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What If I Regret My Floor Plan? How to Get It Right Before It's Too Late
Planning a home layout is exciting, but second-guessing decisions after construction starts can be stressful. read more...
By KC Custom Builders | Apr-01-2025

Are Old HVAC Systems Costing Your Business? Here’s What You Need to Know
Managing a facility comes with its fair share of challenges, and maintenance costs can quickly add up. One expense that often gets overlooked is an aging HVAC system. read more...
By H & H Commercial Services Inc. | Apr-01-2025

Heat Pump vs Air Conditioner: A Comprehensive Comparison for Home Comfort
When deciding on a system to maintain an ideal indoor climate, homeowners often compare heat pumps and air conditioners. read more...
By H & H Heating And Air Conditioning Inc. | Apr-01-2025

Protect Your Harvest: The Hidden Impact of Birds and the Power of Bird Netting
Birds can pose a significant threat to your garden and orchard, often causing extensive damage to produce without immediate detection. read more...
By Danny Woodhams | Mar-29-2025

Are Electric Driveway Gates Worth It? Cost vs. Benefits
Electric driveway gates have become increasingly popular for homeowners and businesses looking to enhance security and convenience. read more...
By Gatemaster Australia | Mar-28-2025

1163 Weed Control Now Leads to Beautiful Spring Lawns
The lovely mild Phoenix climate over the winter an early spring months means one thing for your lawn – a much longer growing season. However, the longer your lawn grows and the more it rains, the worse the situation becomes for weeds. read more...
By Fred Willey | Mar-14-2014

1472 Professional Practice for Waste Water Treatment in Individual Homes
Waste water treatment is a scientific process of treating sewage water to make it suitable for reuse. Guidelines for setting up a wastewater treatment plant for individual houses are available in under Section 76 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act, 1992 and its subsequent amendments. read more...
By Jane Fenway | Mar-05-2014

1745 Online Learning Offers Unexpected Benefits
Starting in January 2014, the General Education Development (GED) testing centers in certain states around the country started to undergo an overhaul. The testing procedures are being updated from the current standardized test paper-and-pencil-based format to an online format. read more...
By Donald Plehn | Mar-03-2014

1509 Lawn Care Tips for Florida Lawns in Winter
Lawn care is an important part of home maintenance. For most regions across the United States lawn care is only important during spring, summer and early fall. As winter settles in, the climate grows colder, and lawn maintenance gets a little break. Snow covers the ground, and grass gets some time off. read more...
By Steve Lum | Feb-28-2014

1612 Getting Rid of Bed Bugs is Not a DIY Project
At one time in the not so distant past, bed bugs were once so scarce in this country that the vast majority of the population did not even know they existed, except in that bedtime saying. read more...
By Eric Richmond | Feb-28-2014

1488 Mould Prevention: Save Yourself of Tedious Bathroom Mould Cleaning
In most households, moulds can commonly be found in bathrooms, on shower or on doors and windows. moulds thrive on dark and humid conditions and thus to prevent moulds from making your life difficult, it is necessary to keep the place well ventilated and dry. read more...
By Christopher Brown | Feb-25-2014

1482 Your Dog's Day Out: Keep It Fun With Dog Backpacks
A walk around the building might be the only exercise your dog gets in a day. But your four legged friend might want to move a bit further, a bit farther. read more...
By Christopher Brown | Feb-25-2014

845 How Epoxy Flooring Changes Floor Perceptions?
Epoxy is a thick compound with plastic like consistency. It is made with a combination of hardeners and resins to create a strong surface. read more...
By Ben Lagger | Feb-23-2014

1113 Keeping the Rodents Out During the Cold Weather
Rodents may be small, but they are a force to be reckoned with. Each and every year, rodents do some fairly major damage to both the food supply and property around across the United States. What is worse yet is that rodents have the ability to spread diseases and do pose a risk to you and your family. read more...
By Tony Young | Feb-19-2014

