Plainspoken HVAC advice with a live-radio detour.
Texas Home Improvement keeps its familiar call-in pace, moving from sponsor reads to short listener questions without losing its plainspoken tone.

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Get answers to all of your questions about home repairs by calling in. Whether you want to do it yourself or hire someone to do it for you, this show will help you avoid the bumps in the road to get the job done right.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Specific caller problems become lessons in diagnosis, cost, material choices and the limits of DIY repair.
Jim Dutton turns callers' household problems into practical chains of diagnosis. Moisture beneath flooring leads to questions about pipes, sewer testing and exterior drainage; cooling costs prompt a comparison between solar ambitions, window units and mini-splits.
Church flooring oozes yellow adhesive; Jim Dutton has you checking for moisture under the planks.
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Plainspoken HVAC advice with a live-radio detour.
Texas Home Improvement keeps its familiar call-in pace, moving from sponsor reads to short listener questions without losing its plainspoken tone.
A repair call that favors diagnosis over drama.
Texas Home Improvement treats a basic repair call like a lesson in diagnosis, and it works best when Jim Dutton keeps the problem plain: a DIY mini-split that will not start, a likely power fault, and the warning that the wrong part can send you in the wrong direction.
Moisture, not the glue, is what needs attention.
Texas Home Improvement follows Jim Dutton as he walks a church flooring problem back to moisture under the room. The adhesive failure is treated as the symptom, not the cause, and the advice keeps circling back to what is happening below the floor, including pipes, the sewer…
Clear, practical attic guidance that helps separate a workable setup from the wrong kind of radiant barrier.
Jim Dutton keeps the advice practical and narrow, centering on a basic attic project: adding decking for an attic lift and sorting out where a radiant barrier belongs.
A practical take on the hidden costs of building, with the hard tradeoffs stated plainly.
Texas Home Improvement is plainspoken about what it costs to build a home. Jim Dutton keeps pulling the conversation back to the line items that do the real damage to a budget: foundation work, drainage, overhead, and the rest.
A practical home-repair hour that moves from attic heat to foundation repair.
Jim Dutton's call-in hour starts with useful home fixes and keeps circling back to the same question: what is a symptom, and what is a real repair.
Practical call-in repair advice rooted in plain jobsite judgment.
Texas Home Improvement keeps things practical. Jim Dutton walks through a tile height question, suggests using a gauge or plastic pieces as runners, and then shifts to a deck finish problem where Ready Seal does not have the gray the caller wants, so he points toward a deck…
A practical call-in guide to flooring, moisture, and foundation caution.
Texas Home Improvement comes across as a brisk, useful call-in show built around ordinary home repair questions. In this segment, the host talks through a flooring problem in practical terms: what has to come out, how to get the surface level again, and why a floating floor may…


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Texas Home Improvement spends much of this episode on insulation, plumbing, HVAC sizing, and foundation issues, with Jim Dutton answering live calls from Pearland, Cypress, Missouri City, Jersey Village, Lake Jackson, and downtown Houston.
Jim Dutton opens Texas Home Improvement live from the Dutton Ranch and takes calls on home-improvement problems.
Jim Dutton opens the lines and keeps the pace moving.
Texas Home Improvement opens the show in its familiar call-in rhythm and takes questions from listeners live on air.
Jim Dutton opens the hour in full call-in mode.
Jim Dutton spends much of Texas Home Improvement on freezing-weather prep, including why Houston attic plumbing is vulnerable while Dallas, San Antonio, and Corpus keep pipes underground.
Jim Dutton answers calls on Texas Home Improvement about a 20-year-old AC system, a 2006 water heater, cast-iron sewer pipes, and a custom front-door order.
Texas Home Improvement centers on a 1928 house with shiplap walls, a brick exterior, and a foam-insulation question that Jim says is safe if the attic stays breathable.
Jim Dutton takes listener calls in his usual live, practical rhythm.
Texas Home Improvement with Jim Dutton jumps between live calls about bathtub stains, foundation moisture, wood-floor damage in Spring, and freezing risk in an unoccupied Dallas house.
Jim Dutton stays on the line with callers and keeps things moving.
Jim Dutton takes calls on winter home maintenance and keeps nudging each question toward a practical fix.
Jim Dutton opens with a live listener call and gets right into repair talk.
A call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements.
A call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements, with sponsor messages and listener interaction.
Texas Home Improvement opens with Jim Dutton taking live calls and keeping things plainspoken and practical.
Texas Home Improvement Show centers on two concrete homeowner problems: backup power and foam insulation, with Jim Dutton repeatedly steering callers toward practical fixes.
Jim Dutton spends much of Texas Home Improvement answering calls about whole house generators, portable generators, and newer battery-backed systems like Base Energy.
Host Jim Dutton fields calls from Texas homeowners facing urgent problems, including a water main break that flooded a neighbor's property, a brand new HVAC system that short-cycles uncontrollably, and a garage conversion stalled by flooring choices.
Jim Dutton spends much of Texas Home Improvement answering whether air duct cleaning is actually needed, and he tells caller George that routine duct cleaning is usually oversold when a home already has proper filtration.
Host Jim Dutton fields calls and emails from Texas homeowners, offering practical advice on preparing for a cold front, debunking myths about window tints, explaining the importance of surge protectors, and solving specific problems like attic condensation and AC soft-start kits.
Host Jim Dutton and his nephew Jason field calls and emails from Texas homeowners, tackling problems like cracked garage floors, mysterious gas smells, smoke removal, and coastal deck repairs.
A call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements, with sponsor messages and listener interaction.
A call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements, with sponsor messages and listener engagement.
A live call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements, with sponsor messages and a rodeo setting.
A call-in radio show offering advice on home repairs and improvements, with host Jim Dutton taking questions from listeners.
A live call-in radio show offering expert advice on home repairs and improvements, with sponsor messages and host introduction.
A call-in radio show where host Jim Dutton answers listeners' home improvement and repair questions, offering advice and recommendations.
A call-in home improvement show where the host helps a caller with ventilation for a hidden plant-growing room.
A call-in radio show offering advice on home repairs and improvements, featuring listener testimonials and sponsor messages.