Around the House® Home Improvement: A Deep Dive into Your Home
Welcome to The Ultimate Home Improvement Podcast – your go-to resource for everything related to home remodeling, DIY projects, and construction advice. Hosted by Eric Goranson, also known as “Eric G,” this syndicated radio show and podcast provides homeowners and contractors with the expert insights they need to tackle a wide range of projects around the house. Unlike typical handyman shows, Eric G brings you engaging discussions on the latest DIY trends, construction techniques, home design innovations, and interviews with celebrity guests. Whether you’re a homeowner looking for inspiration or a contractor seeking industry tips, this show offers a unique mix of practical advice and entertainment. Expect to hear from top home improvement experts, creators of groundbreaking home technologies, and your favorite industry stars. From essential home building tips to fun discussions with celebrity guests, if you're passionate about home improvement, this show is for you. About the Host: Eric Goranson, CKD, is a seasoned Certified Kitchen Designer with over 30 years of experience and has been designing since 1993. Known nationally as “Eric G®,” he is a syndicated home improvement talk show host with a decade-long career in radio. His show reaches a global audience, including a strong following within the building trade. Eric's expertise spans kitchen and bath design, home building, custom cabinetry, and remodeling. He has worked with national brands like Baldwin Hardware and Kraft Maid Cabinetry, providing insights on product design and industry trends. As a keynote speaker and seminar leader at major construction and remodeling events, Eric educates and inspires industry professionals and enthusiasts alike. Recognized for his contributions to the field, Eric was named a Kitchen and Bath Design News: Top 50 Innovator in 2019 and served on the Baldwin Hardware Design Council from 2017 to 2019. With a passion for home renovation and a background as a bass player in Seattle rock bands, Eric combines creativity, expertise, and entertainment to offer listeners the ultimate home improvement experience. Home improvement podcast, DIY projects, construction advice, home remodeling, expert home improvement tips, kitchen designer, home design innovations, home technology, building trade podcast, contractor tips, home renovation ideas, celebrity guests, syndicated radio show, Eric Goranson, Eric G, home improvement talk show, home improvement experts, podcast for contractors, home improvement entertainment.
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Designing Homes for All Ages: Tips from Award-Winning Designer Wendy Glaister
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Exploring the Paranormal: Clyde Lewis on Ghost Hunts and Haunted Houses
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Hot Water Hacks: Affordable and Effecient Solutions for Every Home
Made in America Workwear with 1620 Workwear and Designing a Steam Shower
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The Dangers of Rainwater collection at your home
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Affordable Housing Revolution: Rethinking How We Build and Live
How to Document Your Possessions for Insurance Claims: Expert Tips from Ken Aaron
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Four New Products and Four Interviews for your shop and home!
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Weekday Update: Things for homeowners and tradespeople to look for this election season
Metal Roofing with Todd Miller from Isaiah Industries and the Construction Disruption Podcast
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Behind the Hammer: How Home improvement Television works and the scandals inside
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Major Home Improvement retailer closing stores and filing Chapter 11
House flipping gone wrong! My top 10 favorite tools in the toolbox (or shop)
Top 10 things to NOT purchase at your local big box home center
Weekday Update: Unhealthy Wood and dealing with a flooded yard
My top 10 tips and tricks to hiring a contractor. How to find the RIGHT one!
The top 10 mistakes that rookie Designers make when designing a kitchen
Weekday Update: How to stop wildfire smoke in your home and Amazon vs Consumers!
Designing an outdoor kitchen, exterior projects, stonework without a mason and the Idaho Painter
Foundation 101 Keeping that foundation dry and solid for years to come
Cleaning tips for those hard to clean items! Plus some important recalls! Our Weekday Update!
10 ways to save money on your utility bill this summer
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Amazon Buyer Beware and Summer Project time!
Budget tips to keep your house cool and keeping your deck safe
My tips to fixing outdated design or design mistakes on a project
Stormproof & Firewise: Preparing Your Home for Hurricanes and Wildfires
Innovative products that will change how we remodel, create or build for 2024
My top 10 things you can do to improve indoor air quality in your home
Big sales this 4th of July Weekend! Here is where you can save some money!
BEST OF: Healthy Homes with Andrew Pace and Caroline Blazovsky
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5 things to consider if you are having a home built out of state
The top 10 mistakes you can make when designing a bathroom in 2024
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Weekday Update: The Trades are hiring! Is this job for you?
Even for the DIY Expert...When is it the right time to hire a contractor to do the job
Project Perfection: How to start that major project and get it finished on time and on budget
Weekday Update: Lets talk water quality issues you should be looking for in your home
Expert Roundtable: Four Interivews with Experts about your home.
