NeighborWorks® of Grays Harbor contributes to the community conversation on housing issues through a weekly column in the Daily World titled "Nailing it Down."

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Nailing It Down

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Q&A: How to deal with moisture in your home

Rain, Rain, Rain. We sure have had quite a bit lately! But here at NeighborWorks of Grays Harbor, we are even more concerned about the trapped moisture inside your home than we are with what’s going on outside. It‘s a Catch 22, the more rain on the outside, often means that we bring in wet clothes, boots and animals into our homes, which could be vented out but it’s raining too hard to open the windows to let out the trapped moisture! The thought makes our glasses steam-up. P

Does your exterior siding show effects of trapped moisture?

With all the rain outside lately, it might surprise you that as housing experts we’re mostly concerned with water, in all its forms, getting trapped inside your foundation, house and attic. Last week we talked about the negative effects of trapped moisture under your house – concentrating on the foundation vents and proper formula to figure out how much venting is optimal. Today, we want to take you on a tour outdoors to the sides of your house to verbally identify potential

Be a Moisture Detective to Protect Your House

After a short stretch of cold, but mostly dry weather the rains are here, again. That makes it a great time to talk about your home’s Enemy Number One – trapped moisture. Unfortunately our area, like so many others, has seen the toll that flooding can take on our homes and some have also experienced cleaning up after a burst pipe. But that’s not what we’re talking about today. Today we’re talking about the sneaky type of moisture that comes from wet jackets and shoes, waterin

Don't Generate Disaster in your House: Use Generator Wisely

We sure hope our brand new year – 2018 – comes in quietly. However, it’s more than just a possibility that sometime this year that generator you have might be put into service. When the power is out, generators can be a great source of energy to at least save your investment of food stored in the refrigerator or freezer; provide some lights; maybe even for a heating device. The big ones, when sized and installed right, may be able to run the whole house and come on automatic

Rising Economic Tide Lifts all Boats in Grays Harbor County

It’s not just the summer sun that’s making things seem bright in Grays Harbor, in many ways things are just looking up around here! Perhaps you’ve experienced that rise in optimism yourself as new neighbors move into the empty house down the street, you see construction of another new business, and one more of your friends finally finds a good job. In the last couple of weeks we’ve talked with Tom Quigg , owner of Windermere Real Estate Ocean Shores, who let us know that hom

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