Our Educational Workshops

 

BREAKFAST, LUNCHEON AND DINNER PRESENTATIONS

 

Diane is available for presentations to Women’s and Business Groups, for shorter but highly interesting and

beneficial topics including, “Healthy Home, Healthy Body”, "The Benefits of Colors in interior spaces", and her humorous “Married to the Handyman” among others. She’s negotiable on her amount of stipend and meals, and would bring her expertise and experience at performance and presentation.  Her travel area is within 7-8 miles of the city of Syracuse.

 

Below are some full classes available for recreations centers, businesses and Groups.

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CLASS ONE: EASY PLUMBING FIXES

 

Is your bathroom is driving you crazy with its dripping faucet and running toilet, but you’re afraid of what a plumber might charge you? 

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This workshop offers hands on tutorials for changing flappers, handles and seals, as well as checking inside your shower kit. Learn the sights and sounds associated with different plumbing problems and less frustrating solutions for getting to the next step.

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CLASS TWO: DIY HOME WEATHERIZING

 

This workshop illustrates inexpensive solutions to drafty windows and doors, with hands on practice with caulking guns, insulation, and other sealants. Learn the best products for use in sealing around various sinks, countertops and tubs.  ***Discussion to include different methods of controlling basement moisture, detecting mold, and finding drafts in all areas of the home.

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CLASS THREE: Healthy Home, Healthy Body

 

If you can imagine that your home has various ‘parts’ similar to the human body, you might come to have more control of its function. From indoor air quality (the breathing) of the home, to structural soundness of the foundation and roof (the bones). The workshop will show how your personal health is affected by the interior environment that surrounds you. Suggestions and guidelinesfor creating an easy to follow Fall clean up tasks list, green cleaning product alternatives  positive impact of colors and more will be discussed, with handouts given.

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CLASS FOUR: SET UP A HOME MAINTENANCE PLAN

 

This workshop will get you started to think ahead about maintaining and building the equity in your home, while setting up doable projects with definite timelines and deadlines. Learn the formulas for determining how to set your budget for your home maintenance and repairs. Determine exactly how much time you can personally spend on maintenance and who your helpers are. Get help separating upgrades from critical repairs, and setting priorities. Get a jump start on selling by planning from among the top ten curb appeal projects that will help your home stand out. Come away with a maintenance check list and winter project schedule that will get you ahead of projects so you can enjoy more of the Spring when it rolls around next year!