Texas Home Improvement Show

Johann and Adam fill in for Jim today as he enjoys an Alaskan cruise. They get questions about spray foam and blown in insulation on two different houses, a beeping smoke detector, vinyl siding, and more. They take more calls and questions in the second hour, offering more home improvement advice.  

Jim starts the show speaking with Michael Atkinson from Guardian Roof Systems about leaks after all the rain we’ve dealt with. He also has a lengthy conversation with a caller about A/C ducks sweating. Jim continues in second hour answering more of your home improvement questions. Don’t forget the website thipro.com for more helpful tips and information. 

Jim is back with the callers and listeners today. He gets questions about the best bang for your buck on insulation in an attic and other cost-effective options. Jim gets calls about A/C maintenance, adding more insulation overtop of fiberglass, holes in the duct work, and more. He continues in the second hour with more calls and questions about all your home improvement projects.  

Kenny (Jims's brother) and Adam (Jim’s son) fill in today as Jim has some responsibilities at the Pasadena Rodeo Picnic. They look at some email questions about water leaking through a slab, a French drain, installing James Hardie siding, a hole in the wall, attic insulation, and more. Kenny and Adam continue in the second hour with more email and caller questions on their home improvement issues.  

Jim starts by replaying an interview he had with Anthony from Rhino Shield a few weeks ago. He also gets questions about a concrete tile roof, the spray on products extending the life of your roof, solar panels, a leak that led to some settlement, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions. Don’t forget the website thipro.com 

Jim starts the show explaining what Memorial Day is all about and who we celebrate this weekend. He also gets questions about attic ventilation, installing a metal roof, a recommended contractor to remove an inground pool, and more. Jim also replays interviews he had with Gerald from USA Insulation, Brian from Southern Water Solutions, and Justin from Citadel Security Services. We continue in the second hour answering more interviews and email questions.  

Jim is live from the Strawberry Festival in Pasadena today. He starts with a couple of email questions about mold. Jim also gets a call about pictures sent in with mold on sheetrock, somebody who has a low refrigerant on an A/C unit. Jim continues in the second hour talking with country music artist Jake Bush and taking more home improvement questions. Check out Du-West in Pasadena at the festival for good food tonight!

Jim gets rights to the calls on the show today. He gets questions about rust on the lintel above windows, applying ready seal to a concrete patio, foundation work in Pflugerville, a leaking roof, and more. Jim mixes in email questions as well. We continue in the second hour talking with Brian from Southern Water Solutions and helping more listeners with their home improvement projects. Happy Mother's Day! 

Jim starts by talking to Jesse from Southern Front Doors to talk about the options they have if you need a new door. He also takes calls about a breaker for an electric water heater, the energy Q radiant barrier, and trade schools. Jim continues in the second hour answering more of your home improvement questions. Don’t forget Jims's website thipro.com!  

Jim starts with Justin from Citadel Security Services to talk about their different systems and how proactive they are. He also gets calls about getting insurance to cover roof damage and how to get under a sunk block to re-pipe a house. Jim continues in the second hour with more callers and emails on their home improvement questions. He also talks with Gerald of USA Insulation.

Jim starts by having Anthony LaBabrara from Rhino Shield join the show to talk about their product. He then looks at an email question before getting to some calls. Jim gets questions about installing solar screens, mounting a pergola on a roof, how to stop the spread of bamboo, and more. We continue in the second hour helping listeners with their home improvement projects. 

Jim gets started with some calls about a product for mold on flagstone, a concrete slab crack, and sub floor falling through. He also mixes email questions as we go. Jim continues in the second hour, answering more home improvement questions. We also talk with Brain Leaumont from Southern Water Solutions to talk about all that they do. 

Jim is in Frisco for the Home & Garden Show and has Brian help him out along the way. He gets calls about a pier and beam foundation and insulation. Jim gets more questions about a tenant slab found in a kitchen cabinet and using oil-based vs water based polyurethan. Jim continues in the second hour with a board full of callers that have more home improvement questions.  

Jim gets a couple of early calls on the show today. He talks about his Du-West A/C Special, mildew above the shower in the bathroom, bad well water, foundation wall separating, siding vs stucco, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines with callers offering up his advice on all your home improvement problems. 

Jim gets right into the calls on the show today. He gets questions about foam insulation and asbestos siding. Jim also talks about air in the water line connected to a well, set release on a tile floor, an electrical power cord, and more. Jim continues in the second hour helping more callers with their home improvement questions. 

