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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 […]

Why you shouldn’t ask, what color should I…?

All right, I admit it; I almost skipped this week’s Let’s Blog Off. While the question is simple (What is your favorite color? – no seriously, that is the question), I could easily answer it on Twitter using only 5 of the 140 characters required. I had an epiphany or two on what I could […]

Safety Sunday: You’re Business

With the numerous disasters that have impacted many locations like Japan, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Memphis, Oklahoma… many business owners are looking around & wondering – What If, Am I Ready, Are We Ready? In reality I have to say, there is no way of knowing until after the dust settles, but with some foresight & […]

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: Visualization & Role Playing

STOP – DROP – ROLL; In case of emergency, stand and move in an orderly fashion to the nearest exit; In case of smoke, touch the door with the back of your handbeforeopening it…  I am pretty sure most everyone reading those words will automatically picture where they learned them (practiced / heard) and maybe […]

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 […]

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 […]