4 Dangers Associated With Polyurethane Fumes
If you’re having floor work conducted within your home, you’ll want to know about the potential dangers of VOCs associated with a material known as polyurethane. You’ll find that VOCs stands for volatile organic compounds. High concentrations of these materials have been shown to be hazardous to human health. It’s understandable to avoid side effects…
Why You Should Choose Low VOC Paints
If you’re wondering how to paint a porch or really anything else in your home, you need to keep a few things in mind. First up on your list when you wonder how to paint a porch or another part of your home should be safety. Paints with a high volatile organic compound (or VOC)…
The History of Roadway Lighting
Roadway lighting is something we all depend on, and likely take for granted. In fact, we take a lot of lighting for granted, from the halogen bulb in your bedside lamp to the LED parking garage lighting downstairs. In fact, we use an incredible amount of lighting. In a lot of areas, laws require that…
The Importance of Owning Standby Generators
Are you a home or business owner who understands the risks that power outages cause to your family or organization? If so, you are not alone. Thousands of people just like you are purchasing items like standby generators for just that reason. The fact is, you never know when you will lose power, and if…
Three Tips for Lowering Your Heating Bill
Everyone would love to lower their energy bills. Our heating and cooling systems are one of the biggest items on those bills, so keeping those systems maintained well so they work at peak efficiency is a key to keeping those bills under control. Heating is especially expensive; and especially key. From high-tech thermostats to furnace…
Air Conditioning A Vital Life Force
Residential electrical systems. It sounds like something out of a movie, like “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.” In that movie, the lead actor messes with electricity to shrink his kids. It leads to a horrible situation, where the kids must fend for themselves. Against rodents. Against toys. Against pets. Residential electrical means more than that,…
What to Know About Remodeling a Bathroom
Remodeling is something folks do in many different homes based on their needs and wants. Although typically done when they are ready to sell, many people remodel because a specific room isn’t living up to their standards. This is very common for the bathroom, which is where over 80% fo remodels occur, or the kitchen…
7 Tips and Tricks to Keeping Gutters Healthy and Happy
Gutters need much more maintenance than many other sections of the house, including other elements of the roof system. Many gutter companies know that, and they’re careful to make sure that you aren’t letting the gutters get too dirty or stressed by the amount of water that they have to absorb regularly. Your “eaves gutters…
4 Plumbing Repair Jobs You Shouldn’t Attempt Yourself
If something goes wrong in your home’s plumbing, you shouldn’t necessarily try to fix it for yourself. Sometimes this can result in bigger problems that will cause an even bigger plumbing service bill than you would have had before. For small jobs, you can go to the bathroom parts store and fix it yourself. But…
6 Tips to a Happy and Healthy HVAC System
Keeping your air conditioner in good shape is one of the most important things that you can do to ensure continued safety and comfort in your home. You can do this by finding a reliable heating and air conditioning company with which to work since they’ll inform you and keep your system running optimally. You…