1346 Protect Your Home From Deer Mice
It is more than likely that you have seen some wily little deer mice scampering around your property or one near yours. While deer mice are cute little things that certainly look harmless enough, due to their size, they can actually bring diseases into your home. read more...
By Eric Richmond | Feb-17-2014

1212 How to Keep Bed Bugs Out of Your Home
If you are like many people around the country, chances are pretty good you have some things planned for the next few months. read more...
By Jill Hopper | Feb-17-2014

1191 What are the Advantages to Using a Local Company Over A Large Corporate Bradn
One thing that I do not think is talked about enough, in both our field as well as many others, is the advantages that a customer has using a smaller local company over one of those large Corporate brands. read more...
By Fred Willey | Feb-17-2014

927 Benefits of Solskjerming
The building envelop is undergoing a new revolution. It can now be designed to make a positive contribution in reducing the energy consumption of the building along with keeping weather out and providing an impressive look. read more...
By Daniel Rondung | Feb-17-2014

1225 Are Mites a Danger To You
Undoubtedly you have heard of mites, but you might not know just what these tiny creatures are. Mites are tiny arthropods that are related to ticks. And most people know that any friend of ticks is no friend of ours. read more...
By Steve Lum | Feb-15-2014

1055 About Modern-Day Electrical Contractors and Tips to Hire Them!
Whether it is constructing a new building or renovating of the existing one, there is a need for qualified electrical contractors to ensure that the job is done right. Thus, always hire an electrical contractor who is technically sound and who is licensed. This article can help commercial and residential property owners, buyers and sellers to make smart decision while hiring electrical contractors for any electrical work. read more...
By Andriy Podskalniy | Feb-14-2014

1186 Mold and Its Effects on Health
There is one household issue that is garnering a lot of publicity lately: mold. The problem with mold is that the toxicity of some mold spores can have serious effects on your health. There are mold assessment kits on the aisle of every hardware store read more...
By Harry Ross | Feb-13-2014

1360 How to Get Boxelder Bugs Out of Your Home
Boxelder bugs are one of those truly annoying pests. While these creatures are not truly harmful, they are not exactly what you want to have in your home day after day either. Getting rid of the annoying boxelder bugs is a must, and these tips can help. read more...
By Eric Richmond | Feb-05-2014

1755 Do Gaming and Reading Go Hand in Hand?
Both teachers and parents often worry that kids have much too much “screen time” in their lives. Many parents especially are concerned about video games and do not think there really is much good in them. But is that really true? read more...
By Donald Plehn | Feb-04-2014

1138 What are the Top 5 Florida Pests
Millions and millions of people choose to live in Florida or choose to visit the Sunshine State each year on vacation for a variety of reasons: the great weather, the large variety of cultural events and offerings, the golfing, restaurants read more...
By Steve Lum | Feb-04-2014

7311 It Is Tough Learning How to Read
Your child will have so many milestones over the course of their life, and learning to read is easily one of the most important and perhaps one of the toughest to master. read more...
By Donald Plehn | Jan-29-2014

1637 Deeply Rooted Research Based Phonics Program
There are numerous learn to read and phonics based programs out on the market for parents to choose from to help their children with reading. read more...
By Donald Plehn | Jan-28-2014

1610 All Hail the Pharaoh Ants
If you have not heard of pharaoh ants, you might want to read on. Any New Jersey pest control professional will tell you that pharaoh ants can be a real problem in homes. read more...
By Harry Ross | Jan-28-2014

1228 How to make wastewater from your property safe for disposal
With the increase in the industrial enterprises, the waste disposal has gone beyond tolerance level. Such situations demand the urgent need of sewage treatment. read more...
By Jane Fenway | Jan-28-2014

2604 The Types of Cockroaches in Indiana
The cockroach is one of the bugs that is hated everywhere in the world. It would be very difficult to find anyone that wants to think of these creepy-crawlies making their way into the home. read more...
By Tony Young | Jan-28-2014

1467 How to Keep Skunks off Your Property
Skunk. Just the hearing the word will make you run for cover somewhere that you cannot get hit with that awful spray. You do not want these animals on your property getting comfortable. read more...
By Jill Hopper | Jan-27-2014