The HTRC – Page 79 – The Homeowners & Trades Resource Center

Day 1: RESNET HERS Training

Well after a few of my fellow friends on Twitter, and a few others that follow the HRC encouraged me to blog about my training for RESNET HERS & BPI, I decided to go for it. Part of the interest, revolves around what the differences really are between the two programs, and in this case […]

Protecting your wood deck from the elements

The sun, mold, mildew, leaves, UV light, hail, rain & snow are just a few of your decks common enemies. If you own a properly constructed composite deck, with a little common sense and some routine maintenance, you are looking at many years of worry free enjoyment

EPA RRP & HomeStar Updates

The RRP’s Opt-Out Provision: As we mentioned in the 10 days later article, the Opt-Out is going bye-bye. The EPA’s proposed changes to remove the Opt-Out provision have been published in the Federal Registrar. In essence, that means any jobs your customers wish to Opt-Out of, will need to be completed within 60 days, aka […]

Home Star Update & what is up with these National Organizations?

In our prior articles on HomeStar, we did an overview of the bill introduced in the Senate, followed up by a list of major issues and our suggestions. Well, it appears that the bill in the House of Representatives (HR 5019) is actually set to be voted on May 6th, while the Senate bill is […]

10 days later; EPA RRP Updates

It has now been 10 full days now since the EPA’s Renovation, Repair & Painting Regulations were put fully in place. According to all of the EPA’s talk, we should have had plenty of news on this subject, but it has ended up being pretty quite overall. With that said, there have been a few […]

FAQ’s on Infrared Thermography

As many of you know or have seen, we at SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC are now offering Residential, Commercial, & Industrial Infrared Thermographic Inspections throughout Illinois. This has led to a few questions that we thought we would try to answer all in one place. In layman’s terms, what is Infrared Thermography? It […]

May – Late Spring Maintenance Checklist

May is quite an interesting month. It seems to be a month of firsts and lasts; the last full month of spring, the last day of school, the first of many holidays, the first start to summer vacations, the first gripes on it being too hot, and the list goes on. For most of us, […]

May is National Deck Safety Month

Ahhh, May – the days are getting longer, when it’s not to hot or to cool to go outside and spend some nice time reading a book, firing up the grill, or having a party. For many of us, this time is generally spent out on our decks. Unfortunately, this is also happens to be […]

HomeStar Primer: The Issues & a Fix?

In our previous article on the HomeStar program, we provided a brief primer on the program, included a copy of the actual bill, and pointed out some of the good aspects of it. In that article we also pointed out some major issues with the program that we feel should be addressed. In this article I would […]

Update’s and happening’s @ SLS Construction

As many of you know, today was the first day of the EPA’s new RRP regulation. Based on this regulation, and a few other changes that will be happening shortly, I thought a quick update was called for. I would like to also take this time to thank not only our valuable customers, but also […]