Today's Home Checklist: 10 Essential To-Dos for your Home Today
Weekday Update: Shopping carts and trailers plus a lumber price update
Powering Up with Gentent: An Interview with Brian Thomas, Generator Giveaway, and Disaster Prep Tips
Home Harmony: Designing for Aging in Place and Multigenerational Living
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Mastering Home Comfort: The Art of Heating and Cooling with Dennis Stinson with Fujitsu General
Secure Your Deliveries: Preventing Package Theft & Ensuring Home Security
Weekday Update: Be careful from bad DIY advice on the internet!
My top 10 tips for Exterior Projects
My top 10 tips to save money while working on your home
The death date is set for your top load washing machine and gas dryer
How to remodel your bathroom with One Week bath and Matt Plaskoff
How to find the right project house!
Weekday Special: A new robotic cleaner that works! Plus new video alert!
Fixing our trades and skills gap with Andrew Brown
How to design and remodel a kitchen from 30 years of kichen design experiance
Weekday Update: How to find the right Contractor
Exterior project tips and we chat with Monument Grills
My Plumbing tips for that DIY Project. What you can do and the common mistakes
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Yardcare and exterior tips for 2024
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Making your backyard YOUR oasis and Happy Birthday to US!
My top 10 things that Homeowners and Renters get scammed or ripped off
Weekday Update: New water regulations today plus my rant on broken mass transit
The Best New Tool from the National Hardware Show 2024
Sarah Listi: Tool Girls Garage and Murder House Flip
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The Ultimate Clean up tool with Crocodile Cloth and Pet friendly Homes
Our Spring Home Maintenance Checklist 2024 Edition
Live from The National Hardware Show!
Hardware and Design Trends with Baldwin Hardware 2024
How to hire the right Contractor and how to fire when you hired the wrong one
With Lumber prices high should we be using metal products for decking and fencing?
Tile Trends and Installation with Chip Wade and Daltile
A new kind of Decking and Siding from Millboard that you have to see to believe!
The new Heat Pump rebates might not save you money plus MORE!
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Design and Construction Week recap 2024
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Big ways to save on your next DIY or Construction Project
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My top 10 Home Improvement Myths: Exteriors Edition
My top 10 Home Improvement Myths: Bathroom Edition
Lumber Prices and Cool NEW products
Legandary Landscape Design with Steve Griggs
My Top 10 problems around your house that cant wait to be repaired
A free way to improve indoor air quality and attic storage ideas
Renovating and repairing manufactured housing
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How to fix frozen pipes and how to prevent them from freezing
My top 10 scams that cost you money if you own or rent
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Surviving the frozen hurricane
Is your houe storm or natural disaster ready?
My top 10 DIY renovation mistakes that cost you money
Bad Product directions and insurance claims for storm damage
Your questions and the truth about hazards in your home
My top 10 tricks and tips for homeowners in 2024
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Design trends for 2024
My story when it comes to growing up in home improvement
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My favorite interivews of 2023 Part 1
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My favorite NEW products for 2023 Part 2
My favorite products of 2023 Part 1
Where to find some killer sales and recent recalls in our mid-week special
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Remodeling a home to make it last a lifetime as you grow older
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Woman falls through the floor and lands in a well in her home
New Smart Home Tech and Wi-fi even when you power goes out!
Cleaning Tile and Grout and talking Whiskey
Black Friday Deals for 2023
Remodeling your home to be more resilient to storm damage
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We sit down with Ross Trethewey from This Old House and Ask This Old House and talk heat pumps
Four Segments and Four Subjects!
Home Trends for 2024: What is HOT and what is NOT!
Prices are starting to come down at the big box store
Foundations and Basements: The truth about foundation repair and water in your basement
My top 10 ways to save money in your home
Lets keep your house safe this fall and winter
My secrets to designing a great bathroom
We talk with Kevin O'Connor from This Old House and Kayleen McCabe
As we get into fall its time to take some time!
We design the ultimate garage with Aaron Cash from Garage Living
My secrets to designing a great kitchen
Plan ahead for this big housing expense before it sneaks up on you
My tips and tricks to keeping your next DIY project on budget
My tips to make your house feel more like a home
Mid-Week special: A few tips of projects to tackle this week for safety and to save you money
An affordable housing roundtable discussion with the Oregon Manufactured Housing Association
How social media can send your DIY project sideways. My top 10
Homes are unaffordable in 99% of the nation. Lets discuss
Fall Security Tips for your home
How to deal with Fall Pest Control around your home
Stepping on a Yellow Jackets nest is NOT fun
The good the bad and the ugly of House Flipping
My remodeling and restoring tips for an old home
Hot tub on a budget? Can you do a hot tub for under $2k?
Disaster Resilience with Prof. Monica Sanders. Are you READY?
