Compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs are gaining in popularity as they use 75% less energy than standard incandescent light bulbs. It's also easy to convert from today's incandescent light bulbs to CFLs. You don't have to buy any new light fixtures. When an existing bulb burns out, simply replace …
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Programmable Thermostats are Changing
Programmable thermostats are one of the most popular home energy savings investments. A programmable thermostat means that once set, your heating and/or cooling systems will work automatically based on what you've told them to do, i.e. raise the temperature at 7am in the morning Monday through …
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Weatherstripping Can Save You Money
Weatherstripping is a very useful tool to stop air leaks around your doors and windows. Where ever you can see, or more important, feel air moving, there's a gap and you're losing your warm (or cooled) air to the outdoors.Weatherstripping can be added to your doors and window sashes to reduce the …
Roofs, Umbrellas & Staying Dry
Repairing a roof is important because your home's roof acts like an umbrella. You grab an umbrella when it's raining, or maybe you keep one in the car? You rarely think about your roof until it's raining, snowing, the leaves are collecting in the gutters ... or you suddenly find you've got a leak …
Stairs: Replacing Carpeting with Wood
Replacing carpeting on stairs is simple unless you've got unusual tread shapes. With several pie shaped treads at the bottom of these stairs, we decided to have them made locally versus relying on the manufacturer's supplier, just in case we ran into further problems. Luckily everything worked out …
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Flooring: How Many Steps Does It Takes?
Installing wood floors is fairly complicated, even when you're using pre-finished wood planks. At my handyman business, we install a fair amount of wood flooring but typically the customer has done all the planning, purchased the materials, arranged for delivery of the materials and we simply arrive …
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