Dave Baker

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Q - What are the “Must Know” things about owning a home?

1 month ago | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

Q - Last week on the show you told a caller one of the 5 things that you considered “Must Know” info about owning a home. You never mentioned the other 4. What are they…Allison in MariettaA - Dang - i knew i forgot something Saturday... I was going to give the other 4 but ran out of time. Anyway, here they all are - in no particular order.
Want more bang for your energy buck? Do this…

1 month ago | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

Not long ago I spoke with an insulation expert on my Saturday show. We spoke of the many different ways you can insulate your home to help save money on your home energy bills. See, it’s not good enough to have the latest, greatest most efficient HVAC system in your house. It’s important, but in my opinion it’s not the most important.
This Place Kills Me

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Sarah Kuhn |Dave Baker |Nicole Goux |Jeannine Atkins

New girl Abby Kita gets swept up in a boarding school murder mystery in this gripping graphic novel from Tamaki (Anne of Greenville) and Goux (Pet Peeves). When fellow student Elizabeth Woodward—starring as Juliet in the Wilberton Theater Society production of Romeo and Juliet—is found dead in the woods wearing her stage costume, Abby quickly discovers that she was the last person to see Elizabeth alive.
Q - How big does my HVAC system need to be for my 3-story home?

2 months ago | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

Q - I am in the process of getting a new heating and air conditioning unit installed in my 3-story home. I just had an estimate and the company recommended a single 5-ton unit. Does that sound like enough tonnage to you? Rick - LawrencevilleA - For my money, no single unit sounds like enough muscle for a 3-story house. Even with electronic dampening I don’t think you will be happy with a single unit servicing your entire indoor area.
Want to update your home but don’t know where to start? Here are the top issues home inspectors find

2 months ago | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

It’s time to give your house the once over to make sure all is well. Do you know where to start? This may help. I spoke with some professional home inspectors and here are 10 things they say they find wrong with houses most frequently during inspections… - Attic pull down stairs improperly installed. The most common problems here are that the stairs are not cut properly to slope uniformly when opened, and the stairs are improperly fastened.
Q - Why does my house smell like a sour locker room?

Feb 26, 2025 | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

Q - Last week when I came home from work my house smelled like a sour locker room. It didn’t smell like that when I left in the morning and I didn’t have any piles of laundry lying about. Yuck. Help. Anne in MarriettaA - Ahhhhh, welcome to summer. OK, maybe not summer, but warmer weather in any case. You remember in the fall when your furnace kicked on for the first time and you knew it because you could smell the faint aroma of the dust being burnt from your system?
Severe weather has brought wildcat roofers out of the wood work. Here’s how to protect your pocket

Feb 26, 2025 | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

It is a little early in the season for stories on what I like to call wildcat roofers, but with the severe storms we had last weekend it’s time to be reminded…Here are some things you should know before getting a new roof – especially if you have damage to your roof, or if you have been ‘diagnosed’ with hail damage by a door to door roofer. 1 - Just because a company found your ‘problem’ doesn’t give them any kind of squatters rights to fix your roof.
IRS agent found not guilty in 2023 shooting death of fellow agent during training exercise

Feb 20, 2025 | fox5vegas.com | Dave Baker

PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) — A jury found a federal agent not guilty on Wednesday in the 2023 shooting death of a fellow agent after a training exercise in Phoenix. IRS Special Agent Larry Edward Brown, Jr. was charged with involuntary manslaughter of an officer in the death of Special Agent Patrick Bauer. The trial had started about a week and a half ago in federal court. It took about 90 minutes of deliberations for the jury to decide on the single charge.
Analysts call ASML Stock Underrated in 2025, Here's Why

Feb 4, 2025 | watcher.guru | Dave Baker |byMichael William G

Dutch semiconductor chip firm ASML is a very underrated stock in 2025, thanks to one key metric that could drive shares upward. The company recently reported its Q4 2024 earnings, blasting expectations out of the water. Its strong results and robust bookings corresponded with solid guidance for the next five years according to ASML. ASML has a virtual monopoly on EUV machines that are used to make advanced chips.
Q - We need a new HVAC and new insulation. Which should we do first?

Jan 29, 2025 | wsbradio.com | Dave Baker

Q - After listening to your show we have decided that we need both new insulation and a new hvac system (ours is 25 years old!)Not having the money for both, which should we do first? Steve - MariettaA - I get this question a good bit and here is how I would play it…I would go with the insulation first, and I would get as much insulation as I could afford be it 20 inches of blown in fiberglass or the open cell foam.