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Welcome to Jon Eakes.com

  • Can’t find a clear answer to your Home Maintenance or Home Improvement problem?
  • Three contractors later and it still leaks?
  • No one agrees on what to do?
  • Your problem doesn’t seem to have a solution?
40+ years of coast-to-coast cold climate experience
Renovation Coaching by e-mail, on the phone, on Zoom – what suits you best.

You probably landed here because you are looking for answers to home improvement and maintenance questions.

There is a lot of information on the web:

  • Is it reliable?
  • Does it apply to your climate?
  • Does it apply to your house?

Even contractor recommendations can be conflicting. Who’s right?

With the labour shortage, it might be that you can’t even find a contractor who is free to handle your job so you need to hire workmen/women who might not know the whole picture and you need to take charge, or even Do-It-Yourself. People in this situation often use me as their Renovation Coach.

With my passion for detail and clarity, since 1996 this website is dedicated to answering all these questions, helping you to get the information you need in the way you want to receive it – all with my experience of renovating, consulting and teaching for well over 40 years. You don’t already know Jon Eakes? Follow this link: Who Is Jon Eakes?

Every link on this page, and the tabs at the top, are doors leading you to understanding your house better or you can use the Contact Tab above to get me to deal personally with your specific problem, confusion, crises or your desire to get it right the first time as you fulfill your housing renovation dreams. With modern technology, including Zoom house visits, I can visit anyone who can see this website.

You have already taken the first step towards finding what you are looking for, welcome aboard -- Jon

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Updated at Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

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