Like having a zombie roommate, home renovation requires lots of patience and a strong constitution amid dirty clothes and exposed pipes. Study house resurrection with today's Groupon: for $5, you get two tickets to the Builder's Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania Home Show (up to a a $10 value). Groupon customers can choose to attend any date of the event from Thursday, April 7 to Sunday, April 10.

The Builder's Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania, a nonprofit professional trade organization, provides the nuts and bolts to help their communities build and maintain quality affordable housing. During the home show, more than 80 exhibitors descend on the Family First Sports Park to bestow their domicile designs and fixture fixin's, helping attendants plan their next home project or just learn enough lingo to impress their spouses.

The four day shindig also features a tool shed's worth of events and giveaways, including the annual Ugly Door Contest, a garage makeover contest; a Lego construction contest; and a thrice daily Win Builder Bucks raffle, where attendants enter to win gift cards worth $250–$1,000, valid for all exhibitors at the show. Residence renovators can also bring a nonperishable food item to be entered in a Peek 'N Peak Getaway giveaway for four individuals.

Although the Builder's Association of Northwestern Pennsyvania sometimes offers discounted tickets online, this Groupon still offers the best deal available.