Sweet summertime brings the the funnest and hottest days of the year. Alas, summer also brings the most expensive home cooling days of the year. Keeping your family and pets cool during the sizzling summer heat can be an expensive endeavor. United States Department of Energy statistics show that heating and cooling costs account for […]
Lighting can strike anywhere, anytime. And if there’s one constant about lightning’s remarkable unpredictability, its timing is rarely good. Unless you’re Marty McFly and Doc Brown trying to find a way to get back to 1985 in “Back To The Future,” lightning strikes rarely deliver good news. And when lightning strikes your home or property, […]
It’s called black water for good but dirty reasons. Sewage is a smelly, ugly toxic nightmare that comes to ugly life for thousands of American homeowners each year. You haven’t known pure plumbing terror until you’ve walked down to check on your basement after a storm and discovered a terrifying black mass of raw sewage […]
April 28, 2016: An estimated 140 billion gallons of water pour down on Houston’s Cypress Creek, Spring Creek and Adicks watersheds in a mere 14 hours. “So this is what Noah felt like.” – Many a flood-weary Houston homeowner this spring This spring, the rain just won’t go away. From the drenched Eastern Seaboard to […]
It falls out of the sky faster than an Aroldis Chapman fastball often without warning and with no regard for the property and personal damage its about to inflict on its unsuspecting victims. Asteroids – which at least provide fair advance warning of their intentions – show more concern for the objects in their path […]
When was the last time any of us thought about our home or office’s air ducts? Unless you’re a home heating and cooling professional, the answer is probably never. But our home’s ventilation system is often the chief culprit behind poor indoor air quality. And if your family, tenants or workforce are having difficulty breathing, […]
Kids call them dumb windows. If one of your home’s less desirable features are drafty, aging, old school windows, chances are they are letting more than warm air escape. Dollars can literally being flying out of your wallet daily. Drafty windows lead to higher home energy costs that can be scarier than a teenager’s monthly […]
“A spark neglected makes a mighty fire.” – Poet Robert Herrick As spring prepares its welcome dawn on the American Midwest and families prepare for spring cleaning season for the scary thought of finding out just what’s been gathering dust in the attic, it’s a prime time to go over smart home fire prevention […]
What do hospital gowns and insurance policies have in common? You’re never covered as much as you think you are. For homeowners, there are few worse surprises in life than finding out the disaster you think is covered in your home insurance is nowhere to be found in the fine print. We know pursuing […]
“No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn.” – Author Hal Borland We’ve weathered the snow storms, endured the cold and survived the woes of the calendar’s cruelest months. Even the notorious winter-loving Punxsutawney Phil has shed his shadow and is saying bring on spring. The sun will soon rise on the year’s most hopeful […]
