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Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Around the House with Eric G® is the national home improvement radio show and podcast for homeowners, first-time buyers, DIYers and the pros who build homes. Every week we cover kitchen and bathroom remodeling, home repair, healthy homes and smart home tech, so you can renovate, repair and upgrade with confidence, without the costly mistakes. Heard on 200+ stations by 1.2 million weekly listeners, and more than 40% of them are contractors. Hosted by Eric Goranson, CKD (Certified Kitchen…
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- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My top 10 tips and tricks to hiring a contractor. How to find the RIGHT one!
What are the tricks to finding a good licensed contractor? In this extended cut I will show you my tips and tricks to weeding through the contractors to find…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The top 10 mistakes that rookie Designers make when designing a kitchen
Every Kitchen desinger is a rookie at some point. 30 years ago I was that same rooking that made many of these same ones! However thousands of people work with…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: How to stop wildfire smoke in your home and Amazon vs Consumers!
As wildfire smoke from the West Coast slides all over the US I figured I would give everyone some quick tips to keep it from coming in your home and if it does…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Designing an outdoor kitchen, exterior projects, stonework without a mason and the Idaho Painter
For all of you that are designing an outdoor kitchen this episode is for you! We talk about the tricks or tips on designing that... the materials that can save…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Foundation 101 Keeping that foundation dry and solid for years to come
Foundation work can be scary. There are companies out there that pray on homeowners giving the fear and high pressure sales tactics and there are foundation…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Cleaning tips for those hard to clean items! Plus some important recalls! Our Weekday Update!
In this weeks Weekday update we dive into cleaning tips for those hard to clean items and some secrets to keeping those clean after you get the work done! You…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
10 ways to save money on your utility bill this summer
I dont know about you but many peoples utility bills are out of control and just getting more expensive. Here are my tips and tricks to keep them a bit lower…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Is that wall load bearing and toxic materials you are building with
We tackle some of those bigger questions! We start out discussing what to look for to see if a wall is load bearing. Can you remove it and who should you call…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Amazon Buyer Beware and Summer Project time!
With the Amazon Prime Days there are some great buys for your next project. You just have to be careful WHAT you purchase and we have some tips for you!…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Budget tips to keep your house cool and keeping your deck safe
This already for many has been a hot summer! Here are some of my budget tips to keep your house cool. Some of these tips and tricks are free and just take a…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My tips to fixing outdated design or design mistakes on a project
Todays show is inspired by one of our calls into the studio and how you can go about fixing those design mistakes that you or in this case someone made in your…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Stormproof & Firewise: Preparing Your Home for Hurricanes and Wildfires
In this Weekday Update episode we dive into how to stop or slow water damage from heavy rains or floods from summer storms and how to help fortify your home…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Innovative products that will change how we remodel, create or build for 2024
There are a lot of brand new products out there and building systems. Here are my top products and materials that might change how you tackle everything from…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My top 10 things you can do to improve indoor air quality in your home
We are finally starting to get indoor air quality figured out and what is healthy and what you should be concerned about. Building codes in some areas are…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Big sales this 4th of July Weekend! Here is where you can save some money!
This is the week of the biggest sales of the year for everything outdoors! However there are some new sales this week for things inside your home as well and…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
BEST OF: Healthy Homes with Andrew Pace and Caroline Blazovsky
In this best of episode we talk healthy homes with former co-host and America's Healthy Home Expert Caroline Blazovksy and worldwide expert of non-toxic and…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
BEST OF: A deck masterclass with Dr Decks
Dr Decks is one of the premiere deck builders in the country and his innovation, design, and construction methods have been an industry leader for decades. In…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
5 things to consider if you are having a home built out of state
We had a a request for tips to having a home built out of state. It could be that you are retiring or just trying to move out of an area you are in.... or even…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The top 10 mistakes you can make when designing a bathroom in 2024
With over 30 years of experiance and one of the leading kitchen and bath designers on the West Coast Eric has seen thousands of bathroom remodels and here are…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The top 10 mistakes you can make when designing a kitchen in 2024
With over 30 years of Kitchen Design under his belt and as a Certified Kitchen Designer since 1999 Eric has worked on thousands of kitchen projects. Here is…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: The Trades are hiring! Is this job for you?
The trades are hiring? We talk about the shortage of people working in the Construction Trades and what you can expect when you are starting out with little or…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Even for the DIY Expert...When is it the right time to hire a contractor to do the job
For many homeowners DIY projects can be fun. However, it can also get to be a lot to tackle if you have never managed a big or even small project before. Here…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Project Perfection: How to start that major project and get it finished on time and on budget
There are a lot of things that make your next project go smoothly and get successfully finsihed. We talk about those tips and tricks to starting and finishing…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: Lets talk water quality issues you should be looking for in your home
Water Quality is something we should be keeping an eye on in our home. Clean water is a growing issue in our homes and its something you can easily monitor and…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Expert Roundtable: Four Interivews with Experts about your home.
We have a jamb packed show today with some major guests and some new ones! We sit down with the number one painting expert in the country Chris Berry, The…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Today's Home Checklist: 10 Essential To-Dos for your Home Today
Welcome back to Around the House! Today we are going to dive into the those top 10 things your home needs to keep it rolling and to protect your investment…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: Shopping carts and trailers plus a lumber price update
It has been all over the internet all week. The mother who went off about shopping carts on TikTok and not returning them. We talk about that and I can see she…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Powering Up with Gentent: An Interview with Brian Thomas, Generator Giveaway, and Disaster Prep Tips
The Generator Giveaway has expired on 7/3/24 so this contest is no longer available In this episode of "Emergency Ready Radio," we sit down with Brian Thomas…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Home Harmony: Designing for Aging in Place and Multigenerational Living
In this episode, we delve into the innovative world of home design and materials for your home, exploring how to create harmonious living spaces that…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: More new energy standards for affordable housing! Plus breaking news!
