Had a similar mess last winter—brand new system, and suddenly the airflow in the living room just tanked overnight. Spent hours fiddling with the app ...

Title: Talking to the TV Still Feels Weird I get what you mean about the reliability of physical controls. I’ve been building out my own place over t...

Totally get this. I thought I was being clever with Cat6 everywhere, but now half my stuff is wireless anyway. Conduit was a lifesaver for adding thin...

That's actually a really thoughtful observation about thermostat height—I learned this the hard way myself. When we first moved into our place, I inst...

Had a similar thing happen at my place—spent hours researching mesh systems and extenders, then realized just moving the router from behind the TV to ...

Definitely relate to this. When I built my first home, an investor got involved and suddenly had all these "great ideas"—which mostly complicated thin...

Had a similar experience when we finished our basement. Thought we'd done everything right—permits, receipts, before/after pics... the whole nine yard...

I went with click-lock myself, mainly because I was in the same boat as you—handy enough, but definitely no flooring pro. Honestly, it was pretty stra...