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Handyman Pros Radio Show — 479 episodes

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1

Cutting Dusty Items: How to Protect Your Lungs on the Job

2

Starlink Mini Review: Is This Portable Internet Worth It for Handymen & Pros?

3

New California Tire Requirements: Higher Costs, Less Choice & Unintended Consequences

4

Using Facebook Marketplace

5

Right to Repair Issues

6

Episode Title: Tips for a Handyman Visit

7

We're Back and Talking about De-cluttering your home

8

Using Your Handyman Skills for a Side Hustle

9

Fix it Now, or Fix it Later 

10

Remodeling Older Homes in 2026

11

Unlocking the Housing Markets: Dealing with the Rate Lock-in Trap

12

Using AI to Troubleshoot Problems

13

Medicare and Retirement Discussion

14

Easy Upsells That Boost Your Bottom Line – Quick Wins Every Handyman Should Offer

15

Storm-Proof Your Home: Essential Preparedness Tips for Homeowners – And How Handymen Can Help

16

For Our Listeners Thinking About or Already in Retirement!

17

Planning for 2026

18

Merry Christmas

19

Gate Repair Deep Dive

20

Fence Repair Tips

21

Winterizing Your Home

22

Christmas Gift Giving

23

10 DIY wins in your first 30 days of owning your new home

24

Trends in Bathrooms

25

Georgia Boot Review

26

Inspect Your Insurance Policy

27

Working with your Contractor - Answering an email

28

Alaska Wrap Up - Larry is back in town

29

Revisiting: Hiring a Contractor Part 3

30

Revisiting: Hiring a Contractor Part 2

31

Let's Revisit Hiring and Working with Contractors Part 1

32

The Great Career Swap

33

Learning “On the Job”

34

When is it time to “Hang Up the Toolbelt”?

35

Historical Homes in Historical Districts

36

The Low Price Fallacy

37

Episode Title: Trust your Professionals

38

What Else Have I Been Doing?

39

Sauna Build Update

40

Episode Title:  Tales of a Sauna Build; Logistics

41

Reducing Clutter to Increase Productivity

42

In the News; Paint that keeps your home cool

43

Handymanning; Specialist or Generalist

44

Your Idea Could Make You Wealthy

45

The Glacier Bay Bear Track Inn Sauna Build Has Started

46

The Traveling Handyman : Larry in Alaska!

47

An Interview With the Vice President of Sales, Ladd Schuiling of ⁠⁠SKILLEDTRADES.com

48

The Traveling Handyman

49

SEFF 2025: Why Handymen Love the Southeastern Electric Flight Festival

50

Spring Season Random Tips

51

Installing a Three Way Switch (the Lutron Caseta Solution)

52

In the News; Contractor Scam

53

Episode Title: Focusing on Profitability

54

Home Projects Kickoff

55

Dealing with Rising Material Costs

56

Springtime Home Maintenance Checklist

57

Spring Tool Tune Up

58

The DOGE Effect - 5 Things You Did Last Week

59

Rental Property Best Practices

60

Sewer Line Replacement

61

Let's Discuss Right to Repair

62

Addressing an email: Hinged Shutters vs. Fixed Shutters

63

How to put an extra $50 in your pocket

64

10 Mistakes that are Ruining your tool Batteries

65

Tips for Moving Loads

66

Business Life Cycle

67

Welcome to 2025 and Some New Changes

68

New Years is Here (Again)!

69

2024 Final Tips for the Year

70

Tools of the Year 2024

71

Christmas Buying Tips

72

Blower Hacks: How to Maximize the Usage of Your Blower

73

Grant and Garrett Frazey from the Blue Collar Business Podcast

74

Kreg Accu-Cut Discussion

75

Gen Z is Quiet; Quitting Higher Education for Trade Schools

76

SEARS and Roebuck MODERN HOMES

77

Winterization Tips

78

Remodeling Your Stairs

79

Mold in Your Home: What You Need To Know

80

The 18 V Ryobi Cordless Planer Tool Review

81

Developing a Referral Mindset

82

Finding Your Property Lines

83

5 Real Estate Buying Tips

84

Home Improvement Myths Busted!

