This forum provides you with resources about home renovation, improvement, makeover and repair topics such as cabinet replacement, construction, countertop selection, drainage, driveway paving, drought tolerant landscape, drought tolerant plants, finding contractors, flooring, furnace, furniture, gardening, heating system, home design, kitchen design, landscape planning, moisture management, non-toxic material, rain water collection, retrofit, saving water, solar hot water, solar panel, solar system, water conservation, and many others. While we focus on issues in California, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, Campbell, Hillsdale, Orinda, Palo Alto, Pleasanton, San Ramon, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Solano, Sonoma, Walnut Creek, most information is applicable in all parts of USA as well as the rest of the world.