The Money Pit Home Improvement Podcast

Got a household of family and friends to keep entertained? Tom & Leslie have tips to create a home theater on a budget, spruce up your fireplace, mix a natural recipe for clean kitchens, plus your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don’t let chilly weather leave your home looking dark and dreary! Tom and Leslie have DIY tips to help spruce up your front entry by adding rich colors and simple hardware switch-outs for the season ahead, along with your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temperatures are dropping that that means it’s time to get your home ready for winter. Tom and Leslie have tips to help make sure you and your home can stand up to the chilly weather ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to protect your garage floor before winter’s snow, Ice and salt set in? Tom & Leslie will show you how with coatings that can beautify and protect the floor, and make it easier to clean. Plus get tips to stop drafts and answers to your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With shorter days ahead, get tips to help brighten your days with easy to install wireless lighting. Plus get tips on new water-resistant laminate floors, plus answers to your questions and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As temperatures drop, utility costs go up! Tom & Leslie have high-tech solutions to help cut costs, along with tips to help greenery flourish inside your home all winter long. Plus answers to your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Find out how to winterize your home to avoid high energy bills as well as a frozen mess from broken pipes with tips from Tom & Leslie, plus advice to get your roof ready for snow and ice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Before you light your fireplace for the first time this season, Tom & Leslie deliver tips to make sure your chimney, damper, and firebox are safe - and key advice on how to avoid getting taken when talking to chimney sweeps who too often just sweep money from your pocket! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever struggled to find a perfect paint color? Tom & Leslie share tips to help you choose a painting palate to give your space a sophisticated look. Plus, learn how a new smart home device can extend your home's Wi-Fi, and get answers to your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With holiday travel, now's a perfect time to step up outdoor security lighting. Tom & Leslie share a review on a super-bright light system that can run off batteries for a full year. Plus, get tips on how to build a weed-proof garden path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If indoor air still makes you sneeze this winter, Tom and Leslie have tips on how to keep allergens at bay, and hear how a NJ Supreme Court case that may pave the way for consumers across the nation to collect from insurance companies for bad work done by contractors, plus your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Looking for more storage space to hide the clutter in your home? Tom and Leslie share secret nooks, crannies, and other untapped turf hiding in plain sight. Find out how to get instant hot water at your shower, and more plus your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to step up your kitchen but don't have the budget for a major makeover? Tom and Leslie deliver five kitchen updates you can do for under a 1,000 bucks, plus answers to your questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As temperatures fall and energy bills rise, Tom and Leslie deliver tips on easy steps you can take to reduce energy use, save money and improve your comfort all winter long, plus get green gardening tips for fall and answers to your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you’d like to keep the heat in, the cold out, and the energy bills down – stopping drafts is key! Tom and Leslie have tips to help find and stop hidden drafts, plus your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clean gutters can keep basements dry, sidewalks from turning slippery and foundation walls from cracking. Tom and Leslie have tips on the easiest way keep gutter flowing, and your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get low-cost energy saving solutions for apartment dwellers. Plus, new research about how the type and color of light can impact your mood and your rest, along with tips on home improvement projects for kids the whole family can get behind, and your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Going green at home is a big trend nowadays, but how do you sort the good from the perennially BAD improvements, Tom and Leslie have solutions, plus tips on how to make sure your chimney is up for the winter ahead and your calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If your vacuum isn’t doing the job it should, we’ve got easy troubleshooting tips to help improve its performance. Is bedroom lighting interrupting your body’s circadian rhythm? Find out about new light technology that’s designed to fix that and more. Tips to keep toxic items safe and out of reach of kids, plus answers to your questions about, stain options, drafty doors, ridge vents, cleaning mol...

Ways to add real value to your home that stays around until you are ready to sell? Tips on the improvements that deliver the best ROI. Saving energy and “going green” are big goals for homeowners. Find out why a heat pump can do both. Learn an easy way to save hundreds on your water bill…just by switching out one common bathroom fixture. Plus answers to your calls about, roof leaks, heating option...

Easy 30 minute projects you can take on to make sure your home is set for this season ahead. Find out the best kind of filter to keep the air clean. Tips on the sensible way to plan a new kitchen, along with your calls on, cement bock walls, leaky pipes, venting an attic, treating a deck, carpet installations, door adjustments, cleaning shower doors and attic stairs. Learn more about your ad choic...

Fall is a good time to clean up your outdoor furniture - get tips to help you clean and store. Advice on a very popular fall project – finishing your attic. And find out the one simple adjustment that will make sure you come down ladders with gravity on your side. Plus answers on installing a concrete slab, removing popcorn ceiling, replacing an AC unit, electrical wiring, crumbling chimney, deck...

Have you ever tried to paint a surface that just didn’t seem to want to be painted, like ceramic tile or a countertop, for example? Tom and Leslie review a finish that handles those surfaces and more. Plus, when a disaster strikes, there is often mass confusion. Hear how FEMA is solving this with a handy new app that has everything you need to know in one place. And if you are about to close a vac...

Get tips on how to set up a homework space for your kids that’ll help keep them organized as the school season begins. Learn how to prevent walks and driveways from cracking in cold weather and how to help your home weather hail storms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get advice on how utility companies can help you use LESS of their product. Find out the biggest safety and decor improvements in garage doors. Tips on dorm essentials to offer up function, flair and some extra free space. Plus answers to your calls about, railing, window repair, garage flooring, water temperature, attic noises, paint options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...