The calls roll in early on the show today. Jim gets questions about a heating element, cast-iron plumbing, and mini split systems. He also has Jesse Salinas of Southern Front Door join the show to talk about the process they have and how they customize their doors. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more of your home improvement questions  

Jim gets a couple calls about the Briggs & Stratton generator from last week and closed cell insulation. He answers more calls on a sewage smell in a bathtub and suggestions to support a pier and beam foundation. Jim mixes in a couple of emails as we go. Don’t forget the website thipro.com. 

Jim gets right to a call about his opinions on whole home generators. He gets more calls on that topic and base power. Jim mixes a couple of email questions as well. We’ll be back live next Sunday afternoon at 2:00p! 

Jim gets right to the calls on the show today. He talks spray foam closed cell insulation, sediment filters, waterproof vinyl flooring getting moisture, a heat load calculation for an HVAC system, electric vs gas heating, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more callers on all their home improvement questions. 

Jim gets started with an email about going with a different water heater for a new bathtub. He also takes calls about a soft start A/C kit, rafters needing to be notched for rebuilding a guest room, A/C filters, a sewer gas smell, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering all your home improvement questions. Don’t forget the website thipro.com.

Jim gets right to a couple of calls on the show today. He talks about breaking sealant on an asphalt driveway, opinions on new countertops, a dripping showerhead, somebody who can put in a rod iron fence, and more. Jim mixes in email questions as we go. He continues in the second hour with more phone calls on all your home improvement projects. 

Jim gets right to some early calls to start the show today. He talks about the inability to heat your floor on a pier and beam foundation, termite damage to the studs, building a cable rail around a deck, a media filter air purifier, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering more phone calls on all your home improvement questions. Stay safe and warm!  

Jim starts with an email question before moving to some calls. He gets questions about a water main break, a dropping/cracking driveway, an HVAC system cycling on and off, James Hardy siding on a garage, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines, helping more listeners with their home improvement projects.  

Jim gets started with a call about the great job Du-West foundation repair did at his house. He also gets questions about a toilet gurgling, air conditioning maintenance, a cracked shower bed, putting flooring over surfaces, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more of your calls on all things home improvement. Don’t forget the website thiipro.com for more helpful tips and information.  

Jim gets going with some email questions about fresh air intake vent and cast-iron PVC plumbing. He also takes some calls about air duct cleaning, different water heaters, moisture from replaced vinyl planks, and more. Jim continues in the second hour talking with more callers about their home improvement projects. Merry Christmas!  

Jim starts by talking about his trip to Las Vegas this past week for the National Finals Rodeo. He then takes calls about an unknown reddish yellow pipe from the outside, nail heads coming through the sheetrock, ready seal, and more. Jim also looks at email questions in between. He continues in the second hour on the phone lines and checking the email inbox to answer more questions. Merry Christmas!  

Jim gets going with some early calls on the show today. He talks rubber roofing, a foundation issue that came back, a cracked concrete slab, a continuous running attic fan, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more home improvement advice. Merry Christmas!

Jim starts with some email questions as we wait for our phone lines to light up. He talks about additional backing for vinyl plank flooring, concerns with foam insulation, replacing an electrical box, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering more of your home improvement questions. Happy Thanksgiving!

Jim looks at email questions to start the show today. He talks about how to deal with a concrete slab starting to peel and tinting a glass window. Jim takes calls about installing a soft start kit, information on lights for an HVAC system, roof decking, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more calls and email questions about all your home improvement projects.

Jim gets going with some early calls on the show today. He gets questions about removing stains from the bathtub, a mildew smell in the closet, turning off the water for a potential winter freeze, putting rocks in a gutter channel, and more. Jim mixes in email questions along the way. 

Jim gets right to some calls on the show today. He gets questions about water getting into the flexible ducting and solutions for covering up a tub. Jim mixes email questions as we go. He continues with more callers in the second hour. Don’t forget to check out the website thipro.com

Jim has his nephew Jason sit in on the show today. He starts with an email question about a rear exterior door. Jim also gets calls about a trusted engineer to rebuild a new deck in Galveston, how to get cigarette smoke out of a new home, and more. He looks at more email questions as we go. In the second hour Jim also talks to Tim Fox of Texas Remodel Team to talk about their windows and takes more caller questions.  

Jim starts by having Gerald Victor from USA Insulation join the show to talk about their product. He then gets questions about brick repair, different shower layouts, a concrete floor over tile, and more. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more of your questions. Don't forget the website, thipro.com!

