Adding more insulation in your attic is often seen as one of the easiest ways to help save money and increase comfort in your home. While this is generally true, all too often the items need to be done are either simply overlooked &/or buried. That is one reason why we have held off on […]
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Safety Sunday: Fire Extinguisher Primer
Ahhh, the bright red fire extinguisher, you can hardly go throughout a day without hardly seeing one; but how much do you know about them, how will you REACT, and why does everyone want you to PASS the extinguisher (don’t they realize you got it)? The 5 Classes & Rating of Extinguishers: There are 5 […]
Air Sealing: Sealing those Attic Penetrations
In our last few articles we have been focusing on the attic; namely creating an insulated attic hatch, and creating a means to store items & walk through the attic without disturbing blown in insulation. We have been spending a lot of time focusing on the attic as it is one of the most overlooked, […]
Safety Sunday: Top Ten Do’s & Dont’s for Portable Generators
As many of you know the South was hit by a wave of tornados that devastated some communities, and left many of us feeling either really lucky, blessed, or in a complete state of shock (or all three). At this moment as I write this, I am sitting on the front porch listening to the […]
Safety Sunday: Combustion Appliances
In two of our most recent articles, we stated, “Each year all gas-fired appliances and the venting associated with it, should undergo a yearly inspection and be tuned up by a licensed and knowledgeable HVAC contractor certified by NCI or a similar organization. While we feel that all houses should have a carbon monoxide detector […]
Reading your Propane Gauge
In our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” Generally, if you live in a very rural area […]
Reading your Natural Gas Meter
In our continuing series on reading your actually going to combine meters, we are running through the four main types of meters in use today (Water, Gas, Propane, and Electric) along with a few helpful tips for possibly troubleshooting that dreaded “this just can’t be right…” 2 Types of Natural Gas Meter: Generally, if you […]
Safety Sunday: Space Heaters & Smoke Detectors
Let me simply start this one off with a personal plea – please folks, can we just stop the madness? Jan 13th Chickasaw, AL – 1 injured – Jan 13th Montgomery, AL – 1 dead, 1 injured, 1 firefighter injured – Jan 13th Huntsville, AL – 2 dead (3 year old, adult) 6 year old […]
Safety Sunday: Top 10 Winter Driving Tips
We are sorry to interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast… WINTER STORM WARNING: TRAVEL WILL DETERIORATE QUICKLY SUNDAY EVENING…WITH MANY ROADWAYS LIKELY BECOMING SNOW COVERED OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL ON MONDAY WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT AT BEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF […]
Guest Post: A tale of two cities – stopping a killer
Since my last guest post on BMoxieBMore, it has gone through a slight rebranding and is now known as BuildingMoxie. While at the Remodeling show, I actually met with JB from Building Moxie & he reminded me that I have an open invitation to post anytime I wanted. After catching the news on the 28th, I […]