We used Element Hardwood Floors. Kevin was terrific. He did an awesome job, on time, and was just a really nice guy to deal with. We had both oak and fir floors refinished, including some that had been painted. He had to work by hand around our staircase railing and didn't seem to think that was any sort of problem (another bidder proposed removing the whole railing!)
Kevin Reyes
(206) 834-5244
http://www.elementhardwoods.com

We bought sash replacements by Marvin Window. These replace the moving parts of the window and you install them in your old frames. They come with some hardware that you put in first on the sides of the old frame. I read the directions and they sound very easy to install, but we paid a professional to do it. He did a great job. I'd recommend him (Walter's Windows) but a couple years ago when I was thinking of having some other work done his contact info didn't work anymore and I could not find him. I think any carpenter could handle the job. In an old house there might be some leveling/squaring issues.

The product we bought was wood on the inside and metal-clad on the outside. There were around 5 colors available for the outside. We bought them at that window place that used to be at 86th and Linden, but they are not there anymore. Dunn Lumber carries them (special order, as you might expect).

In my opinion vinyl would ruin the character of a 100 year old house. There are some products that look nicer than others, but at the higher price points you might as well get wood.

A friend of mine replaced the windows in her house and used Lindal. She said that they are quality, but less expensive than other all-wood windows. I have not verified her statement, but it's something to consider.

Wood windows are more attractive (in my opinion), but can require more maintenance. Whether vinyl would ruin the character of your house would depend on how much character your house has. The character of my 100 year-old house wasn't ruined with vinyl windows, but it wasn't a house with high character in the first place!

Put up storm windows in the winter - easy and inexpensive

I love the look of my double-hung wood windows in my 100 year-old house, but the heating bills (and cold sitting next to them!) are getting ridiculous. Any advice? Would vinyl ruin the character? How about a company to go with. I pretty much need to do the whole house (about 18 windows)!

Anyone have recommendations for the best place to buy new carpeting? I keep seeing the "Empire" ads and wonder if the discounts are real.

Also, I need to finish my hardwood floors but can't afford SFS. Any other places that you have had good experience with?

Thanks!

I took my large comforter to Transformation Surprise, a very pleasant and clean laundromat at 5508 8th NW. The machines worked well and the attendant provided a plate of free cookies! A painless experience.

I went to Lunar Laundry once to wash oversize bedding. I was very impressed with the quality and cleanliness of the facility.

The only laundromat about which I know is Lunar Laundry at 700 NW 65th Street (between 3rd and 8th Ave NW). It's not Greenwood, but laundromats are less and less common.

With the closing of the laundry mat in greenwood in need of just regular laundry service not dry cleaning anything in the greenwood area?

I also found one of the best carpet cleaning service with the latest carpet cleaning equipment for reasonable price of well done job.

http://www.seattlebestcarpetcleaning.com

My family and I live on NW 78th just off the ridge. It has been a brutal year for appliance failure in our home: furnace, range and dishwasher. The fridge started warming the other day, my nightmare was that it was finished as well. We called a few appliance repair shops, quickly noticing that a few of then sold appliances as well, that scared us! Enter Mike at Green Machine Appliance Repair, top notch guy and owner of this company. He came over, $198 part plus labor, done, fixed, much to my relief:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/green-machine-appliance-repair-seattle

Remik at Alfa Roofing is amazing and he has the best prices! His website is: http://www.alfaroofing.com/

He replaced our entire laundry room roof last fall and did a great job. He is great to deal with and had the best price of 4 bids we got. He replaced my sister's entire roof and she had recommended him to us.

I had a roof done by Jorve, they did a good job, right on bid, the contract covered incidental problems and rot repair (no extra $ and there were some) - about 5 years later I had a tree fall on my house, jorve came out checked out the damage, repaired the damaged part ($100.00) then checked and repaired misc problems on roof at no charge - they were not the least or most expensive, but they did the job, ahead of schedule and on budget with no problems.