85

10 Ways to Cool Down Your Second Floor

86

5 Natural Weed Killers

87

15 Things You Should be Doing to Your Home Monthly

88

Should you take a Renocation?

89

Tips for Reducing Mosquitoes

90

Simple Air Conditioning Fixes

91

Switch and Outlet Technologies

92

How to avoid Plumbing Emergencies

93

Utilizing the Tech Tools you already have

94

The “Bug List”

95

Absolutes

96

Summer Tips

97

Traveling for Work

98

“Nice to Haves” when Building New or Doing a Major Remodel

99

Gloves

100

Joel Camassar, Owner, with Chapman Tools

101

The Southeastern Electric Flight Festival (SEFF)

102

Discount Tool Retailers (Harbor Freight, Northern Tool, etc) vs Big Box Stores (Home Depot, Lowes)

103

Purchasing Capital Intensive Equipment

104

Realtors Have a New Pay Structure

105

Handyman Business Tips Overview

106

Taking Money

107

Larry and John Build a Laundry Table

108

Every Door Direct

109

Episode Title: Handyman Tips: Helping you save time, money, and aggravation.

110

Stacking a Washer and Dryer

111

Forecasting Job Success; Evaluating a project before getting started.

112

A Business Card On My Lawn!

113

Things No One Tells You About Home Ownership

114

Thinking Your Project Through!

115

Plumbing tips from the field: Replacing a shower cartridge and a faucet on a pedestal sink

116

Chapman Manufacturing Master Set 5575 Review - with special offer

117

Tips To Keep Your Shower Clean!

118

Stories From The Field this Week

119

Cheapest and Most Expensive Appliances

120

2024; Ideas for content

121

Happy Holidays

122

Episode Title: It Happened to Me: Stories from the Field

123

Holiday Gifts for your Handyman

124

Building a Simple Workbench for Children

125

The Rise of the “McMansion”; an analysis of how much larger homes have gotten.

126

Preparing Your Home for the Holidays

127

Holiday Gifts: Using your Skills to Create Meaningful Presents

128

Reconnecting with Your Existing Customers

129

Closing the Trade Skills Gap with Cooper Newby from Classet.org

130

Handyman Functionality Using Fewer Tools and Materials

131

Household Equipment Lifespans

132

10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started as a Handyman

133

What Constitutes a “Good” Job

134

Fall Tips

135

When a Job turns from a Dream to a Nightmare

136

Maintenance Tips and Tricks

137

Software Review; Sweet Home 3D

138

Questions and Answers

139

Storm Preparedness

140

Hidden Treasures

141

Summer is here!

142

Just the guy with the tools

143

Drilling Concrete, it’s not as imposing as you think!

144

Some Things We’ve Seen, Tales From the Field

145

Keep Your Cool on the Jobsite

146

In the News

147

John’s Trip to Seattle

148

Responses to Emails

149

Hiring a Handyman

150

Shocking! A discussion about your electrical system

151

Window / Door Tinting and Answering an Email Question

152

Working on your business

153

Interesting Handyman Business Statistics

154

An interview with Ray Anderson, The Drywall Doctor, part 2.

155

An interview with Ray Anderson, The Drywall Doctor, part 1

156

Announcement: We Welcome Back Ray Anderson - The Drywall Doctor

157

Springtime Tips

158

An interview with AJ from Greenshire Handyman and Handyman Process, part 2 

159

An interview with AJ from Greenshire Handyman and Handyman Process, part 1 

160

Handypersons: What else can you do?

161

Fix Your Pressure Washer

162

Cleaning Glass the Easy Way

163

The Three Things That Bug Us

164

It's Tax Time

165

Keeping the Critters out

166

Tankless Water Heaters

167

The Art of Taking Something Apart

168

What you can find during a remodel.

169

Hiring a Handyman

170

Keeping Your Shrubs Trimmed

171

Honda to Stop Making Lawnmowers

172

The Cyclone Bomb, A Plumbing Retrospective

173

The Cyclone Bomb, an HVAC Retrospective

174

5 Things you should do in 2023

175

Understanding Emergency and Short-Term Service Calls

176

Sawhorses

177

Tools You Should Consider for Christmas

178

Knowing Your Numbers

179

The Value of Assortment Packs

180

Matthew Jourdan, Georgia Clearing Company

181

Touch It You Own It

182

Horrors from the Jobsite!