Affordable housing is just about to become less affordable with new energy standards for those programs that could add nearly $10k to a new home. Plus we give…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Mastering Home Comfort: The Art of Heating and Cooling with Dennis Stinson with Fujitsu General
In this illuminating episode of our podcast, we sit down with renowned expert Dennis Stinson from Fujitsu General to unravel the mysteries of heating and…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Secure Your Deliveries: Preventing Package Theft & Ensuring Home Security
In an age where online shopping is more prevalent than ever, the rise of package theft has become a growing concern for homeowners everywhere. But fear not!…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: Be careful from bad DIY advice on the internet!
In this weeks Weekday update we tackle bad advice from DIY Influencers, an important electric range recall and some tips for Spring pest control. All this and…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My top 10 tips for Exterior Projects
Over the last five years how we tackle exterior projects has really changed. There is new technology and science that can save you a TON of work later and make…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My top 10 tips to save money while working on your home
I think we can all agree everything right now is expensive. Are there things you can do aroudn your house to save some money? Are there projects that might put…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The death date is set for your top load washing machine and gas dryer
It was buried in the news in February but the death date has been revealed for the top load washing machine, the gas dryer, and maybe even your electric…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
How to remodel your bathroom with One Week bath and Matt Plaskoff
We dive into bathroom remodeling in this episode. We sat down with California Contractor and Designer Matt Plaskoff from One Week Bath. He also owns Plaskoff…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
How to find the right project house!
As housing gets more and more expensive and harder to get, many people start looking for a house that is in need of work so they can create their own dream…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Special: A new robotic cleaner that works! Plus new video alert!
Eric has been looking for a robotic vacuum cleaner that will work with his two big dogs and mop and clean his floors? Did he find the ultimate cleaner? He…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Fixing our trades and skills gap with Andrew Brown
Andrew Brown might be well known as the Founder and CEO of Toolfetch but he is widely known as a strong voice for the trades and is putting in a great effort…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
How to design and remodel a kitchen from 30 years of kichen design experiance
With over 30 years of Kitchen and Bath Design under his belt Eric gives you the best tips to designing that kitchen and managing your remodel project from…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: How to find the right Contractor
Happy May Day! Today we are going to talk about my tips to finding a contractor and where to look and where you might just find the bad ones. All in this weeks…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Exterior project tips and we chat with Monument Grills
We have a double header in todays episode. We start out talking about my tips to making your exterior projects hold up longer. You took all the time to build…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My Plumbing tips for that DIY Project. What you can do and the common mistakes
For a homeowner plumbing projects can be filled with problems. With home centers having products on the shelf that dont meet building code or even the bad…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Are ALL power tool batteries about to change? Plus new laws that will change how we work
It seems the last few years when products are forced to change with new laws it starts in the European Union. We saw that this last few years with the new…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Yardcare and exterior tips for 2024
There are a lot of things you can do Around the House to make your yard a lot heathier and all while using less water than you might have last year. Technology…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
How we can help renters that want to become homeowners in 2024
Housing is getting harder and harder in many parts of the US to afford. With interest rates higher than in decades and prices for housing skyrocketing we are…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Are Squatters changing residental rental homes and will this cost you more?
In some states people that have moved into homes that are not theirs or should not be there have started to change the rental landscape. If you are thinking…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Making your backyard YOUR oasis and Happy Birthday to US!
I sit down with Aaron Brundage from System Pavers to talk about creating that backyard oasis. There is a lot that goes into backyard projects and these are his…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
My top 10 things that Homeowners and Renters get scammed or ripped off
There are plenty of people out there trying to scam homeowners and renters out of their hard earned money. There are a ton of great contractors that are trying…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: New water regulations today plus my rant on broken mass transit
Today the US EPA released new water regulations on PFAS or what they now call "forever chemicals" and how they are going to test and treat them in your…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The Vice That Won Best Product: WORKIQ's Secret Sauce
Eric G just had a riveting chat with Tom Scott, the mastermind behind WORKIQ Tools, right at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas—before they snagged the…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Sarah Listi: Tool Girls Garage and Murder House Flip
We sit down with Sarah Listi from Tool Girls Garage and Murder House flip live on the show floor of the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas on the media stage…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Weekday Update: A house was accidentally built on her empty lot....now what?
We talk about a house in Hawaii that was built on the wrong lot. It is amazing that these things can still happen today but they still do. We talk about this…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
The Ultimate Clean up tool with Crocodile Cloth and Pet friendly Homes
We start out the show talking with Connor Hopkins from Crocodile Cloth about my favorite way to clean up my hands, my shop, projects and my bbq. This stuff…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Our Spring Home Maintenance Checklist 2024 Edition
Each spring we cover our Spring Home Maintenance Checklist. This is a great list to walk around your house to make sure you have the major things covered so…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Live from The National Hardware Show!
Eric is LIVE from the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas! To get your questions answered by Eric G give us a call in the studio at 833-239-4144 24/7 and Eric…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
Hardware and Design Trends with Baldwin Hardware 2024
I sit down with Aaron Brueck and Samantha Deacon from Baldwin Hardware at their massive booth at Design and Construction Week in Las Vegas. We talk about their…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
How to hire the right Contractor and how to fire when you hired the wrong one
Finding and hiring the right contractor can be stressful. There are some things you can do to find the right contrctor and get the project finished the first…
- Around the House with Eric G®: Home Improvement Remodeling & DIY
With Lumber prices high should we be using metal products for decking and fencing?
Lumber prices are still pretty high compared to where Lumber Future Prices have been over the last few months! So are we at a point where using metal might…