We had our roof replaced about 5 years ago and were very happy with Raynproof.

If you don't get any roofer recommendations, try Angie's list or Consumer's Checkbook. The latter is like Angie's list, but is local to Puget Sound. I think both require a nominal membership, but I found Consumer's Checkbook to have very valuable recommendations.

I recently got estimates from 2 different companies. One bid was for about 10k and the other for 20k. The 20k guy showed me that my roof had 3 layers of asphalt shingles with no underlay or sheathing, rot in the frames of 3 skylights, etc. The first bidder didn't mention any of these problems so I am suspicious that all of these problems would be "discovered" as the work was done and I would have to pay extra charges. Don't know what to think.

Can anyone recommend an honest roofer that will do a great job at a reasonable price? Thanks!

Matt's Greenwood Auto for the oil change. They specialize in japanese cars and are great with customer service.

I go to Tony, at 1 stop Auto Body. He is great. 82nd and Greenwood.

Clint's Car and Truck Repair is just off 3rd Ave NW at Holman behind the Jiffey Lube. 310 NW 100th St. 206.650.5886. Clint is awesome.

I'm looking for a local place to have my Honda Civic serviced. Need oil change, new handle to pop hood so oil can be changed.

Naomi has a great cleaning service!!!

http://naomisnaturalcleaning.webs.com/

Hi BG, we offer set schedule (green) cleaning for the Seattle area. If you would like a quote, please just email us back with this information and we will respond within 24hrs - Gea @GCS
PS we will also be at the Pride Fest next Sunday (booth F22) if you would like to come and meet us.

1. size of area (square footage) to be cleaned:
2. # of bathrooms (please note if any have a separate shower/tub and/or are master baths):
3. # of levels to be cleaned:
4. # of pets:
5. type of flooring (mostly carpet or mostly smooth surface):
6. current condition of home/office (spotless, maintained, so-so, between so-so/dirty, dirty, other):
7. type of service (weekly, twice monthly, deep clean, move-out/in clean, other):
8. your zip code:
9. do you already use green products:
10. what are your preferred dates for service:
11. additional questions/comments:
12. how did you find us (Yahoo, Groupon, Friend, other):

Give us a call:
206.307.2270
Or send us an email: customerservice@greencleaningseattle.com

Seattle's Green Clean Team
Green Cleaning Seattle - Eco-Maid Services™
http://www.greencleaningseattle.com/

Our yard and trees are out of control. We want to get a consultation to identify a plan of what we need to do to tame the yard. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

We live in Greenwood and are looking for someone to clean our house monthly or every two weeks. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi. Can anyone recommend a high school student who might be interested in part time babysitting over the summer? I have a 19 month old daughter, and I am looking for a babysitter from 8:00 to noon Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday through August.

If you know a responsible and fun teenager looking for a summer job, please pass this along to them! I'll check this post for responses, or can be contacted via e-mail at russellme2@hotmail.com.

Thanks!

Mary Ellen

Looking for an excellent custom wood cutter to cut 4in x 4in 3/4 bamboo blocks. I already have the bamboo, just looking for a good place or person to make accurate cuts. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Travis

Thanks, everyone, for sharing what your experiences have been.
That's been very helpful.

We have been on Comcast Business Class since the end of 2009. After working with their techs for awhile to straighten out some noise problems in the neighborhood that were severely messing up the upstream bandwidth, it's been flawless for the most part. (No high speed connection will ever be 100% perfect all the time)

We were with QWest before that, for 5 years. Looking at the CLink web site and checking to see what bandwidth they can provide to my place, they STILL can do no better than 3MB download and around 1MB upload. For less $ we get 12MB download and 5MB upload from Comcast.

On Clink, at 8:40 PM, 37 Mbps down, ~4 Mbps up, and the same just now 7:10 AM. Others have reported 19/2. For some reason, I thought Comcast was 40 Mbps. Clearly faster than I need. Only had it for ~6 months, and have had zero problems except the first day.