Exterior Door Sweeps – Cheap Way to Weatherize Your Home

Those who have invested in exterior door sweeps quickly realize its advantages. They are fairly easy to install, and are placed on the bottom of the outer side of exterior doors. This weatherization item is placed there to fill the space between the door’s bottom and the floor, limiting the amount of insects, moisture, dust [...]

Dual Flush Kit & Other Cheap Alternatives to Low Flow Toilets

Low flow toilets averaging around 1.6 gallons per minute are a great idea. But the return on investment period is long considering you’ll have to shell out at least $300 between the cost of the toilet and replacement labor costs (plumbers are not cheap).

Another option is to do a retrofit on your toilet e.g. fill [...]

Placement of Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Where & How

Carbon Monoxide (CO) can be found in low levels in the air and in homes through our fireplaces, water heaters, and vehicles to name a few. This invisible, odorless, colorless gas has the potential to become extremely harmful, even deadly, if present in high levels for a short amount of time as well as in [...]

Dual Flush Toilet Converter: Save Water & Money

Dual Flush Converter

Reducing water consumption in the home is an important part of being green. Every day an average of 55 billion gallons of water are flushed through toilet systems. That’s 40% of water used in a household when 8 out of 10 trips to the bathroom do not even require a full flush. [...]

Polyurethane Foam Machines

Polyurethane foams provide insulation in homes throughout the year. This foam is sprayed throughout the home onto ceilings, walls, and floors in an attempt to provide protection from the fierce heat of the summer as well as the biting cold of the winter. When properly installed, the insulation results in a comfortable living space and [...]

GU24 Lamps: What are their Advantages?

gu24 lamps

GU24 is rapidly gaining popularity with energy efficient fixtures. You can find them just about anywhere: in outdoor fixtures, downlights, pendants, ceiling fixtures and more.

What are GU24 Lamps
GU24 Base bulbs are a different base than the standard screw base CFL bulbs. GU24 lamps have 2 pins protruding from the base instead of the [...]

Polyurethane Spray Foam For DIYers

spray foam kit

You know the world is a crazy place when anyone with a DIY-handicap can sing the praises of polyurethane spray foam insulation! Fixing drafty attics floors, basement walls, and other oddly opened areas has never been easier.

What’s in a Spray Foam Kit?

Spray foam kits for DIY projects generally consist of: foam (obviously), [...]