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RIP: Solar Powered Attic Ventilator’s

Welcome to a new series, based on putting numerous bad building practices and so-called green myths & misconceptions to rest. While I wish I could take credit for this idea, I do have to give the credit to this week’s – Let’s Blog Off. Needless to say, it was supposed to be based on writing […]

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Filed Under: Myth or Misconception Tagged With: Blog Off, radon, Roofing January 4, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: A New Year and Safety Third

First off, let me wish you all a Happy New Year. This is generally the time of year that many look back fondly (or not so fondly) on the past year, make resolutions, and move forward to making the coming new-year a safe and better one. In this vein, I would like to talk about […]

Filed Under: mikeroweWORKS, Safety Third? Tagged With: Safety Sunday January 2, 2011 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Ahhh, bye-bye Christmas

First, we hope that everyone had a great Christmas and was able to enjoy a nice & safe day with family. Now that Christmas is over, it is time to start thinking about cleanup. For a great list of items to start with, we would recommend you check out our Holiday Checklist – The day […]

Filed Under: Safety Third? Tagged With: Christmas, Safety Sunday December 26, 2010 By SLS

Happy Holidays to all and to all a little festive cheer…

From my family and all of us SLS Construction / AlaGBS, we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, a Bountiful New Year, and hopefully some festive cheer with some of our favorite parodies, light displays, etc… Let the parodies fly… Twas the Night before Christmas – DIY version (2009 – The HTRC […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday December 23, 2010 By SLS

Let’s Blog Off: If money were no object

Ahhh, another Tuesday and another Let’s Blog Off… “For a lot of people, this week brings with it a whole host of thoughts about money and about giving. While it is true that love and time together cannot have a price tag assigned to them, in 2010 it is assumed that objects with price tags […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Articles Tagged With: Blog Off December 21, 2010 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Top Ten Holiday Pet Safety Reminders

This week’s Safety Sunday article is brought to you courtesy of our newest dog – Jasper. Jasper is about a year and half-old Collie mix, and was a rescued dog that we got about 4 months ago. Yes, that is him on the right, while Ziva is the one messing around on the left. You […]

Filed Under: Safety Third? Tagged With: Safety Sunday December 19, 2010 By SLS

Energy Myths & Why the ball needs to be carried!

“Truths, half-truths, and nothing but lies”, “are they blind, wearing shaded or rose colored glasses”, “is it a myth, misconception, or…”, are just a few terms you might here from someone that is either really involved in or looking into the “green” arena. In many cases, it can be hard to tell as many of […]

Filed Under: Going Green? Tagged With: Guest Article's December 16, 2010 By SLS

Guest Post: Introduction to RRP and Lead Certification

Well this is a first for me, instead of writing down my thoughts, I did a 30 minute podcast with James Dibben of the Blue Collar Coaching & Radio Network. James is a pretty interesting guy who not only still puts on the tool belt, but decided back in March to try to help other […]

Filed Under: EPA Lead Regulations Tagged With: Guest Posting December 14, 2010 By SLS

Safety Sunday: Five Quick Christmas Tree Safety Tips

Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, oh no… As most everyone knows, there are generally three types of Christmas trees available on the market; the artificial tree, the “Fresh-Cut” tree, and my favorite a Live tree that I can plant later. No matter what type of tree you get there are a few common sense […]

Filed Under: Safety Third? Tagged With: Christmas, Holiday, Safety Sunday December 12, 2010 By SLS

Recovery through Retrofit: The Workforce Guidelines

While I was originally planning to do a Clif Notes version of the Workforce Guidelines, that idea was looking less & less likely after hitting two pages of notes. When I was less than 200 pages in & a computer problem destroyed over three pages of notes, the idea officially hit the scrap bin. As […]

Filed Under: Recovery thru Retrofit, Regulatory Issues December 10, 2010 By SLS

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