The HTRC – Page 58 – The Homeowners & Trades Resource Center

Day 2: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

You know it is going to be an interesting day when class starts off with a brief project & objective which you know is impossible. The reason is to see if anyone will get the answer correct – sorry I am not going to even try as what you requested isn’t possible. Yes we all […]

Day 1: Infrared Thermography Level 2 Training

Nashville, TN – welcome to day 1 of Snell’s Infrared Thermography Level II class. One of the nice things about Snell’s system is that class doesn’t get started until 3 PM for the first day allowing for those of us travelling, time to get to the hotel & settled in. It also eliminates the issues […]

Safety Sunday: Preventing Food Poisoning in conjunction with #BAD11 & World Food Day

What a trifecta; Safety Sunday, World Food Day & Blog Action Day 2011 all happen to fall on this Sunday, with the main focus being on Food. While we have addressed the issue of preventing food poisoning in some previous articles; Picnic Safety, Refrigerated & Frozen Products (including leftovers), the life of items in the […]

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Gray Water (what the heck is that?)

For anyone serious about going off-grid, they really should look into renting an RV for a weekend. Even if one doesn’t go for the dry-camping route & instead hooks up at a full service campground you will quickly learn some interesting items which will apply to your new home. One item that surprises some 1st […]

What is Let’s Blog Off – an FAQ

If you have been following the HTRC for any length of time, you know that every two weeks we generally participate in something called a “Lets Blog Off” which started up just a little over a year ago. Since it started, this will be my 24th Blog Off out of a total of 33 ones. […]

RRP Updates: Effective October 5th, 2011

Has it really been 9 months since we had our last RRP update, and 17 months since we publically commented on the new changes that go into effect October 5th 2011 – whew it sure has been. Besides one fine being handed out finally (I mean the video was on YouTube & was one of […]

Safety Sunday: 5 Common Sense Tips for Driving in the Rain

Ahhh Monday’s, so there I am trying to get a wall dried in on a day it wasn’t supposed to rain, and then trying to avoid getting creamed on the way home, what could be better? A little later on, and after participating in the following tweet stream “brendaslynn It is also #AlabamaLaw RT SLSconstruction […]

Going Off-Grid in the 21st Century – Taking out the Trash

For many of us we simply bag up the trash, throw it in the container outside & it’s handled. For many living in very rural areas there might not be any service, which is where many of the current off-grid homes are located. This generally leaves many individuals to consider of 3 well known options; […]