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6 Reasons to Install a Lighting Control System.
Saving energy is never far from anyone’s mind. And now, with a lighting control system, you have one of your best opportunities yet. Once a luxury item, these systems have become affordable for homeowners of all income levels. With one system, you can pre-program lighting fixtures all over your home – or one fixture at [...]
How to Prevent Accidental Poisoning
Poisoning in one of the top 5 causes of accidents in the U.S. In fact, more than 2.5 million people report a concern over accidental poisoning every year, while over 60,000 young children are treated annually in emergency care facilities. Here’s just some of what you can do to prevent accidental poisoning in your home: [...]
How to Maintain Cleaner Indoor Air
Improving the quality of your indoor air isn’t just for people who suffer the ravages of upper respiratory problems. It’s also a good way to help decrease the incidence and severity of seasonal allergies and colds and flus while ridding the air of chemical cleaner byproducts, radon, pesticides, dust, bacteria, and umpteen other known indoor [...]
Why You Should Drink Less Bottled Water
Each year, 8.6 billion plastic bottles of water are purchased in the U.S., and about 80% of them are NOT recycled. There’s reason number one to think about cutting back on your bottled water intake, especially if you haven’t fully mastered the art of recycling. Or how about that little matter pf bottled water’s alleged [...]
How to Cut Your Energy Costs with a Variable Speed AC System
Buying a new AC system is a rather unique process. First of all, most people will buy only two or three in their lifetime. That’s actually a good thing. Here’s what’s not so good: So much time typically lapses between two such purchases that you probably remember very little about the previous experience. And even [...]
Surprise: 7 Household Items That Expire!
You wouldn’t drink expired milk or eat foul smelling poultry, would you? Of course not – you trust expiration dates and your senses to steer you away from unpleasant (and potentially dangerous) experiences. But expiration dates aren’t just for food. Here are some common household items that many homeowners use long past their use-by dated. [...]
How to Make Bath Time Fun for Your Kids
For some kids, bath time is a blast. A bath can fix or alter a bad mood or temper tantrum and act as the perfect reset button for even the worst of days. And yet some kids hate bath time. Period. Not to mention passionately! And that makes it doubly difficult and more stressful for [...]
Should I Replace the Anode Rod in my Water Heater?
There are all kinds of reasons to have your water heater professionally inspected once a year. But ultimately, it comes down to two simple benefits: with regular preventative maintenance, your water heater will operate with increased efficiency and greater safety. For purposes of this blog, let’s focus on one simple yet critical aspect of our [...]
How to Clean Your Gas Grill
Walk through just about any neighborhood during dinnertime and you’re sure to get a whiff of burgers, hot dogs, and other treats roasting away on a hot grill. After all, warm weather and grilling are almost synonymous. Still, before you fire up your grill, make sure it’s ready for another fun-filled and delicious season by [...]
How to Avoid Damaging Your Lawn.
You spend countless weekends caring for your lawn; babying it, watching it like a hawk, and waging war on anything that dares to threaten its beauty and health. But sometimes, try as you might, it just doesn’t reward you for all your time, effort, and hard work. Well, believe it or not, your lawn maintenance [...]
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