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There’s often a hitch when it comes to extending your home into an uber-pad – your next door neighbours and local authorities might not be all too happy with it. Now one UK couple who tried to hide the fact they’d converted their garage into a secret home by fitting it with a fake garage door have been slapped with a fine. Dr Reeta Herzallah and Hamdi Almasri, of Enderby, Leicestershire, used the false door to hide the doorway and window of the new building from planning inspectors, reports the Leicester Mercury . This was despite the fact that permission for the new build had already been refused by the local council, as they went ahead and did it anyway. Naughty, naughty. The pair were convicted at Leicester Magistrates’ Court for breaching a number of planning conditions after authorities caught wind of reports that the couple had been carrying out unauthorised work on the garage. The couple now face having to return the garage to its original purpose. ...

Do you have an attached garage? I do. It’s convenient for storing tools, bicycles, and holiday decorations. Oh, and my car. That, too. Unfortunately, attached garages are also a source of indoor air quality problems . Cars live in them, which means internal combustion engines live in them. Every time you start your car, it exhausts carbon monoxide, or CO, into the air. In some cases, the CO can seep into your home. Shutting the garage door is important, but it’s not the only solution. By now you’re probably thinking, “Ok. I already open the garage door before cranking up my car. What else is there to know?” Well, that is the main thing to remember if you don’t want car exhaust to make you sick. Always open the garage door before you put the key in the ignition. Pretty simple. The thing is, car exhaust can linger in your garage for awhile – even after you’ve backed into the driveway or after you’ve parked the car in the garage and shut off the engine. Accord...

Longtime Floridians know the drill. Each year, as the heat and humidity build, forecasters begin their warnings: Hurricane season is upon us, and you’d better take it seriously. Sure, it was easy to tune out the advice when, year after year, storms skirted past Florida. The Tampa Bay area hasn’t had a direct strike in almost a century. Let the 2016 storm season serve as a warning: Destructive hurricanes lashed both Florida coasts. The bay area also endured flooding, especially in Pasco County. What’s at stake in a storm is just about everything you own — your irreplaceable wedding photos, your pets, your windows and watercrafts. And when a hurricane is bearing down, you won’t have much time to make sure they’re protected. Here are some specifics to guide you through the critical process of keeping your home, your boat and your belongings safe this hurricane season. Protect your home • Act fast: Everybody else will flood the same hardware stores to buy st...

With more than 1.5 million home burglaries every year, it makes sense to take a few steps to burglarproof your home. According to a survey done by the Department of Justice, approximately another 1.5 million burglaries go unreported every year. That’s one burglary per 50 properties, one burglary every 10 seconds. But if burglars think it will take more than four or five minutes to break into a home, they will move on, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Making it harder for criminals is worth it. “You don’t have to invest thousands to safeguard your home. Taking time to secure your home and your possessions doesn’t have to be complicated either,” said Russ Iden, vice president of Insurance for AAA Oklahoma . Check for weak points Iden said everyone should walk through their home sometime and pretend they are an intruder. “Look around and see if there are any easy entry points or weak points,” Iden said. Trim trees and bushes near doors and windows. Whi...

By Tim Carter May 23, 2017 I am going to depart this week from my normal question-and-answer format to tackle a long overdue topic. I’ve been writing this column for more than 23 years. It was my original goal to help you get the most for your money when you hire a remodeling contractor or a builder to make your housing dreams come true. Over the years this goal has been distilled to a simple sentence that’s at the bottom of my free newsletter: Do It Right, Not Over! Sadly, as each week passes, I feel like I’m pushing a large boulder up a mountain. I say this based on what I see with my own eyes and in the vast amount of email and comments I receive each day at AsktheBuilder.com and on my YouTube videos. It’s painfully obvious that you and millions of other homeowners need a quality-control checklist before you start a project. This checklist would allow you to understand what needs to be done so you don’t have to do things over, wasting your valuable money and time. [ M...