Home Heating Savings
Additional Home Heating Bill Savings and Conservation Tips – 4
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 Today, we complete our review of the many energy savings 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
Re-Visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios
This first of our two weeks at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida has seen us visit Epcot, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, Epcot again and yesterday Hollywood Studios again. Must See Classics Again at Disney's Hollywood Studios We walked once more from our room at Disney's BoardWalk Villas to Hollywood Studios, this time arriving in the very early afternoon. Upon arrival we … [Read More...]
Notre Dame Football
University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish Game Day
Yesterday we wrote a lengthy article with lots of pictures and videos about the Friday before a home football game at the University of Notre Dame stadium. Today we recount our experiences on Saturday, game day, at the home of the Fighting Irish. First we went to the tail gate of Leon, a local Notre Dame fan we met during the week. Unfortunately when he told us to meet him around 10 am he had forgotten that he had to take his son to his basketball game that morning. So, he did not … [Read More Of This Article...]
Floor Tile Projects
Hairline Cracks In Floor Tile Cement Base
In the last article within this floor tiling home renovation project series, much but not all of the laundry room floor was tiled. This was the day after additional cement mixture was placed on top of the recently added metal screen intended to support the new large floor tiles. The theory was that the weight of the 24 inch by 24 inch floor tiles would not be supported by additional cement … [Read More Of This Article...]
Bathroom Renovations
Automatic Bathtub Stoppers Not My Friend – 2
Yesterday I wrote in Part 1 the issue we had with our so called automatic or built-in bathtub stopper. It stopped raising out of the drain. The result is that the bath water no longer went down the drain once the bath was done. One option my … [Read More Of This Article...]
Kitchen
Mr. Beams Home Power Outage Lighting
Yesterday we began our review, with a lot of pictures, of the Home Power Outage Lighting product from Mr. Beams wherein we discussed the product assembly and placement of the Stair and Path Light. Today we show both the assembly and usage of the … [Read More Of This Article...]
Drywall Repair
Repairing Bathroom Double Towel Rack – 2
Yesterday, in Part 1 we had removed the double towel rack from it's initial faulty location, located one wall stud to be used to secure the towel rack in it's new location had drilled the anchoring holes. Remember that we used a level to ensure … [Read More Content Limit...]
Wildlife
The Bone and Biscuit To The Rescue
Yesterday was an interesting day in these parts. After snow and temperatures around the freezing mark the prior day, yesterday turned very cold with a biting wind. My oldest daughter and I had planned to drop Sandy off at the groomers (The Bone and Biscuit in Ajax), take in a movie and then pick up Sandy with her newly coiffed look. And … [Read More Of This Article...]
Home Electricity Savings
No Cost Home Electricity Conservation Tips – 3
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 Yesterday, we continued our review of energy saving ideas on … [Read More Of This Article...]
Sealing Home Air Leaks
Installing Vent Register in Drywall Ceiling Vent
Now that I has sufficiently, I think, covered up all of the possible air leaks in the ceiling vent within the basement room in our home which has the drywall ceiling, I still needed to install the vent cover. If you recall from previous articles, … [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 vs RRSP – Is There Not One Definitive Answer?
No. Well, you asked. :) The past few articles in this microFIT vs RRSP series compared the financial results of investing the cost of our microFIT quote in a microFIT roof mount solar PV installation vs simply investing that money in an … [Read More Of This Article...]
LED Light Bulbs
Solar Powered Outdoor Christmas Lights – 1 Year Later
Yesterday I wrote about non-energy conservation related tasks we did to prepare our home for the winter, including placing the stakes in the garden to hold our solar powered outdoor Christmas lights. Last year, the artice we wrote about the … [Read More Of This Article...]
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