Jim gets going with an email question before moving to a call. He gets questions about a roofing permit, getting rusted screws out of a bathtub, how long a new watering system will last, cleaning a tan aluminum pergola, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering more of your home improvement questions.

Jim is back at the rodeo for the finale tonight. He starts with some email questions while we wait for some calls to come in. Jim gets questions about ants in the master bathroom, where to get treated lumber, a garage wall vibrating from a tankless water heater, and a breaker lost from a lightning strike, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering more email and caller questions.  

Jim is back out at the Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo. He has Justin Owen of Owen Security Solutions join to talk all about Citadel security systems. Jim also takes calls about mud jacking vs polyurethane and different roof shingles. He also brings on Mason Lucido of Tractor Supply before taking more calls. Jim continues in the second hour on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions.

Jim is at the Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo Cookoff today. He talks to METRO board member Alex Mealer about her district, the ship channel, and NASA. Jim also takes calls about a water treatment descaler, paint on a concrete porch that’s chipping/cracking, and more.

Jim talks about the upcoming Pasadena Rodeo before getting to some calls. He gets questions about a toilet making a whistling noise, filling in an end board with a deck out on the lake, whether to insulate underneath wooden floors, and more. Jim mixes in quite a few email questions as we go. He continues in the second hour with more email and caller questions about all your home improvement projects.

Jim breaks down the best ways to battle the Texas heat, using AC ducts, barriers, and why keeping the attic cool isn’t necessarily the solution. 

Jim talks to special guest Jesse Salinas from Southern Front Doors. He also answers caller questions about air conditioning, humid houses, ductwork, and much more. 

Jim starts with an email question as we wait for some calls to roll in. He gets all kinds of questions about front doors, a static radio, rusted pipes in the bathroom, and other plumbing problems. Jim mixes in more email questions as we go. We continue in the second hour with more calls on all your home improvement questions. 

Jim is back home this weekend and gets right to some calls to start the show. He gets questions about an estimate for a possible foundation problem, A/C registers dripping water, bricks on a house settling from tree roots, moisture issues in a sunken living room, and more. Jim mixes in email questions as we go. He continues in the second hour back on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions.  

Jim is in Oshkosh for an air show coming up this week. He starts with a few email questions before moving to some calls. Jim shares his thoughts on Roof Maxx and how to help with a dripping A/C vent. He mixes in more emails and gets a nice call from a Du-West customer giving one of his A/C reps a big thumbs up for doing a great job. Jim continues in the second hour looking at even more email questions and taking calls answering more of your home improvement projects.  

Jim starts the show explaining all his stops on his travels up north, He looks at a couple email questions about refinishing a hardwood floor and servicing geothermal units. Jim also takes calls about replacing a drain in the bathtub, insulation options, the Energy Q radiant barrier, squirrels eating through roof jacks, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering more of your home improvement questions.  

Jim gets started with a thank you and shoutout to Bubbas 33 for hosting a rodeo event last Thursday. He then looks at a couple of email questions as we wait for some calls to come in. Jim answers questions about re-piping a house, solar fans in the master bedroom, a leak and condensation caused by rain, insulating a converted second floor, and more. Jim continues in the second hour with more helpful advice on all your home improvement projects.  

Jim starts with a few email questions as we wait for some calls to roll in. He talks about an overlifted foundation, options other than a soaker hose for watering, reducing heat in a back patio, a house below elevation, and more. Jim continues in the second hour taking more home improvement questions. Don’t forget thipro.com for more helpful tips and information.

Jim gets right to the calls on the show today. He talks aluminum vs vinyl windows, cleaning a porch roof over polyurethane, an A/C compressor, a register box not properly insulated, and more. Jim also has Michael Atkinson of Guardian Roof Sytems join to talk about a fortified roof and the cost. Jim continues in the second hour on the busy phone lines answering more A/C questions.   

Johann and Adam are in for Jim as he’s at a charity picnic with the Pasadena Rodeo. They start with an email question about drain options. We also get calls about autoclaved aerated concrete on a new home, whether or not to add ridge vents, foundation work concerns, plumbing work done before moving forward with other projects, and more. Jim also joins to update the listeners on the Pasadena Rodeo entertainment lineup. Johann and Adam continue in the second hour on the phone lines answering more home improvement questions.  

Jim starts with an email question about a installing a French drain. He also takes calls about somebody that can build a shed, recoating a log cabin, balancing A/C temperature control, removing wallpaper, and more. Jim continues in the second hour answering your calls and email questions. Don’t forget to check out thipro.com for more tips and helpful information.