Heating costs can eat up your winter budget, but a few easy tricks can reduce heating costs and keep your living expenses down. Cheap Ways to Keep Warm in the Winter and Reduce Heating Costs Heating your home in the winter can be very expensive, especially if your home is not well insulated. Inevitably, some of the heat produced by your heating system finds a way to leak … [Read more...] about Cheap tricks to keep the heat in & the cold out
How To Prepare for Summer Heat
As summer approaches you begin to daydream about warm evenings and enjoying a nice cool beverage while you kick your feet up on your patio. But if you fail to prepare your house for rising temperatures, it may become very expensive to live there comfortably. Knowing how to prepare for the summer heat with these easy to follow guidelines will help you prepare your home to … [Read more...] about How To Prepare for Summer Heat
How to check your roof for winter damage
Carefully check your roof for winter damage and water damage and then make any necessary repairs will set you up for a pleasant spring and summer. Survey Your Roof to Make Sure That it Weathered the Winter Now that the winter is over, it’s time to survey your roof to see how it fared during the long, cold months. If your region was inundated with snow and ice, it’s … [Read more...] about How to check your roof for winter damage
Reduce your heating bill with weatherstripping
The arrival of winter coincides with the biggest shopping season of the year, and during this season everyone has an eye out for places to save money. Wouldn’t it frustrate you to find out that your heating bill was sky high because you had warm air leaking out from your doors and windows all winter? If your home is not well insulated and warm air is escaping, you are likely … [Read more...] about Reduce your heating bill with weatherstripping
What goes down the garbage disposal
What You Should and Shouldn’t Put In Your Garbage Disposal Unit. A garbage disposal unit makes the kitchen clean-up process a lot more convenient and is very environmentally responsible. Regular operation of the unit only costs about 50 cents per year and uses very little water, but it reduces the amount of food waste that ends up in landfills producing methane gas. Instead, … [Read more...] about What goes down the garbage disposal
