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Not all heat cable is created equal
My advice to anyone considering heat cable for ice dam prevention is to either install a high-quality, self-regulating heat cable or skip it altogether.
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Animals, skeletons, and creepy home inspection stuff, 2019
Most of the stuff that we post is educational, but this one isn't. This is pure eye-candy for the season. If you follow our Facebook page, you've surely seen most of these photos, but not all of them. These are our favorites from 2019. Warning: Several of these photos are gross.
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Photographer tends a picture-perfect garden in Oakdale
Oakdale garden doubles as a studio for the photographer who created it.
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Inspections to consider when building a new home
There are three types of inspections associated with new-construction homes: pre-drywall inspections, final inspections, and one-year warranty inspections.
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New construction inspection: trust, but verify.
The homeowner didn't get a home inspection when she purchased the home, because the builder's rep had convinced her of all the myths listed above.
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Time-capsule home from 1800s is older than Minnesota's statehood
The iconic Victorian-era house in Carver has been featured in calendars, on holiday tours and even an HGTV show, "If Walls Could Talk."
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Nine ways for water to enter your basement or crawl space
Wondering how that water made it into your crawlspace? Guest post by Murphy Home Inspection explains the most common ways water enters a crawlspace.
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Lakeville backyard garden is a lush, living tapestry
"Surprise" backyard garden in Lakeville is woodsy patchwork of trees, hostas and ferns.
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Wildlife rehab center corrected web address
It was wrong in my column in Wednesday's StarTribune
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'70s Mendota Heights rambler reinvented without adding square footage
A couple facing retirement considered building a house next door, but chose to reinvent their outdated rambler instead.
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