Whom should I believe; I just saw this show on the DIY network (or maybe HGTV) that showed how easy it was to do this great makeover, which included tile floors… On the other hand, the sales person basically was laughing at me & telling me how hard it was and why we should have […]
Safety Sunday: Lead Safe Work Practices for Home Owner’s – Containment
In our last few Safety Sunday articles, we introduces the 3 C’s concept as it relates to Safety and Prevention and specifically focused on how one can use this concept when doing renovations in any home, especially older ones that may contain lead. In our very last article, we went over the First C; namely […]
Guest Post: The Value of Training in Building Science – Another Perspective
Your mission should you choose to accept it… Nah, that was not how the message went asking me if I would consider writing a guest post, but it soon started to feel that way after I said sure. The topic of choice “How about writing on your reasons for getting all this training, what you […]
RIP: Recessed Lights Part Deuce
As many individuals know, we started this RIP series to figuratively place certain myths, misconceptions, or products to rest. While we do not have the power to actually kill off using said products or bogus truths like GWP (yes you’re time is coming), it has been a great way to get people to think before […]
Safety Sunday: Lead Safe Work Practices for Home Owner’s – The First C
In last week’s Safety Sunday Article we introduced the concept of the 3 C’s as they apply to Safety and Prevention. As we mentioned in that article, we are going to delve into each one of those & see how it applies to one working on their houses that may contain lead. In this case, […]
The week in review: North VS. South Smackdown, CEA & Alabama RRP…
In all fairness, it has been a long week already with very little time to play catch up, much less work on a full blog article. While it has been a busy week, it sure has been interesting with some small little items that may be of interest. ACI Conference: North vs. South Smackdown In […]
Jettisoning them bad driving habits
As a reminder, in last week’s on Money Saving Tips & Tricks – Your Vehicle article we covered items directly related to the vehicle (tracking your mileage, your tires, nitrogen, fuel , additives, etc…) & slew of the most common urban myths. I do have one item to add under the Gas portion, and that is […]
Safety Sunday: The 3 C’s of Prevention
In many ways, the art or science of building or remodeling ones house is built around one action – Prevention. Prevention is quite simply an action or actions one uses to stop or hinder something from happening. For one quick example, we flash & detail windows properly to prevent water from entering the structure, which […]
Duct Testing – FAQ’s
In layman’s terms, what is a duct test? A duct test is simply hooking up a specialized fan & checking to see how “leaky” your duct’s are. How does one perform a duct test / what should I expect to see? Using a calibrated fan & connector as shown above, we hook the fan up […]
Money Saving Tips & Tricks – Your Vehicle, Part 1
Even before all of the issues started in the Middle East, we knew gas prices were going to be heading up to $4 to $5 range this summer. With the onset of the issues in Egypt & Libya, we have already seen gas prices spike earlier than anticipated & now we have no idea of […]
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