Home Heating Savings
Additional Home Heating Bill Savings & Conservation Tips – 2
Editor's Note: To view the 500+ different energy and water conservation tips for the home we have collected, simply access our free home Energy Saving and Water Saving Guide, 2nd Edition We continue with our review of the many energy consevation tips we have received for households to reduce the consumption of natural gas, home heating oil, electricity and other energy sources consumed in the … [Read More...]
Disney World
Disney’s BoardWalk Villas – Impressions Continued
Last time we wrote about the good and the challenging things about our studio villa at Disney's BoardWalk Villas located a very short walk from Epcot at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This time I want to complete the impressions of our studio villa BoardWalk Villas ADA Bathroom Needs Work My oldest daughter uses a walker and a wheelchair so we were able to obtain an ADA … [Read More...]
Notre Dame Football
Notre Dame Football Tickets Have Arrived
[cue music from Rudy] Two months and 1 day. Exactly two months and one day before, if my math is correct, I get to see a Fighting Irish of Notre Dame football game for the first time in South Bend, Indiana. At least I now have the tickets! They arrived late last week from Dave, a grad-student alumnus. Dave won two pairs in the alumni lottery, but is not using the pair for the Irish game vs Boston College. The week that we happened to have secured accommodations is that same … [Read More Of This Article...]
Floor Tile Projects
Laying The Last Of The Tiles
In the last floor tiling article, we looked at the laying of the triple glass tile border around the smaller 18 inch by 18 inch porcelain floor tile, as well as finishing the tile in the floor of both closets. In this article, we see the last of the floor tiles laid in our front hallway and adjoining laundry room. Now, as fortune and a little bit of planning would have it, once the full … [Read More Of This Article...]
Bathroom Renovations
Home Power Outage Lighting System Review
A while back we received a home power outage lighting system from a company called Mr. Beams. It has taken us until now to take a look into this simple, wireless product which can automatically provide lighting where used in your home when the … [Read More Of This Article...]
Drywall Repair
Basement Drywall Ceiling Vent Cover – Part 1 – The Issue
I've mentioned in prior articles my strong dislike for using drywall as a basement ceiling cover in an home improvement activity. Imagine all of the work I would have had to undertaken to repair all of what would have been damaged drywall from both … [Read More Content Limit...]
Wildlife
Rabbits In The Backyard
How many of you have rabbits in your backyard? Our home backs onto a small forest, so it is to be expected. Yes, they are all cute and cuddly looking, aren't they? :-) We wrote earlier about how we installed a solar charged pest repeller for our mole problems. Well, the Rabbit doesn't seem all too bothered by the solar pest repeller, … [Read More Of This Article...]
Sealing Home Air Leaks
Basement Electrical Outlet Air Leak
Last winter we installed a solar air heater on the south wall of our home. It was one way we were trying to do our part for the environment and have heat generated in our home without consuming any non-renewable resources like natural gas or home … [Read More Of This Article...]
530+ Home Energy & Water Savings
Green Savings
Free Home Energy & Water Cost Savings Collection With over 530 items, below is the 3rd Edition of our free energy saving and water saving ideas, suggestions, tips, etc. to save you money in your home be it a house, condo or apartment. Be it energy or water usage reduction, these are green savings for the home. Being … [Access Our Free 530+ Money Saving Ideas]
Home Solar Electricity
microFIT On Site Roof Top Solar Assessment
In our new series on determining if the Ontario Power Authority's (OPA) microFIT was financial viable within our personal risk tolerance for our house's roof, we detailed the OurPower online solar site assessment. This solar site … [Read More Of This Article...]
LED Light Bulbs
Where To Use PAR 20 LED Lightbulbs in the Bathroom
Over the past several weeks we have been reviewing different uses of PAR 20 LED light bulbs in the ceiling of: Bathroom Bedrooms Potty Rooms Today I wanted to show you another area of the bathroom where we ended up using several of … [Read More Of This Article...]
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