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It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid

It never ceases to amaze me at the lengths people will go; to escape blame, place it elsewhere, or shirk a more serious / pressing issue. In this case, many are blaming a downgraded hurricane named Sandy & climate change for a complete & utter breakdown with the infrastructure. In essence, “You know if it […]

I rent, how can I save on my utilities?

While there are many benefits to renting over owning, one of the cons is that you have no choice over how the place is cooled, heated or which appliances are used. In many cases the owner or management company will choose the less expensive equipment that fits the bill with no regard to what the […]

Shelter in Place: Surviving freezing temps with no power

While living without power isn’t fun, it’s doable. When you start coupling that with other issues… well, things start looking a lot bleaker. If that’s not enough, add in all the news reports talking about “You can die from being cold,” or “Thousands of New Yorkers who survived Sandy, and are sticking it out in […]

Keep your generator humming smoothly & safely for weeks

From a lowly mouse to the spectacular explosion of a transformer, from ice storms to tornados, or as seen this week with Hurricane Sandy; from flooded power stations to trees strewn everywhere, there is no shortage of issues that can knock ones power out. In most cases power is restored within hours though in some […]

Bathroom Blogfest: Still Climbing Out with Cancer

This week we are participating in the 7th annual, week-long, “Still Climbing Out” Bathroom Blogfest. This year (which is our first) we will be joining numerous bloggers from across the U.S., Canada, Dubai, and the U.K. who have signed up to participate. It does appear that there are actually two topics this year, customer experience […]

LEED Habitat: Punch List & Dedication

Yesterday at 2 PM, the Harbin’s now officially have a house they can call home after the tornados of April 27th, 2011 destroyed their prior home.  This marks the 38th house completed by the Athens Limestone County chapter of Habitat & the 2001 house completed in the State of Alabama. There were about 60+ people […]

Common Sense Building: Making Sense of Radiant Heat (FAQ)

We originally started this series on Radiant Heat with an article entitled “Don’t just jump on the bandwagon” & followed it up by a guest post from Todd Vendituoli on his installation of an under the slab system & the benefits of a Radiant Hydronic System. As promised we are into our third article on […]