Rosie On The House

John Bodrozic of Home Zada discusses how this digital home maintenance app can record a history of your home.  Assets, Equity, Expenses, Maintenance and Repair Costs and plans for higher expenses like roofs and air conditioning units.  Details of tracking projects and home history to help you stay in budget.

A listener is insulating the attic and wants to know how to seal around recessed lights and speakers in the ceiling.  We welcome a new partner S.A.W. Design and Fiberglass Vigas.  (What is a vigas and why does it need repair?)  And tips on how to clean your cabinets with Ray Of Light Artistic Design.

John with Integrity Tree Service discuss our Trees Of The Month:  The Pistache and The Mesquite.  Care for your trees in the fall from pruning to watering, things to consider when a tree produces a little or a lot of leaf litter and wood chips versus compost.  They're not the same.

'Roamin' Rich is on a mission to preserving the historic Route 66 one alignment at a time.  He talks about the history of 'The Mother Road', The Route 66 National Historic Trail Designation Act, and his current project to restore the landmark Painted Desert Trading Post near Chambers, AZ.  Plus the towns along Route 66 in Arizona keeping the history and spirit alive!

The first step to owning a home is financing.  Harold Perkins of Galaxy Lending Group helps you crunch the numbers with a deep discussion into home values, prices, interest rates, downpayments, equity credit and VA loans.

Romey and Jen got a rare opportunity to visit The Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant outside of Phoenix.  They talk about the operation, efficient use of water resources and what it takes to generate 32 million megawatts of power to customers. Plus Harold Perkins of Galaxy Lending Group discusses the many facets of your credit score. 

Arizona Farm Bureau's Julie Murphree and Executive Director of The Arizona Pork Council Tom Miller discuss the 33 Million Dollar pork industry in Arizona.  Tom gives us the facts about raising pigs, how smart they really are and how a simple slogan gave the pork industry huge awareness.

The Tonto National Monument is a hidden jewel!  NPS Ranger Christa Sadler talks about the stories behind the ancient cliff dwellings inhabited over 700 years ago.  How they're constructed, still standing today and how you can hike to the lower and upper dwellings. Plus Jan D'atri shares her delicious pork chop casserole.

Water management in Arizona was important in order to grow crops and live in the desert.  Planning dating back to the early 1900's has served the state well.  Agriculture and city living has thrived with less usage of water.  Now how do we plan to keep agriculture going while competing with urban grow in the future.  Sarah Porter discusses water policy with Arizona Farm Bureau President Stephanie Smallhouse.

Rosie tackles some of the listeners homeowner projects and fixes.  And ABC Glass Company stops by to talk about what their name implies, GLASS!  From fixing broken glass widows and shower doors to custom made glass shelving, tables and more!

Rosie Remodeling's paint expert Don Brees discusses painting tools.  His take on painter's tape, brushes, rollers, corner sponge applicators and some of the latest tools to get the job done right and clean up easier.  And our staff tested 3 paint apps designed to help pick colors for your paint project and gives us their opinions.

Apples, peaches, pears and more!  Farmer Greg talks about his Urban Orchard.  What types of fruit he grows in this Arizona climate and ways to prep and plant your trees for a large or small orchard.  Plus the types he's tried that hasn't worked.

Choosing paint colors and color schemes aren't done by accident.  Color Paint Supervisor for Sherwin Williams Karen D'Andrea discusses how they work with clients to choose the colors for their paint project.  

Updates on our free 2019 home maintenance calendar, a caller wants to know how to grow grass under a ficus tree, and Jim Thomas of About Blind Cleaning talks about their unique widow covering cleaning process for blinds, curtain and using Green Earth Cleaning Products.

A good time to fertilize your trees and plant your fall gardens and flowers.  Jay has some tips to help.  Plus caller questions on tree seed droppings sprouting around the roots, bug issues in agave plants, weed growth and shade tree ideas.

With record rainfall for October in the state, Mike Conway of the Arizona Geological Survey explains fissures.  What are they, how do they form, the recorded fissures in the state and the difference between a fissure and sinkhole.  Follow along on the Arizona Geological Survey website.

Joe and Joe of The Arizona Painting Company discuss the details on painting inside and outside your home.  Prep work, patching, washing, waterproofing, types of paint for the job and application techniques from brushing to backrolling.  You can follow along on our BLOG.

Rosie tackles listener home improvement calls including insulating a garage without costing a lot and underlay suggestions for replacing a tile roof.  Plus a discussion checking security systems like smoke detectors, carbon dioxide detectors, radon gas and security break in alarms.  Plus we welcome a new partner to the Rosie Certified Network.