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Age of Incompatibility: Fixing Smart Home Tech

December 13, 2022December 11, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alexa, amazon alexa, amazon echo, amperes, amps, asbestos wire, ballast, dimmer, dimmer switch, dumb home, echo dot, electroluminescence, gosund, halogen, home rehab, home renovation, how to install a dimmer switch, incandescent, knob and tube, knob and tube wire, LED, LED bulb, LED bulbs, led compatible dimmer, led lights, Leviton, light emitting diode, light switches, light-emitting diode, lutron, rehab, rewiring an old house, smart home

A minor saga involving a dysfunctional lightswitch led me to thinking about some of the challenges of integrating smart home technology.

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Rehabbed or Pre-Habbed? Two Approaches To Distressed Real Estate

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments affordable housing, construction, flipping, home renovation, house flippers, house flipping, investment property, redevelopment, rehab, rental property

Handbuilt’s approach to real estate development involves taking guesswork out of the equation at the beginning of a project by creating a set of construction schedules, scopes, scans, and images using a Matterport camera.

Home Improvement & DIY Construction

Home Improvement: Lessons In Deck Paint, or, Customer Service 101

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments deck paint, decks, home improvement, home renovation, home repair, porches, rehab, rehabilitation, Renovation

In which Nat argues with an $11 billion company over some utterly foolish application instructions on a gallon of very, very expensive deck paint.

Energy Efficiency Historic preservation Construction

Major Home Repair: To Go Gas-Free, Perchance To Dream?

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments draft vented combustion appliances, energy, energy efficiency, furnaces, heat pumps, home rehab, home renovation, home repair, rehab

Is it worth the premium to go electric? Maybe– if you have a good excuse to, like part of your house falling down. But it’s still going to run you a pretty penny.

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