Notes from the shop

Blog.

Home maintenance tips, project spotlights, and the occasional shop story. Written by Doug and Brian.

Heating & Cooling

Now offering heating and cooling — meet our HVAC partner.

After years of referring HVAC work out, MHS has teamed up with a 22-year HVAC-R veteran and credentialed pipefitter. Heating, cooling, and pipe-fitting now live under one roof at MHS.

By Doug Conner · April 15, 2026

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More from the shop

Company

Why we have an HVAC partner (and not an in-house HVAC team).

Why a partnership model — not an in-house HVAC team — is the right answer for a small craft shop, and how the trusted-trades philosophy actually serves homeowners better.

By Doug Conner · April 12, 2026

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Home Maintenance

$39.95 a month, $780 of home maintenance: how the subscription works.

Two gutter cleanings, a soft-wash, and a multi-point inspection — billed at $39.95 a month. Here's exactly what's in the plan, what it costs, and when it's worth it.

By Brian Lamprecht · March 28, 2026

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Remodeling

Project spotlight: a finished basement that became 'the deck-a-Sarous.'

Morgan F.'s finished basement and the multi-tiered 'deck-a-Sarous' that followed — told largely in her own words, from a review we keep coming back to.

By Doug Conner · March 20, 2026

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Seasonal

Spring HVAC tune-up checklist (and why mini-splits change the math).

Spring is the right time to schedule the AC service everyone forgets about. Here's our 10-point pre-summer HVAC checklist — and why a mini-split might be the smarter fix.

By Mission Home Solutions · March 10, 2026

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