by Joe Levitch | Jul 22, 2011 | Aged Home Upgrades, Understanding your home, Universal Design
These are two terms that are relatively new to the remodeling world. The terms refer to something that has become common place in our culture. Both Aging in Place and Universal Design are fairly docile and tranquil terms in comparison to the terror that lurks in the...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 15, 2011 | Architecture & Design, Roofing, Understanding your home, Water Awareness
When we talk about roofs it is important to identify the type of roof correctly. Here are the six basic types it is important to grasp that these are architectural styles, so not all steep roofs are Mansard. Many homes have slight variations on these themes and some...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 11, 2011 | Architecture & Design, Plans, Process, Safe Practices, The Law, Understanding your home
The new 2009 IRC mandates wired together smoke detectors and Carbon Monoxide detectors be placed at the entry of each bedroom and outside the bedrooms in a common hall. This means that if one detector alarms then all of them alarm. When remodeling, there is a mandate...
by Joe Levitch | Jul 1, 2011 | Appliances, Electrical, Green Remodeling, Understanding your home
At Levco we normally repair other peoples problems and rarely have time or give much thought to care for our own problems. Here is a situation that happened to me recently that probably happens often to others. My wife noticed that the refrigerator side seemed a bit...
by Joe Levitch | Jun 24, 2011 | Insurance Work, Roofing, Understanding your home
Rules regarding roof replacement changed recently in Boise Idaho. We used to be allowed 3 roofs now it is 2. In other words adding a second layer of roofing is OK but it it fails then you need to strip the entire roof and start over. Levco recommends replacing the...
