Weekly

Maintenance
For Your Home

Seasonal

Home Improvement Tips & Techniques

Jon On The Web

After over 30 years as a prime mover in the field of home renovation — from hosting the first national home renovation TV show in North America, to a diverse career in radio and TV broadcasting, to his industry-leading work with regulatory, corporate and government agencies — Jon Eakes is still most interested in spreading knowledge about ‘the important basics’ — the fine details (and sometimes extended discussion!) the other guys leave out. Jon helps homeowners and trains contractors. This site looks simple, but scratch the surface and you will find the most extensive home improvement encyclopedia on the web with a special emphasis on cold climate housing.

Follow this link to sign up for Jon Eakes’ MONTHLY NEWSLETTER of new products and events.

Latest Database Entry

• Updated Sunday, May 20th, 2012

  Article

  How do you weatherproof things under a deck?

  We got Bill from Washago, Ontario on the phone to talk about his desire to stop the water from going through his deck onto his Lawnboy. He was thinking about putting some kind of water proof membrane over the joists under the deck boards. The problem with this is that there is not enough of a s...