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Be On The Lookout For Leaks, Rot, Discoloration And Make Sure To Check Roof March 28, 2014 6:11 PM

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WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) If youre doing a little spring cleaning this weekend, you may discover that this past winter was very hard on your home.

So what are the signs of winter distress and what can be done about them? CBS 2s Sonia Rincon got answers on Friday.

Rincon saw one house in Woodcliff Lake that appeared to be in perfect shape, but in reality was suffering after taking a brutal beating. The conditions this past winter were some of the harshest for a house, home inspector Henry Scheyer said.

Scheyer used a thermal imaging camera to check for cold spots. Those can result in moisture and moisture means damage. He said the winter snow and ice on the home that refused to melt for weeks trapped all that the moisture in.

The back of this house was frozen. There was ice flowing down the sides of the house. The icicles were 5, 6 feet long. It was a bad winter, Scheyer said.

One obvious warning sign was a leak in the kitchen ceiling.

Water is the worst enemy of a house. You can see now hes got problems because there was ice up here. Ice develops in the gutter. Water freezes and then goes back underneath and then just rots that wood out, Scheyer said.

The source of the leak in the kitchen was water actually getting under the shingles because they were buried under snow, Scheyer said. And the warmth from the house was creating pockets of water, which were ponding with nowhere else to go, which means cleaning your gutters regularly cant be emphasized enough.

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Michael Zamora/Scripps Newspapers Bluebonnets grow well in roadside waste areas, but cant compete with turf grasses.

Dear Neil: We have bluebonnets planted and growing in an area where we are going to plant El Toro zoysia sod later this spring. We will wait for the bluebonnets to go dormant before we lay the sod. Will they come up through the grass next spring? Also, how can we eliminate clover that is there before we plant the sod?

A: Wildflowers, and in this case more specifically bluebonnets, do not coexist with turfgrass at all. If you think about where you see bluebonnets growing natively, its always in an area that has poor soil with little native pasture grass. Bluebonnets succeed in bare areas, but they struggle competing with dense grasses. The highway department plants them in roadside areas that do have grass, but its not strong, assertive grass like youd have in a lawn. In fact, youll notice that many of those wildflower slopes along highways are pretty bare once they mow off the old, dried bluebonnet stubble in early summer. My advice would be to let the bluebonnets run their course, then gather the seeds just as the pods start to split open. Store the seeds over the summer in a jar or plastic bag (without moisture), either in an air-conditioned part of the house or in the refrigerator. Sow them into an appropriate place in late August or early September. A dedicated bed that receives little heroic soil preparation and that is seldom, if ever, fertilized would be great. As for the clover, once you have the bluebonnet seeds collected, rototill the area before planting the sod. The tilling will eliminate the clover.

Dear Neil: My husband and I want to put down some type of hardscape surface around a red oak tree. How much space should we leave between the trunk and the hard surface?

A: The more you can leave, the better you and the tree will both be but at least 3 or 4 feet out from the trunk. Trees major lateral roots are near the soil surface, and as the tree ages, those roots grow up and out of the soil. Its not due to erosion. Its just that they get large. As they swell, they break the hardscape surfaces. Thats why interlocking concrete pavers and other portable materials are so useful when working around trees.

Dear Neil: Why do the seedlings I start under grow lights for my flower and vegetable gardens end up getting so tall and spindly? They dont survive the transition to outdoor planting? I have lost them all.

A: That breaks my heart when somebody has that kind of experience, and unfortunately, youre not alone. This can be due to a couple of things, and I can best illustrate by telling you how a bedding plant grower will produce his or her plants. They will grow them in absolutely full sunshine, and they will grow them at 60 or 62 degrees. Grow lights provide perhaps five percent that amount of light, so the plants become lanky as they grow toward the light. That is made much worse very rapidly when temperatures are warm they try to grow more rapidly. Youd be better off investing in a small cold frame or, better yet, a home hobby greenhouse or window greenhouse that would give you more light.

Dear Neil: I have a 60-foot hedge that has gaps in it. It is 8 feet tall. Is there any way to prune the plants to get them to fill in?

