Our home is our castle, and while we might focus on decorating our houses, we can also expand our focus to build green, sustainable homes. But what does that really mean ... and yes, it's confusing. Knowing there are numerous organizations creating different green home standards, I decided to see …
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Vacant Homes May be a Target for Teen Parties
Your home might be temporarily vacant for any number of reasons. Maybe you’re planning a vacation or holiday with family. You might be moving and your house is on the market but you've already moved away. Sometimes there’s no getting around leaving a house unoccupied, but vacant homes can also be a …
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Home Inspections, GFCIs, Smoke Detectors & Home Safety
We spend more time at home than anywhere else, and yet few homeowners understand how houses are built and what's required to keep them safe. After running a handyman business for 8 years, it's hard to remember when or how I first learned about smoke detectors. Maybe I was lucky because my handy …
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A Drinkable Book Cleans Water & Saves Lives
In the US we have clean water and water shortages are our challenge. For example, the New York Times wrote that "... Arizona could be forced to cut water deliveries to its two largest cities unless states that tap the dwindling Colorado River find ways to reduce water consumption. Forecasts that …
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11 Homeowner Do-It-Yourself Safety Tips
One of today's biggest challenge is finding enough time to do everything on our to do lists. This means homeowners have to prioritize and it's natural to start with tasks you like doing, ones you can complete quickly and ones that can't be ignored because everyone sees it every day. The reality is …
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Stop Buying Water Bottles – A Friday Find
When we buy more stuff, we need more space in our homes. That's why everyone wants more storage space. But the simple truth is you'll keep buying stuff like water bottles to fill the space unless you change your buying habits. And we're bombarded with so much advertising, that it's difficult to …
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