“It ain’t want you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ~ Mark Twain Don’t sleep on uncertainty, especially when you could be waking up to the very real and smoky nightmare of your home in flames. A home smoke alarm only works when it is […]
“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” – Mark Twain One August night, an unsuspecting Iowa homeowner goes to sleep under overcast, but non-threatening skies. The next morning, she wakes up with two inches of water in her basement as the ruthless might of a torrential overnight storm invaded her home. Across […]
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, […]
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, […]
“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 […]
Along the lower Mississippi River todays lies stunning, costly, heartbreaking and immensely painful images of the destruction and devastation floodwaters have inflicted on thousands of Midwest U.S. home and business owners, their families, employees and customers. The Mighty Mississippi’s waters continue to rise to record levels in many low-lying areas in Missouri and Illinois as […]
No house built on a shaky foundation has a solid future. It’s a harsh truth and sinking feeling many American homeowners discover every day. Shifting soil can lead to an avalanche of foundation issues and costly home repairs. A recent New York Times study found that stabilizing and shoring up foundations costs homeowners more than […]
Old Man Winter is the last person home owners expect to bring them a Christmas present, but this winter could actually bring sweet heating cost relief to U.S. households. Homeowners should send thank you cards to El Nino. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates most American households can expect lower heating expenditures this winter (October […]
We all have those special sentimental items that we just can’t part with. They are the keepsake items that mean so much to us: The Teddy Bear that was our best friend growing up, the sports card collections that includes every member of the 1972 undefeated Miami Dolphins and the 1989 Chicago Cubs, our grandmother’s […]
Today, there are life-threatening biohazards and biotoxins living and breathing undetected in millions of American homes and businesses. Unsuspecting home and business owners from coast to coast are unknowingly living and working with dangerous biohazards. Hiding in the air they breathe, hiding in the walls and furniture they use, and extreme cases, the water they […]
