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A quick primer in Insulation.
Here are 5 forms of popular insulation, from least expensive to most expensive which also, coincidentally, corresponds to their over-all effectiveness in the same order.
One quick note...
We have been talking a bit about the “stack effect” recently and why it is important to your house.
In case you have missed it, here it is in a nutshell.
Stack effect 101.
Think of your house as a...
We have a brief period here between the end of summer (unofficially September 15th) and the beginning of the Christmas season (unofficially October 15th). Now is not the time to rest - let’s take...
Every day since March it seems, the temperature has been going up to 95 and every evening around 7:30pm the thunder-boomers do their thing in different parts of the metro area, but it never rains at your house.
Every...
If you think the summer has been hot for you, how about your gas grill?
At this time of year your gas grill needs a little tlc to keep producing at a high level. Here are a few things you can do:
-Keep it...
Ahhh - the dog days of summer. Time to stretch out, catch a little breeze and wait for college football to begin.
This is a little unusual for this site, but I've got some info here that will have you...
Looking to do a home improvement that will improve the value of your home? Here are 5 projects that won't…
When it comes to adding value to your home, here are 5 Things you should...
I know, it’s easy – you flick a lighter and light the fuse. What could possibly go wrong?
So just humor me. Read this. Please. Your pinky finger may thank you some day.
Here are...
Look what happened to find it's way into our front yard...
Did you guess?
Correct - it is 4 ft of skin from a rat snake.
The rat snake, as you know, is one of our buddies. It chases around and eats rats...
Here is a quick way you may be able to get your a/c running again…
If your air conditioner has quit blowing cold air, and it is hot, hot, hot outside, and your air conditioning company tells you it will be...
Hey – Good Morning and happy hot weather to you!
That’s right, it’s a scorcher out there, and it is still only June.
You expect it to get hot outside your house, but why is it so warm inside...
5 Things… My 5 least favorite summertime pests and the best way to remove them…..
1 – Carpenter bees. They make perfectly round holes in wood, which while amazing is a pain in the...