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8 Easy and Inexpensive Ways to Insulate Your Doors and Windows

Proper insulation makes your home warm and comfortable to live in and reduces your energy costs significantly. But best of all, it increases your home’s durability and efficiency, helping you to save money in the long run.

Energy Savings

Warm It Up: 4 Tips to Better Insulate Your Home

Properly insulating your home doesn’t need to be a time-consuming or expensive project. Even some minor additions and upgrades could dramatically cut your costs and potentially even increase the value of your property.

Energy Savings

Is Your House Green Enough? A Guide to Creating an Eco-Friendly Living Space

Setting a goal to create an eco-friendly home is an admirable and responsible goal. In addition to doing your part to protect the environment, many eco-friendly home improvement tips also turn out to be money-saving changes.

Ventilation

Does Air Duct Cleaning Work? When to Clean, and When Not To

Does air duct cleaning really work, and if so, how will you know if you need it? We’ve assembled a handy guide for when to clean, and when not to.

Home Security

4 Things to Do When Taking a Vacation While Renovating Your Home

Making significant home improvements can be both fun and exciting. Studies indicate that making changes to home amounted to $326.1 billion in 2015 being spent.

Home Security

Is Your Home Secure? 4 Ways To Keep Family In And Thieves Out

The evening news reports of violence in the streets and the never-ending stories of robberies, home invasions, illegal drugs and thefts have families more concerned than ever on how to implement stronger security at home.

Energy Savings

Drafty House? 3 Spaces You Should Check For Air Leaks

If your house is drafty, you could deal with higher energy bills as well as a home that isn’t as comfortable as it should be. Fortunately, there are relatively common areas for drafts to form in a home, which means that it shouldn’t be difficult to both find them and take care of them with ease.

Ventilation

4 Facts About Air Purifiers Howeowners Should Know

Allergens, dust, and other harmful air particles are found in every climate in the world. However, with a home air purifier, you can protect your family from their harmful effects.

Laundry Room Sunday Tips

Weekly Tip for Dec 25: What! A New Washer for Christmas?

It may not sound like the best Christmas gift — meaning a new washer and dryer. But these two appliances are certainly some of the best appliances we can have in our home.

Energy Savings

10 Home Improvement Ideas That Will Help You Stay Warm and Save Money in Winters

Winter is Coming! And we are almost as terrified about it as the seven kingdoms. It sure is the time for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but it is also that time of the year when our electricity bills soar through the roof.

Energy Savings

4 Ways a Smart Thermostat Helps You Save Money on Energy Costs

Smart thermostats take home climate control to a new level by allowing remote control and by learning from your behaviors and adjusting the temperature as needed.

Home Security

4 Renovations Projects to Make Your Home More Secure

Tweet These three renovation projects don’t demand expert handiwork, and you can complete them in a single weekend. Install a Wall or Floor Safe Freestanding safes — especially smaller models

Storage Space

Home Organization: How To Make It Possible, Not Overwhelming

Strong home organization can often seem quite daunting to many people. Some people simply don’t know where to start. Others feel like they own too much clutter. Others feel like they just don’t have enough time in their schedules.

Energy Savings

Home Renovation – Environmentally Friendly Changes that Add Value to Your Property

Going green by renovating your home to comply with the standards in your state or community can add a substantial value to your property.

Pest Control

Residential and Commercial Pest Control

Pest and wildlife infestations are a potential problem in many residential neighborhoods and commercial areas. This is because pests can fall into a number of different categories, each with their own unique ways of causing destruction.

Ventilation

Ways to Prevent Mold From Growing In Your Home

Tweet To prevent the growth of mold, there are several steps that you’ll need to take on a regular basis. Keep reading to learn more about what those steps are

Laundry Room

One of Life’s Greatest Inventions: the Washing Machine

Tweet You know the drill! It is a weekly, sometime daily task to do the laundry.  It can become a more tedious chore when you have active children coming home

Laundry Room

Turn Your Mudroom Into Storage Heaven With These 3 Tips

The mudroom at your home is typically a space that is used for family members to remove their shoes, coats, book bags, and other items that aren’t needed inside the home.

Ventilation

Can You Tackle Mold Renovation on Your Own?

Mold is a very common problem in homes all over America, especially in newer houses. It is unsightly, and can in some cases be harmful to our health. It is also known to spread very quickly.

Home Utility

Comparing How 4 Kinds of Insulation Impact Your Energy Bill

Make your home more eco-friendly by choosing the right type of insulation. You have several different options available to you.