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The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…

Yes it is that time for another Let’s Blog Off & this week’s is dealing with, is there a difference between a fact and the truth? As stated in the preamble; Finding truth has been a human preoccupation for as long as there have been humans. Aristotle defined truth as “To say of what is […]

Filed Under: Myth or Misconception Tagged With: Blog Off May 10, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Boil Water Notices & Advisories FAQ’s

Fortunately for many individuals affected by the tornados, the local water utilities were able to keep everything up to snuff eliminating the need to issue to a Boil Water Notice or Advisory. I only recall hearing about three communities / regions affected were they were issued. One of those communities is actually were my wife […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation, Food Safety, Water Related Tagged With: Safety Sunday, Water May 8, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Do’s & Dont’s for Portable Generators

As many of you know the South was hit by a wave of tornados that devastated some communities, and left many of us feeling either really lucky, blessed, or in a complete state of shock (or all three). At this moment as I write this, I am sitting on the front porch listening to the […]

Filed Under: Disaster Preparation, Tool & Shop Safety Tagged With: Camping, RV April 30, 2011 By SLS

About Us: Courtesy of Builder Link

A Green Go-Getter By Kelley Pearsall, BuilderLink Staff Sean Lintow Sr., owner of SLS Construction based in Cullman, Alabama, understands how important it is to aid in the progression of green building. In fact, after 20 years of working off and on in the building industry, this past year Lintow officially added a ‘green arm’ to […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles April 30, 2011 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: Where do you get your Idea’s & Inspiration from?

Ahhh, another Tuesday and another Let’s Blog Off… which asks the question, “Where do you get ideas for creating what you do?” As is our custom, we will be linking to all those participating in this week’s Lets Blog Off at the end of the article, and if you have ever suffered a bad case […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off, HTRC Updates April 26, 2011 By SLS

Re-piping Your House: The PEX Solution

In yesterday’s Safety Sunday article on Staying Lead Safe in One’s Own Home, we briefly talked about issues with older pipes that contain lead in them.  Shortly after that on Twitter I was discussing a bathroom plumbing issue where I recommended that they check out PEX piping to re-pipe those fixtures. While I love Twitter […]

Filed Under: Remodeling & Renovations, Water Related Tagged With: Plumbing April 25, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Staying Lead Safe in Your Home

In the last three Safety Sunday articles, we covered how Homeowners can perform Lead Safe Renovations on older houses utilizing the 3 C’s. While the EPA & many others would have you believe that renovations on houses built before 1978 is the main cause of lead poisoning, the fact of the matter is that the […]

Filed Under: Around the home Tagged With: 3C Prevention, Lead Safety, Safety Sunday April 24, 2011 By SLS

Test Taking Tips: ENERGY STAR V3, RESNET, CEA, & BPI

Whew, as of yesterday and taking the ENERGY STAR V3 test (long story short – the test was not available when I took the original class), that is it for the test taking (at least in the foreseeable future). As I was sitting there taking the test, I was amazed at how many people were […]

Filed Under: Training, Education, & Confrence Tagged With: BPI, RESNET April 22, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Lead Safe Work Practices for Home Owner’s – The Final C

In our last few articles we outlined what the principles of the 3 C’s of prevention, followed up with two articles on the first two principles are as they relate to homeowners who might be working on their home with lead in it. The first article dealt with  control; controlling access, the dust created, the […]

Filed Under: Around the home Tagged With: 3C Prevention, Lead Safety, Safety Sunday April 17, 2011 By SLS

Taxes, Record Keeping, & Clearing the Clutter

Oh no, it’s April 16th and taxes were due… are due on the 18th? In reality, my taxes were actually filed back in February, but if this were any other year, this article would be a day late & if you hadn’t filed your taxes or an extension, you would be looking at a hefty […]

Filed Under: Legal April 16, 2011 By SLS

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