Rosie on the House

8/29/20 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Natural Ecosystem Ponds For Your Home!

Paul Holdeman of The Pond Gnome builds award-winning living ecosystem water features for Arizona homeowners who want to spend time enjoying their own backyard retreat!  Having a unique outdoor environment in harmony with nature.  Ponds with fish, frogs, turtles and yes, you can swim in too!  

8/22/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! Cleaning And Sealing Grout And Listener Questions!

Our Tip Of The Week on cleaning and sealing grout is detailed by our professional Josh Lawlor of CLEARCO Window And Carpet Cleaning.  And listener questions about leaking hose bibs outside the home, a neighbor's tree causing issues on a listener's property, insulation for a manufactured home and Josh helps out on a grout color problem.

8/22/20 - ON THE HOUSE HOUR! HOW TO CHOOSE BETWEEN CONTRACTORS

When choosing contractors, Rosie has particular details you should know and questions you should ask each contractor before you sign a contract.  Jill Hanks of APS details why they asked customers to reduce their power to avoid rolling blackouts.  Plus listener question on a mini split installation and ventilation.
Rosie's Consumer Guide On Choosing A Contractor

8/22/20 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! The Urban Farm/Growing Your Own Fruit Trees!

Farmer Greg of The Urban Farm details the proper ways to buy, plant and grow fruit trees.  Do the trees fit your climate?  Importance of chill hours, root stock and ripening times.  New way to dig the hole, the ingredients for the right mix of dirt and organic material, proper size basin, watering and fertilization.  Plus Arizona Game & Fish program to fill thousands of water basins for wildlife and how you can help!

8/15/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! Listeners Have Questions!!

We tackle homeowner questions on what to consider turning a patio into a liveable space, mini splits, water seepage from an improperly closed in carport, and cooling water from a well storage tank.  Weekly To Do on lush landscapes without excessive water use.  And Question Of The Week:  How to hang drywall if you want to do it yourself.

8/15/20 - ON THE HOUSE HOUR! Creating More Space Without Adding An Addition Or Moving!

Rosie is joined by Bruce Stumbo from Rosie Remodeling to talk about 3 ways you can create space and save money without an addition to the home.  Details on mini split cooling and insulation for the garage, removing a load bearing wall the proper way and closing a carport into an enclosed garage the right way and up to code.

8/15/20 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! In The Garden With Jay Harper (Special Edition)

Officially the hottest summer ever in Arizona, Jay says soil preparation is the best thing you can do now and has tips to plan ahead for fall gardening.  We talk about our favorite places in the state to cool off.  And lawn issue questions from listeners.

8/8/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! How The Registrar Of Contractors Assist Homeowners And Contractors

Director of The Arizona Registrar Of Contractors Jeff Fleetham discusses how contractor businesses have been going non-stop during the pandemic.  The significance of the ROC and some of the unique functions including how the Recovery Fund gives recourse to homeowners with incomplete improvement projects.  Plus and update from a listener with a water hammering issue.

8/8/20 - HOTTEST FLOORING TRENDS!

Our guests from Bram Flooring introduces us to a quality, waterproof realistic alternative to wood floors. Luxury vinyl planks! Plus other popular floor trends for the home. Learn how Bram Flooring educates their customer based on the product that fits their needs. We also answer listener questions on floor repairs.

8/8/20 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Talking Trees!

Our experts from SavATree Integrity Tree Service talk about the Tree Of The Month, the Texas Olive Tree and its many advantages when properly placed.  Proper watering and mulching tips during long stretches of extreme heat and lack of rain.  Discussion of what trees do for a healthy lifestyle and the story of a 2,600 plus year old tree discovery in North Carolina.

8/1/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! Questions Of The Week!

We tackle the most asked question of the week:  How To Remove Nail Polish From A Floor?  And more listener questions on whole home power surge protection, home insurance and back up generators, vigas, cork paint and other things happening around Rosie On The House.

8/1/20 - ON THE HOUSE HOUR! Creating Multi-Use Home Space For School And Work

Covid-19 has forced people to set up short or long term schooling and working from home.  We have tips to organize spaces for these tasks and other things to consider.  Plus listener questions on insurance issues after a water leak, repair or replacing an air conditioner unit and high energy bill in a rental property.

8/1/20 - OUTDOOR LIVING HOUR! Arizona Wine!!

Arizona Farm Bureau's Julie Murphree is joined by Mark Beres of Flying Leap Vineyards And Distillery. Started by 3 Air Force Veterans, Flying Leap is known for their ultra premium wines grown, produced and bottled in Arizona. Mark talks about the history, variety of grapes they grow, misconceptions about wine and how the wine industry has flourished in a short period of time.

7/25/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! Surge Protection And Listener Questions

Discussion of a program where the power company pays you to let them control your thermostat, highly complementary e-mails, an inexpensive whole home surge protection system with Lightning Busters and listener home issue questions answered.

7/25/20 - OPEN HOME HOUR! Can Your Home Benefit From A Backup Generator?

When we think of homes with generators, we think of rural homes or homes that are exposed to major weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes.  But according to Rosie Certified Fox Valley Electric and Andrew Van Noy of Kohler, people in the southwest are inquiring about home and small business backup generators at a higher rate than they have ever seen before.  They detail how generators can be installed, powered and why the increase in interest.