My top 10 home improvement products you should have in your home (NOT SPONSORED)
The inside story of my "Let's Test it" series on Around the House Northwest
Nick Shiffer from NS Builders, we talk remodeling and power tools
Matt Whitbeck from This Old House and Construction Educator
Leaking Cooktops and the economy is causing this issue in remodeling
The top 10 ways a bad contractor can scam you
The real reasons why remodeling and new construction is so expensive
Are you Ready? Plus its back to school season already
Our Fall Maintenance Checklist 2023
Expert Help for that major project with Corbin Clay and Wayhome
Is your dehumidifier on a recall list?
Tricks to keep your home cool and Fall home security
My top 10 homeowner mistakes people make with their electrical and plumbing
The good, the bad, the ugly about installation instructions and YouTube videos
Upgrades Around Your House for the dog lover
Fall Project Planning-What seasonal projects you should start now
Plumbing 101- Lets talk about using the right pipe for the project
The secrets of bathroom design before you remodel
The top 10 mistakes that can cost you the most in repairing your home
Are you covered?? Lets talk homeowners and renters insurance
How the US Government is changing your appliances and late summer rodents
How to design a kitchen before you start that remodel
New Building Code changes will let your electric utility control your water heater and hvac.
Home Building and Hydroplane Racing with Driver Brent Hall and Bucket List Racing
The Trades Skills Gap with Andew Brown
Coming up Saturday on Around the House Show!
It is that SALE time of year
We talk insulation with Spray Foam Genie
Debunking Popular Home Improvement Myths
Garage Door installation and curb appeal
A game changing composite decking from Millboard
Natural DIY Lawncare with Lawnbright
Should you rent or own a home?
Huge rebates for your home and our discussion with Rewiring America
Wildfire smoke solutions, 4th of July safety and banning pizza in NYC
Coming up Saturday on Around the House Show!
How to save on your next water bill!
Kitchen Upgrades without a big remodel
Bathroom upgrades without a remodel
How we might be able to fix our affordable housing problem
How to install Exterior Tile with WIlliam White (NEW UPLOAD)
New Products for those summer projects
Dirty tricks in todays Real Estate world
The best HVAC brands, Troubleshooting wifi issues, my projects, and scammers
Cost vs Value What does remodeling cost in 2023 in your area
How to deal with wildfire smoke for a better day
My top projects that I would be happy to not do again and leave to the pro's
Designing an outdoor living space and picking the right generator for power backup
How do we prevent buildings from collapsing?
Reducing how much laundry you do with a heated towel rack and Amba.
My tips to rent a home or apartment and listener questions
An Important Update for Around the House Show
How to keep your house cool and the dirtiest partof your home and so much more
Building a New Deck with Steel to last a lifetime
Two things to do to your home this week and tons of recalls on products in your home
How to hire the RIGHT tile contractor and healthy air tips for your home
My top 10 tips to do BEFORE buying a house
They are lying to you about Green Appliances
We chat with Roberta Mantenuto of ARIA VENT
How to hire a designer to help you save money on a project
Building a raised garden bed and what NOT to use
Eric G answers listener questions Part 2
Eric G answers listener questions Part 1
No Mow May? What is that?
How to protect yourself from phone, email, and other scammers
How to find Made in USA products and my favorite products!
How is inflation changing home improvement projects
Building Codes for tiny homes and container homes with Ryan Colker
What are the most reliable appliances and how you care for them
My spring cleaning tips for 2023
My top 10 safety tips for your home you might have forgotten
The top 10 things to make your home more comfortable
Are material prices going up again in 2023?
Happy 35th Birthday to Around the House Show and the top 10 things you can do to devalue your home
Saving money with Bradford White Water Heaters
Coming up on Saturday 35 years of Around the House plus new content
We talk BBQ with Jeff Tracy from BBQ Nation and Grilling at the Green
Foundation 101: How to maintain and repair your foundation
A major update on Kitchen and Bath Cabinetry and imported cabinetry parts
Episode 1500! My Favorite products for 2023, a long term review
Our Spring Home Maintenance Checklist for 2023
Gas Meter explosions and using the right primer before you paint
Steps to start your next project & Home security tips!
We sit down with Eric Aune with Mechanical Hub about Plumbing and HVAC
How do we fix our affordable housing problem?
Take Control of your home maintenance with ShipShape and Alexander Linn
We talk Countertops with Corian Design
Are you using your appliances wrong?
Saving trees with Root Quencher! Using less water and growing healthier trees.
A new composite siding with Alside and Chase Creighton
Coming up Saturday on Around the House Show!
Is Angi or Angi's list being dishonest about kitchen remodeling costs?
Luxury Door and Cabinetry Hardware with Baldwin
Build that deck once and never have to worry about wood rot.
How DIY and Maker Influencers are changing it up
Lets clean up your home with Broan-Nutone
Your Front Door with Simpson Door
My recap from the International Builders Show and Design and Construction Week 2023