Home Improvement Blog October Archive

Insulating your home adds up to less money waste in heating bills

By Constance at 10/30/08 11:41

I learned something new today. I had always thought that homes lost heat upward through the roof because heat rises. I thought that the only place you had to worry about insulation would be the attic beuase that is where the heat loss comes from.

I knew you had to insulate the walls, but I thought this was because you were trying to keep the cold OUT, not the heat in. I found out in an article today that heat naturally flows from any warmer space to a cooler space.

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Protect your family from carbon monoxide poisoning - replace your detectors

When it comes to replacing your carbon monoxide detector, there are a couple of things to think about. CO detectors do not have as long a life as regular smoke detectors.

They have a normal life span of about 5 to 7 years. The labeling that provides a build date or expiration date are fairly new, so if yours doesn't have one, it is probably time to get a new one.

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How To Replace An Outlet

Obviously, the first thing you need to do is make sure the power is off to the outlet. Shut off the power in the breaker box. You can use a circuit tester to make the outlet has no power running to it. if you don't have a tester you can plug something in to the outlet and try to turn it on (i.e. lamp) to make sure there is no power running to the outlet.

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Clean Your Ducts

Duct cleaning is an extensive cleaning of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems' parts individual for maintenance and and concerns about mold and other contaminants.

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Dealing with Home Improvement Fraud

It is sad to know that even in the home improvement industry, some people still have the guts to commit fraud. In this industry, what most of these scam artists will do is to take the hard-earned money of the victims as downpayment, and then walk away from the project. These kinds of projects are largely difficult to prosecute since they have an excuse: the project is still underway.

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