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Does a deck that gives a little underfoot mean a few loose nails, or does it mean the frame is quietly letting go? That question landed on a couple who moved to Haywood County last … Read more

Forty thousand dollars of lighting gear came out of the container soaked. The tarp system on this hauler’s hook truck split during an overnight August storm, water sat in the box until sunrise, and the … Read more

A painter grossing about $1,900 a week loses something near $8,200 in the five weeks a fractured pelvis keeps him off a suspended stage, and that is before the first therapy bill arrives. It is … Read more

Every member had the front door code. Every trainer had the front door code. By early spring, so did an unknown number of people who had never paid a dollar in dues, which is how … Read more

The courtyard at an inner southeast Portland event venue gets photographed a few hundred times on a Saturday in June. Guests stand right in the sightline of the beds while a photographer chases the last … Read more

Megan and Dylan closed on a 2008 build outside Griffin last October, and the sellers left behind a spare refrigerator, three cans of matched paint, and not one page of paperwork on the air conditioner. … Read more

What is actually sitting in that drawer, and what would it cost to make any of it wearable again? Most people who inherit a parent’s jewelry box never ask, so the box goes into a … Read more

Why does a condo sitting at a steady 74 degrees still feel like a damp towel? That question comes up every August on Siesta Key, and lately it comes most often from people who moved … Read more

The right metal roof for a new house on the Gulf coast is the one whose wind uplift rating is documented on a product approval, not the one with the best photo in the upgrade … Read more

The concrete bid is higher because concrete costs more to make, more to place, and more to build a base for, and most of that gap is material rather than labor. If you are a … Read more