183

Goals: The basis for success

184

Two ways to skin a cat

185

Changing the Type of Refrigerants For A/C Yet Again

186

What’s behind Door #1

187

Four Great Tips for Our Monthly Tip Show

188

Changing out and Repairing a Washing Machine Water Outlet Box

189

Projects You Should Be Doing Yourself

190

Battery Powered Life Changers for Your Home

191

Operational Storage - What Do You Use

192

Here are 5 Projects You Might Consider Passing on for DIY

193

Our Monthly Tip Show: Lets Discuss Bar Keepers Friend, Fix-a-Floor repair, and a Story About Trashy Sites

194

Wire Rack and Shelving Systems

195

Multiple Trip Jobs, the Realities, and Managing Expectations

196

Safety Glasses: Some Thoughts

197

Neighbors and Your Jobsite Projects

198

First Aid Kits: Why They are Important and Some Awesome Ideas

199

Happy Fourth of July

200

An Announcement

201

Massive French Door Restoration

202

Ice Pack Hacks

203

7 “Need to Know” Things about Your Home and Property

204

Ryobi Mister Fan Review

205

Is your Deck a Ticking Time Bomb?

206

Cover Plate Numbering

207

10 Renovation Trends

208

Leave Behinds

209

The Handyman Pros Do and Review a Barn Repair

210

Facebook Synergy

211

Coping with Rising Material Prices

212

Premature Pressure Treated Failure

213

What You Need to Know about The Handyman Pros Radio Show

214

Home Advisor Charged with Cheating Businesses

215

What it takes to entice the next generation to plumbing

216

Free Spring Break Maintenance Checklist

217

Cause and Effect: Looking Deeper

218

Our Florida Trips

219

Internet Marketing with Nick Loper From the Side Hustle Nation

220

Using Siri as a Note Taker

221

Building a rolling gate for your deck

222

Georgia Bill on Roofing Replacement

223

Trade Show Do’s and Don’ts

224

Using Battery Powered Lighting

225

Building a Rolling Base for Your Grill

226

Big Box Applications for Your Phone

227

Atlanta Home Show 2022

228

Lighting Pilot Light

229

Under Deck Drainage System

230

The Importance of reading the Instruction Manual

231

California to Limit Natural Gas Hookups in new homes

232

How do I fix Round Deck Balusters

233

Engaging with Customers on Social Media: An Article Review

234

Keeping your tool belt pockets clean

235

Final wrap up with Entrepreneur and Handyman Alan Stephenson from 911 Handyman

236

Ever Lose A Bluetooth Device? Let's Find It

237

Building out an ADA Bedroom/Bathroom Suite

238

A Great Safety Tip on Tagging Breakers and other Equipment

239

Entrepreneur and Handyman Alan Stephenson from 911 Handyman, part 2

240

Material prices are rising!

241

Entrepreneur and Handyman Alan Stephenson from 911 Handyman.

242

The shortage of White Oak, and what it means to you!

243

Chip and Joanna Gaines’s Magnolia Network Cancels the show “Home Work”.

244

Plumbing Grease

245

How to Attract Busy Contractors to Your Home Remodel

246

Using a Door Trimming Tool

247

Persistent Plumbing Myths

248

DeWalt Neckband Earbud Recall

249

5 Habits That Will Supercharge Your Business in 2022

250

Entrepreneur and Handyman Alan Stephenson from 911 Handyman, part 2.

251

Let's Have Some Fun! We're Going to Have a Contest on Unique and Interesting Jobs

252

An Interview with Handyman Dustin James and his efforts in the Kentucky Tornado Cleanup

253

Avoiding a Flashing Failure

254

What We Learned in 2021

255

Santa’s got a Dirty Job

256

Truck, Trailer, or Car; What do you use?

