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

Home Improvement Show 03-28-26

·53 min·5 clips
Painter Russ Marchese reveals that a $2,000 price gap between contractors usually comes down to just two things: preparation work and insurance.
This episode of the Home Improvement Show features interviews with three local home service experts. Topics include early-season mosquito control strategies and common mistakes in DIY pest management, key differences between professional and amateur painting contractors (focusing on preparation and insurance), and modern recommendations for smoke and carbon monoxide detector placement and technology.

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Practical homeowner advice that stays close to hiring pitfalls, prep work, and weather talk.

This morning's show shifts from mosquitoes to the practical business of hiring a painter, and it stays squarely in homeowner territory. The strongest passage comes when the talk turns to preparation, insurance, and the red flags buried inside a vague proposal; that is where the…

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Hear the red flags before you hire the painter.

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