6 Ways to Increase the Style and Functionality of Your Dream Garage - New homes are becoming larger and larger so it’s easy to see why more luxurious garages are being needed to accommodate them. If you are like most individuals, you use your garage for one of two purposes: re-build or preserve cars or store miscellaneous items (sometimes a combination of both). Either way, there are many [...]
BPI Energy Audit - An energy efficient home can be a true money saver. A weatherproofed house can keep the elements out, significantly cutting heating and cooling bills. Especially during the cooler months, energy costs for an under-protected home can be excessive. In many cases, it would be considerably less expensive to have the home examined and to properly [...]
7 Ways You Can Go Green by Investing in Seasonal Storage - Love Christmas and all the presents that come with the holiday season only to find yourself struggling with where to put everything before your holiday break is over? And what about the items you keep stashing away every year like unused gift wrapping supplies and old family ornaments that just end up gathering mildew in [...]
Keep Old Appliances and E-Waste out of Landfills - Guest Post by Sarah Parker In today’s society there is no excuse not to recycle your old appliance parts and e-waste. It’s our collective responsibility to protect the planet and health not only for ourselves but for future generations. When it comes to fixing and donating old appliances, there are many environmental and charitable advantages, [...]
NewAir AC-12000E Portable Air Conditioner Review - NewAir AC-12000E 12,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner The folks at Air & Water recently sent me a cool new portable air conditioner to test and review. The NewAir AC-12000E is a portable room air conditioner that uses environmentally friendlier R-410A refrigerant and boasts auto-evaporative technology. The timing was perfect as I’m in the middle of [...]
How to Tell If Your Contractor is Being Honest - Building or remodeling your new home is an expensive, time-consuming, stressful experience in its own right; especially if any equipment needs to be heavy haul transported — the last thing a homeowner needs is a distrustful contractor, to boot. If you want to make your home improvement run as smoothly as possible, here are some [...]
2011 EnergyValue Housing Awards® Gold and Silver Winners - Rely on Premier Building Systems SIPs Fife, Wash., January 27, 2011 – In each of the past three years, structural insulated panels (SIPs) from Premier Building Systems have been used by homebuilders awarded prestigious EnergyValue Housing Awards (EVHA). This year, EVHA Gold Award winner Clifton View Homes used R-25 Premier SIPs in the walls and [...]
How to Save Money on Tool Purchases - We’ve got no problem paying a premium price for top quality tools, but we also think it’s always a good idea to save money whenever and wherever you can. The truth is that the way most of us buy tools – by walking into the local Home Depot, Lowes, or other home improvement store and picking [...]
How Solar Panels Can Save Your Family Money in 2011 - Installing solar panels may seem like a decision that only “tree-huggers” and environmental extremists would make, but this is far from the truth. In reality, solar panels can actually help you to save quite a bit of money, more than making up for the cost of the panels and installation. This makes them perfect for [...]
Uponor Predicts Reinstatement of Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) in California Plumbing Code - Despite the recent repeal of crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing from the California Plumbing Code, homebuilders, plumbing contractors and consumers should be heartened to know that Uponor will continue its efforts to fully reinstate PEX in the code. “We are committed to giving Californians the right to choose the plumbing product that is best for them [...]
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