257

Caution on Torsion Garage Door Openers

258

Our Most Unique Build to Date

259

Diatomaceous Earth as a Pest Repellent

260

Our Top Tips and Takeaways from 2021

261

Laser Level Stand and Pole

262

Sending Holiday Wishes to Your Customers

263

A Tip On Filling Cracked Mortar

264

It’s that time of year again! Tool Suggestions for the Holiday Season

265

Check your fireplace and chimney

266

An interview with Dana Renay, owner of Tools of Her Trade

267

Flattening The Point of a Nail

268

Foundations: The Basics

269

Brass Cleaning with Lemons

270

The Cable Guy Syndrome

271

Pulling Wire From The Center of The Package - Make It Easy On Yourself

272

An Interview with Kevin Kronemeyer from Kronemeyer’s Repair Service

273

Sunroof Drains - Did You Know They Had Drains That Can Clog?

274

Cheap vs. Quality - Let's Discuss Why Cheap Might Cost You More

275

It’s Fall Maintenance Time

276

Sales for Handymen

277

An Easy Way to Saving Your Paint Brush Bristles

278

Minimizing Your Spending on Materials

279

This week's action tip: Calling the County for Services You Might Be Entitled To

280

The Handyman Pros 200th Episode

281

This week's action tip: Charging Day

282

How to Determine Pricing for a Job

283

This week's action tip: Lumber is Cheap Again!

284

The Latest Cost vs Value report of Home Projects (2021 Report)

285

This week's action tip: Baking Soda and Vinegar drain cleaning

286

Brooms and Brushes - A Wide Variety and They Have Specific Purposes

287

Another Use for Those Cloth Grocery Bags for you DIY'ers

288

How We Use our WAVE Accounting Software - An Overview

289

Great Tool - The Inflatable Shim For Installing Windows, Doors and More

290

Special Edition: In the News - Larry Towner Published in Nick Loper, of the Side Hustle Nation, new book

291

Handyman Allen Lee Stops by to Chat With Us

292

Part 4: Oscillating Multitool Scraper Blades

293

DIY'r Paul Gizzi Shares His Story This Week

294

A Few Words on First Aid Kits

295

Quoting and Estimating In The Handyman's World

296

Wait . . What Happened in The Home Depot Aisle?

297

An Interview with Alan Donegan from The Rebel Entrepreneur

298

Tool Belt Too Heavy? Save Your Back

299

Staying Organized: A Never Ending Battle

300

Part 3: The Versatile Multi Tool - Trim Blades

301

Finding Hidden Leaks

302

Part 2: The Versatile Multi Tool - Grout Removal

303

A Really Big Shoe - Let's Discuss Footwear for Work

304

Part 1: The Versatile Multi-Tool - The Sanding Attachment

305

Matt Jackson of Jackson's Handyman Services Joins the Handyman Pros

306

This Week's Action Tip: Using WD40 as a Solvent

307

Tools: Borrow,Rent, or Buy; A Handyman’s Dilemma

308

A Few Tips on Re-Grouting

309

Legal and Illegal Activities for DIYers

310

Fixing Those Undermount Kitchen Sinks

311

Garbage Disposals: A grinding question

312

Adjusting Those Ball Catches on Top of Doors

313

Springtime Garden Tool Tune-up

314

Doorbells, Hackers, and Amazon Sidewalk

315

Building a Retaining Wall - a Primer

316

Fog Free Glasses and Shower Door Rainx Tip

317

Discussion of Recent Industry Article on Kitchen and Baths

318

Cybercrime Hits All of Us

319

Carpets and Rugs: An interview with Eric Scharff

320

Fixing Those Dripping Gate Valves Found On Most Hose Faucets

321

Let's discuss Pressure Washers

322

Fixing Unsightly HVAC Return Grates

323

An Interview with Ray Anderson - The Drywall Doctor

324

What's Going on With Lack of Building Materials

325

Chad Carson Follow-up Interview: Progress on His Property Renovation

326

Garbage Garbage

327

Blindster Part Two: Discussion with Kyle Cox, President of Blindster.com

328

The Iguana Was Where?

329

Converting a Garage Door

330

CPVC Pipe Tips

331

An Interview With Mike Foti of Innovate Building Solutions

332

A Few Tips on Smoke Detectors

333

The Truth About Septic Systems

334

How to Get Pet Hair Out of Your Car and Furniture

335

Trade School: What an opportunity!

