Prepare your home for fire season
November 1, 2019
By Raychel Stewart For The Signal While Santa Clarita Valley residents are facing another harsh fire season, it’s never too late to make sure preparations are met to ensure the
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Robert Lamoureux: Patios, walkways and foundations
October 27, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I have 5-year-old concrete patios and walkways that have a somewhat rough finish. I would describe it as an exposed sand finish. It’s similar to
Garage cracks, window shopping
October 20, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I’ve got some cracks on my garage floor and the foundation, with water coming in from the foundation cracks. I’d like to know what the
Robert Lamoureux: More trouble with the pumps
October 13, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I’m a new board of directors member with some construction experience, but none in plumbing. I was in our subterranean garage and saw these two
Robert Lamoureux: Permit for reroofing; trouble on deck
October 6, 2019
Question No. 1 Robert, I live here in Canyon Country in a single-family home and am widowed, so rely on myself for major home decisions. This is where I need
Robert Lamoureux: Safety precautions and sewer gases
September 29, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I live here in Santa Clarita, where we recently had a sewer backup. We called out a plumber and, because of a tree in our
Robert Lamoureux: Covering bricks with stucco, drywall with tile
September 22, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, We are getting ready to redo the exterior of our home. My husband is quite handy, so we’ll be doing as much work as possible
Robert Lamoureux: Keeping pool filled, potential liabilities
September 15, 2019
Question No. 1 Robert, I am a widow who lives in Canyon Country in an older home that has a pool. During the summer, my pool requires that I go
Robert Lamoureux: Siding discussion – replace or repaint
September 8, 2019
Question no. 1 Robert, We live in Canyon Country and are nearing retirement. When we bought the home, it had a wood siding. We installed a plastic-type siding approximately 12-15
Robert Lamoureux: How to properly deal with ‘spalling’
August 18, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, My name is Jon D., I am the president of an HOA. We’ve got some water leeching through walls in the subterranean garage. We had
Santa Clarita shares community recycling PSA
August 5, 2019
Green Santa Clarita, the city’s environmental protection division, is asking residents to be aware of what materials they place in waste bins to maximize recycling efforts. The city’s “green” agency
Robert Lamoureux: Root balls, missing expansion joint
August 4, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, My neighbor has a big palm tree and the wall is beginning to lean and also has cracks where it is leaning. The neighbor says
Robert Lamoureux: Wire connectors in electrical panel; ‘earthquake experts’
July 21, 2019
Question No. 1 Robert, We are in the process of selling our home. We had a home inspector come out and in our electrical panel there are wire connectors. He’s
Robert Lamoureaux: Replastering a pool; finding wall leak
July 14, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I have a quick question for you. In the past, you advised me when I was having my pool replastered, to make sure that they
Robert Lamoureux: Pool questions, underground garage safety
July 7, 2019
Question No. 1 I live in Valencia. We had a pool put in about two months ago and now all of a sudden the Jacuzzi is turning an awful green!
Robert Lamoureux: Saw-cutting sends PT cable flying; building a patio cover
June 30, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I’m on the board of directors at a multistory condo, where we have a subterranean garage. One of our residents was saw-cutting on the concrete
Bed Bath & Beyond to close Canyon Country location
June 28, 2019
Shoppers of Canyon Country’s Bed Bath & Beyond have only a couple of months to stop by before the store shuts down its doors indefinitely. The locale, within The Plaza
Vinyl records keep the story and soul of music alive
June 23, 2019
As the music industry shifts towards an emphasis on digital streaming platforms like Spotify, vinyl records have not only remained in production, but have even grown in popularity.
Robert Lamoureux: Replace light fixture with LED; cinder block wall
June 23, 2019
Question No. 1 Hello Robert, I have two light fixtures in the garage. They both turn on/off with the same switch. One of the lights was not working one day,
Robert Lamoureux: Hot mop vs. vinyl shower pan liner, bathtub shell
June 16, 2019
Question No. 1 Hi Robert, I own a home in Canyon Country and am in the process of remodeling on two of my bathrooms. I’m doing some of the work