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Green swimming pool beside a pump and sand filter at a South African home. For Homeowners The Pool Pump Is Running. So Why Is the Water Still Green? Pool pump running but your water is still green? Learn what to check before buying more chemicals or replacing equipment in South Africa 3 min read Read more ceiling-stain-after-rain-south-african-home.jpg For Homeowners That Ceiling Stain Only Appears After Rain Ceiling Stain After Rain? What South African Homeowners Should Check | DadBod Contractors 3 min read Read more South African homeowner checking a wall-mounted aircon before summer For Homeowners Before You Switch the Aircon Back On for Summer, Give It Five Minutes Johannesburg doesn’t ease gently into summer. You can go from blankets on the couch to looking for the aircon remote surprisingly quickly. If your aircon has spent most of winter doing very little… 3 min read Read more electrical warning signs at home For Homeowners The Lights Keep Flickering. Is It Something You Should Worry About? The Lights Keep Flickering. Is It Something You Should Worry About? Most homeowners have had one of those moments where something electrical behaves strangely and then seems to go back to normal. A… 4 min read Read more peeling paint after winter For Homeowners Cracks, Damp or Peeling Paint After Winter? What to Check Before You Repaint This Spring Cracks, Damp & Peeling Paint After Winter | Spring Home Maintenance SA 4 min read Read more South African homeowner checking gutters and exterior maintenance around a suburban home before summer. For Homeowners The Small Jobs Around the House We Leave Until They Become Big Ones The Little Jobs Around the House That Get Expensive When You Leave Them Some things around a house are broken enough to annoy you, but still working well enough to ignore. The toilet keeps running… 3 min read Read more South African homeowner going through a renovation quote with a contractor outside their home. For Homeowners How Do You Actually Know If a Contractor Is Legit? How Do You Actually Know If a Contractor Is Legit? A lot of contractor hiring in South Africa still starts with a forwarded WhatsApp number. “Use this guy. He did work for my neighbour.” You send a… 4 min read Read more Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now For Homeowners Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now Before the First Big Summer Storm: What to Check Around Your Home Now The first proper summer storm is a terrible time to discover that a gutter is blocked. You usually don’t notice the problem when… 5 min read Read more Homeowners comparing several contractor quotes during a home renovation, highlighting the importance of checking the scope, materials and exclusions before choosing the cheapest quote. For Homeowners The Cheap Quote That Ends Up Costing You More Published: 25 August 2026 Say you need a bathroom redone and three quotes come back at R18 500, R21 000 and R11 500. Most of us are going to look twice at the R11 500 one. That is a meaningful… 6 min read Read more
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