336

Take Inventory of Your Home With This Easy to Use App

337

How to Choose A Ladder

338

Drilling through Tile

339

Let’s Talk Project Management

340

Action Tip: Get Your Windshield Squeaky Clean

341

Repurposing; Let’s Get Creative!

342

Action Tip: Check Your Thermostat Batteries and Avoid a Costly Service Call

343

Everything you need to know about blinds: An interview with Kyle Cox from Blindster.com

344

Action Tip: Check Your Garage Door Opener Hardware

345

Cutting Concrete- Its Not As Difficult As You Think

346

Make Your Dishwasher More Efficient

347

Repair or Replace, That Is The Question!

348

Why Cleaning Your Dryer Vent is Important

349

Roofing - The Basics

350

The Hazards of Outdated Wiring

351

Don’t Look Now . . .But, Here Come The Drones

352

What Some People Found In Their House During a Renovation

353

Home Improvement Shows - Let's Get Real

354

A Few Tips On Laying Flooring

355

An Interview With a New Handyman - Dan West of Athens Georgia

356

Discussion of Roter Rooter Survey of the Best DIY Plumbers in the Country

357

Updating Your Door Hardware

358

Preparing for Next Year and What's Coming Up

359

2020; It’s in the books, Whew!

360

Action Tip : An email From C. Kringle about Reindeer Food

361

Organizing Your Tools

362

Paying Attention to Work Being Done In Your Home

363

Bring on the Heat - Lets Talk Portable Heaters

364

Tip: Easy Way to Mount Items On The Wall That Use Those "Keyhole" Mounts.

365

Troubleshooting - Water Infiltration and Drainage

366

In The News: International Space Station Gets A Plumbing Upgrade

367

Tool Review Show For the Season

368

Matching Paint Texture On a Small Wall Repair Using a Brush

369

The Shocking Truth : Inspect Your Electrical System On a Regular Basis

370

Easy Upgrade To Those Wire Rack Shelves

371

Concrete: The Basics

372

Ring Doorbell Recall

373

The Benefits of Maintaining Your Home

374

Don't Get Surprised - Check Your Water Bill

375

Let's Talk Water Heaters - Do You Need to Replace One?

376

Happy Halloween - Let's Discuss What We Ran Into For Halloween

377

Making Your Home Senior Friendly - an Interview with Anthony Cinotti (NAOSA) and Ed Padilla (ACHP)

378

Tricks To Balancing a Ceiling Fan

379

Dumawall: An Alternative To Tile

380

Polybutylene Pipe: Should You Do Anything If Your House Has It.

381

Navigating All The Different Types of Fasteners

382

Swingers: Quick Fix to a Door That Swings Open

383

Batteries Are a Part of Everyday Life - Learn More and Save

384

Using a Foam Cannon on a Pressure Washer

385

Purchasing Appliances at the Big Box Stores

386

How To Treat Bug Bites - We Get Our Share of 'em, We'll Tell What We Do

387

One Year Into Our Podcast - Here Is The Update From Over The Last Year.

388

How Can You Match Existing Wall Colors? Using the Color Snap Bluetooth Tool

389

Bad Work is Worse Than No Work At All

390

Make Your Yard Look Amazing: Aerating Your Lawn

391

Labor Day Show

392

Make Your House Smell Great Using Your HVAC System

393

Do Not Ignore Home Repairs - A Few Examples From The Field

394

Tip: Paint Faster and More Efficiently

395

Working From Home? Let's Talk About Layouts and Ideas For Your Home Office

396

Review of Laser Measuring Tool- A Great Addition To Make Your Jobs Easier

397

Moving Materials On You Vehicle Safely

398

Removing Gasoline Smell From Clothing and Other Fabric

399

Discussion With Handyman Ryan Phelps Looking to How to Grow His Business and Offers Great Advice to Homeowners

400

Action Tip: Check Under Your Appliances

401

Discussion of The Handyman Business And What We Do On A Daily Basis

402

Action Tip: Using Drano to Open Up HVAC Condensation Line

403

Caulking - Which Is The Best Caulk to Use For a Particular Application

404

Action Tip - How To Clean Your Rugs

405

Making Your Garden Shine - Let's Talk Composting

406

Action Tip - Why it's Important to Sharpen Your Lawn Mower Blades and How To

407

The Basics of Siding, The “Skin” of Your Home!

