V, Fox 12 Oregon and then find the around the house playlist, which is easy under playlist. When in doubt you can head over to around the house.
[:[00:04:37] Eric Goranson: Head over to uh kp tv.com. Go to the around the house page there and you can submit your video and, uh, take a selfie video and send it over. And I would love to answer that on video for you on how to finish up that project that you're trying to do. Maybe it's your better half that hasn't even got the project done yet, and you need help to get it finished up.
[:[00:05:19] Eric Goranson: So be careful. Not too many of those out there, about 33,000 of those. So keep an eye out for that and everything else we talked about last week. Now that we're really heading into spring, I wanted to talk a little bit about where I see things going here, because I think this is going to be a great summer for DIY projects because you know, new home construction clearly has slowed.
[:[00:06:16] Eric Goranson: You know, when I'm at $11 now for a sheet of O S B versus the $26, it was a year or so ago. Now we're looking to. Projects are gonna be so much more affordable for people to tackle now, even though we're paying four times as much for a dozen eggs than we have been, at least these DIY projects, we've seen the, the lumber prices go down.
[:[00:06:58] Eric Goranson: Now's the time to go out and [00:07:00] get it and, uh, shop around a little bit. You know, if you're out there looking around the, the big box stores might not be the cheapest place to buy your lumber building materials. Your local yo lumber yard could be the better, so, better place to get it. So get some prices, take a look.
[:[00:07:31] Eric Goranson: When in doubt, buy from your local lumber retailer, because those are the guys I like to work with. I've got my favorite little lumber yard I work with here in Portland, and that's, uh, Conrad Lumber down in Sherwood, Oregon. Those guys are my little, uh, favorite place I work with. Those guys are like family down there and they've always been a great supporter of the around the House program, so I always hats off to those guys for their help.
[:[00:08:10] Eric Goranson: So, hats off to Conrad Lumber down in Sherwood, and that's, uh, my little lumber yard. And there are so many great ones across the US here that are in your neighborhoods that are so friendly to work with. And knowledgeable, that is a place to lean on as far as your local lumber yard. So we wanna make sure these guys are, are staying in business and doing well because they're the ones that are treating the community correctly.
[:[00:08:54] Eric Goranson: This one here is, um, an interesting one. It's called Diehl Hunters, [00:09:00] and it is the Lowe's slash Home Depot Clearance Deals. And this is a closed group of people that go around and find all the closeout deals. And the prices that are across the country. So for instance, uh, I'm looking at here it looks like, uh, there's a bunch of closeout deals where they're getting rid rid of, uh, metabo in a lot of the lows, and all of a sudden you're seeing stuff that was $150 down to $99 and all of a sudden you can really tool up pretty quickly on closeout.
[:[00:10:00] Eric Goranson: The whole deal was 4 99 down to two 90. Uh, there's a 12, $1,300 Metabo. Gas powered wheelbarrow air compressor down to 7 79. So these are things that are seriously on closeout that are worth taking a peak at. So, uh, it's absolutely amazing. It's some of the stuff that you see on sale on here. So if you are looking at stuff from toolboxes to, to, uh, cheese, outdoor lawn furniture even, there is so much stuff that's out there.
[:[00:10:54] Eric Goranson: But I tell you what, if you chase this stuff down, you can get some serious deals on it, which can help you in times like these. [00:11:00] And, uh, you know, anytime you can save some money on something with, with, you know, last year's lawnmower or something like that, that's not a bad thing to take a look at. Well, coming up on this weekend show, we've got a lot going on that I'm looking forward to.
[:[00:11:29] Eric Goranson: Like at my house, it saves me about 200, uh, two to $300 a year, basically just in. Energy savings from that. And that's a really cool deal. Uh, and if you're thinking about putting a water heater in, uh, they last longer too, cuz you don't have to worry about as much scale buildup on the inside. And so it's a good way to go there.
[:[00:12:07] Eric Goranson: Maybe you walk into the bathroom and the child's all crooked, or maybe they use the wrong color tile, or you see things that are clearly not done correctly. And I'm not talking about you micromanaging as a homeowner. I'm talking about what happens when that contractor project goes completely sideways.
[:[00:12:42] Eric Goranson: When you're taking on those projects, all that more coming up on our birthday edition of Around The House Show this weekend. As well as we're gonna have some great stuff, uh, on the TV show as well. We're gonna be talking, uh, we're gonna go out and see, actually watch them build. And I'm actually going out to shoot this today in just a few minutes.
[:[00:13:18] Eric Goranson: We got a bunch of different stuff going on, uh, coming up on the show this weekend that you're not gonna wanna miss. And, uh, we've got some great, great topics coming up that, uh, you do not wanna miss on that TV show cuz that's about 46 minutes of home improvement content just for you. All right, everybody have a great rest of the week.
[:[00:13:50] Eric Goranson: To get more people involved in the show, and we've got some great guests coming up, some new ones that you've never heard of before. And some great new products as well that you're not gonna wi. Wanna [00:14:00] miss all that and more on upcoming episodes of Around the House. Thanks for listening to everybody. Have a great rest of the week.
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