Home Improvement Show of the Midlands · WVOC (WVOC-AM)

Home Improvement Show 01-17-26

·54 min·5 clips
Russ Marchese identifies 'flashing'—those shiny inconsistencies on a wall—and warns against painting in direct sunlight or below 45 degrees to avoid it.
Host Gary David interviews three local home service experts: a painter explains the critical impact of temperature on paint jobs and how to choose colors, an electrician discusses when to upgrade home electrical systems and modern smoke detector codes, and a pest control specialist details preventative treatments for bugs and mosquitoes.

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Plainspoken home-repair radio with useful cold-weather advice and a quick look at mosquito season.

The Home Improvement Show of the Midlands keeps things practical here. It covers the limits of cold-weather painting, notes what the cold does not change, and makes a good case for replacing aging switches and receptacles before they give out.

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Home-improvement radio for cold-weather painting, aging outlets, and a January nudge to get ahead of maintenance.

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