Hack of the day: automatically check your BWSC water usage daily
If you live in Boston and you don’t want to be surprised by a huge water bill caused by a leak, you might find this useful.
Category Archives: Home improvement
Today’s DIY project: sun shade for heating system temperature probe
My heating system has a little temperature probe wired from it to the outside of the house: I don’t understand exactly why this is needed, but my impression is that it has something to do with maximizing humidity inside the house without causing condensation to form on the windows. Unfortunately, the installers put the sensor… Read More »
Withdrawing my previous recommendation for SunBug Solar
About seven years ago, I paid SunBug Solar a lot of money to install a solar panel array on my roof. As I wrote at the time, I was quite impressed by SunBug and preferred them over the many other installers I evaluated. Since then, I have recommended SunBug to numerous people considering solar installations. Unfortunately,… Read More »
Fixing an antique doorknob and mortise latch set
Our house was built around 1886. It has never had a gut remodel, which means that much of what’s in the house is original, including most of the interior doors, doorknobs, and hardware. Unfortunately, this means that a lot of the knobs no longer turn, or they turn but the latches don’t move, or the… Read More »