408

Action Tip: Chasing Down Electrical Circuits and Breakers

409

Being a Handyman - A Little Inside Baseball

410

Action Tip: Rebuilding Your Grill before the 4th of July

411

On The Deck - Discussion of Deck Repairs

412

Action Tip: Laser Levels

413

Laying it Down - Spraying Paint

414

Action Tip: Have a Happy Father’s Day

415

Developing Your Resources

416

Action Tip: Using an Endoscope Camera

417

Why Are Upgrades So Expensive?

418

Action Tip: Caulking Large Gaps

419

En Guard, a Discussion About Fencing

420

Action Tip: Switching from heating to AC

421

Hiring a Contractor Part 3

422

Action Tip: The Many Uses of Painter Tape

423

Interview with Ed Padillia, the founder of the Association of Certified Handyman Professionals.

424

Action Tip: Up on the Roof

425

Hiring and Working with a Contractor Part 2

426

Action Tip: Extra Keys

427

A Discussion with Chad Carson about a complete home rehab

428

Action Tip: Using a Speed Square As a Saw Guide

429

Hiring a Contractor - Part 1

430

Action Tip: Caulking Tips and Tricks

431

Announcement: Upcoming Series on Hiring and Working with a Contractor

432

Tuff Shed - An Interview with Sandy Mowery

433

Action Tip - Working With Powdered Drywall Compound

434

Sharpen Up - Skill To Help Sharpen Your Tools

435

Action Tip - Using the Fraction Calculator App

436

You Put Your TV Where?

437

Action Tip - Removing Smells With Ozone

438

Hanging Around: A Discussion on Hanging Artwork

439

Action Tip - Phone App To Calculate Angles

440

Lifting Concrete: An Interview with Lift It Rite Concrete Leveling

441

Action Tip - Free Time On Your Hands

442

What Wood You Do - Discussion on Fixing a Hardwood Floor

443

Action Tip: Drilling Through Tile

444

An Interview With Tim Harman of "You Can, Man" DIY Podcast

445

Action Tip - The Multi Purpose Hotel Key Card

446

Knock Knock - Interior Doors

447

Action Tip: Using a Threadlocker to Make Sure Your Towel Racks Stay Tight

448

Landlording a Millennial Way: An Interview with Joel Larsgaard

449

Action Tip: From the email Bag - Tip on Driving Small Nails

450

Flush Gordon - Discussion of Rebuilding Toilets and More

451

Action Tip: Testing out Your Sump Pump

452

House It Going - Tips On Selling Your House With an Interview of Pam Evans, Associate Broker

453

Actionable Tip: Starting a Fire

454

So . .You Want To Make Millions - Let's Discuss Rental Properties

455

Actionable Tip of The Week: Cleaning off Air Returns

456

Inspector Clouseau: An Interview With a Home Inspector

457

Action Tip of the Week: Stay Warm

458

First Time Homebuyer

459

Actionable Tip: Weather Preparedness

460

New Segments We Said We Would Do

461

Out With The Old And In With The New

462

Season 2 Intro

463

Auld Lang Syne and Hello To 2020

464

Toys In The Attic - Storage and Containers

465

Tools Discussion Part III of III

466

More Power! - Tools Part II

467

We Could Have Nailed It - But Screw It

468

Coming up - Discussion of Tools for the Holidays

469

Turkey Trot

470

Aunt Millie Got Run Over by a Reindeer

471

Hiring a Handyman

472

He Shed, She Shed - Let’s Talk Sheds

473

Creep It Real This Halloween

474

Heating and Air - The Hot and the Cold of It

475

Slinging mud - Wallboard repairs

476

Dark Side of Wood Rot

477

Color Your World - Painting and Paint Preparation

478

The Uninvited - Screened in Porches and HVAC Filters

479

Who The Heck Are These Guys