A: Oh, how I wish I knew what type of plant was involved, also whether plants in the row actually died, or what else might have happened to cause the empty spaces. Sometimes you can find the same type of plant in a large nursery container and plant it into a void to solve the problem. Of course, if the gaps happened because a sprinkler head didnt water that part of the row (to use one example), the new plant would suffer the same fate. There are too many variables for a good answer. Id suggest you take a sharp photo (print, not on phone) to a local independent retail nursery for their suggestions. They can show you the replacement plants for the voids, if that becomes an option.

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They say the grass is always greener on the other side.

Well, mercifully, it is greener at Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers are scheduled to play the Kansas City Royals on Opening Day on Monday afternoon (1 p.m., FSD).

While the snow is melting after a brutal Michigan winter and most of us find our front lawns to be brown in color and straw-like in texture, the turf at Comerica looks remarkably green and springy and ready for the first game of the year.

The tarp that has protected the playing field at Comerica since new sod was laid just a couple weeks ago was rolled back this morning, revealing a healthy carpet-like layer of Kentucky bluegrass.

Any lingering doubts about Mondays game being postponed because of a sub-par playing surface were dismissed by Tigers head groundskeeper Heather Nabozny, who doesnt mind watching grass grow.

Its been a tough one this year, said Nabozny, looking over the field from the Tigers dugout. We ran into a lot of weather issues. We had to remove the snow twice the first time, 11 inches and, the next time, 4 before we could even think about grading the field and laying the sod.

Nabozny used giant warmers to thaw the ground so that the sod could be laid. Comerica Parks grass was ripped up in November, before the NHL installed a hockey rink at the stadium for the Winter Festival.

This was the first complete resodding at Comerica since 2007.

So whats left to do before Monday?

Mowing, coloring it up a little bit, fertilizing, said Nabozny, who has been with the Tigers for 15 years. We started to mow today. Weve had the growth covers on it so it started growing a bit.

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Matawan, NJ (PRWEB) March 28, 2014

Over the last 10 years people have been moving not so much towards bigger homes, but towards more efficient homes. They want more space, but sometimes getting more space does not mean it is usable space. So just because the house is bigger does not mean it is better. Consumers are looking for houses that have an open floor plan, a new room arrangement and new outdoor living considerations.

"Large homes waste space when the builders do not consider how homeowners use it," a Stone Creek Builders representative said. With the latest home building trends in mind, Stone Creek Builders moves towards more of an open floor plan. "Consumers are demanding size and greater flexibility in meeting their needs. It provides homeowners with the option to go green and use natural construction materials."

Stone Creek Builders can see changes on the first floor, the second floor and new amenities for outdoor living. Great rooms, dining rooms and kitchens are still rooms people want to keep, but make more functional while the traditional living room is out. People are converting living rooms into home offices, the representative said. Large mudrooms and big garages with plenty of storage are also on customer's wish list for the main floor. More people are looking to have their master bedroom on the 1st floor now. They want more privacy away from the kids. Also this gives them the freedom of living in the house longer as they get older. They dont have to move because they can no longer go up the stairs.

They also want to move the laundry room near the master bedroom, even if it means moving it to the second floor, according to the representative. Tray ceilings are in demand in the master bedroom and people do not want vaulted ceilings any more. Bathrooms are changing as well, the consumer wants bigger tile. Grout is out, more natural materials are in. Soaking tubs are not going away but we do see them going away in the smaller homes of favor of a bigger shower.

Outside, the trend is to create living space that offer a lot, in particular an outdoor kitchen. Consumers also want enclosed spaces to relax in summer. "They're asking for fire pits, gazebos, pool houses and front porches," the representative said.Equipping new homes with mudrooms, great rooms and outdoor kitchens. Stone Creek Builders meets consumers demands for smart home technology and going green trends.

Those are some of the trends that Stone Creek Builders has seen from their customers throughout the past 10 years that are staying. We feel that going green is going to be the biggest thing happening in the building industry over the next 10 to 20 years, the representative said. People want smart home technology. They are trying to live cleaner and want their homes to reflect that.

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