Summer time, camping & a camp fire – what could be better? Unfortunately, in many locations summer time & camp fires are not a great mix and the consequences can get bad, really fast. Just this week – Hundreds flee as fire rages in eastern Arizona, Wallow fire now states 3rd largest fire, and these […]
Safety Sunday: The Sun and You
Ahhh, Memorial Day is generally seen as the start of Summer Break & Vacations. For many that means plenty of hiking, kayaking, cycling, tubing down the river, going to the beach, visiting new places, and lots of travel. This also generally means a lot of sunburns which to put it mildly – generally hurt like […]
Air Sealing: Attic Walkways & Storage
In the last article we did in our Air Sealing series, we were dealing with an issue many people with regular attics have – namely an un-insulated attic hatch. In this article we are going to deal with two other problems many homeowners have; and that is a way to store items, while allowing for […]
Air Sealing: The Attic Hatch
In our ongoing series on Air Sealing, we are going to focus on the dreaded attic hatch, or as Allison Baile’s of Energy Vanguard so eloquently calls it, “A Mind-Blowing Hole in Your Building Envelope.” Instead of crunching the numbers as he did, one just needs to walk by one in a hallway during the […]
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 […]
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 […]
To DIY or not to DIY – that is the question
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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