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Optimizing Your Window Air Conditioner for Maximum Clean, Cool Air Global average temperatures have exceeded recorded highs several times in the last month, and articles on ways to keep cool are proliferating! In this article, I don’t have any “new”...
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Keeping Your Vacation Home Fresh It doesn’t matter whether your “vacation home” is a pull-behind trailer, or a luxurious condo, or a humble cabin in the mountains: when you “get away” to a relaxing place, you don’t want to spend...
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The unintended consequences of turning down the thermostat this winter According to the Energy Information Administration and their Winter Fuels Outlook report, it will cost 27 percent to 28 percent more than 2021/2022 to heat your home with oil or...
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Start Thinking Like a Home Inspector If you own a home, you need to learn to think like a home inspector. A home is a great investment, but if the outside elements start to penetrate the building envelope, your great...
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What’s hiding in that pallet wall? Another embarrassing but true story: Once upon a time in New Orleans, I rehabbed a house that was gutted post-Katrina. In a neighborhood built in the 1950’s, I took down a few walls and...
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