2008年4月

Greetings and Welcome!問候和歡迎！

Our family is renovating every area of our home. 我們的家庭是翻新的每一個領域我們的家。 We provide a daily tip based on our own personal experiences: mistakes to avoid; things that worked well; and, all our lessons learned . 我們提供每日提示的基礎上我們自己的親身經歷：犯錯誤，以避免;事情，運作良好，以及我們所有的經驗教訓 。

We also want to hear about your own adventures, so please use the Comments feature of our articles. 我們也希望聽到您自己的冒險，所以請使用評論的特點，我們的文章。

We can be reached at: 我們可以達成的： dan@DailyHomeRenoTips.com dan@dailyhomerenotips.com

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#1 Tip - Energy Audits ＃ 1秘訣-能源審計

We are huge fans of having an Energy Efficiency Assessment (ie energy audit) conducted on any home, regardless of age . 我們是巨大的球迷有一個能源效率的評估（即能源審計）進行的任何家庭，不分年齡。 We learned so much from our energy efficient evaluation under the ecoENERGY Retrofit program. 我們學到了這麼多，從我們的能源效率評價下ecoenergy改造計劃。

You can find details of the Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report we received from this evaluation on our home within the ECOENERGY page on this site. 你可以找到詳細的能源效率評估報告，我們收到從這個評價對我們的家園內ecoenergy頁關於這個站點。

The results from an energy efficiency evaluation on your own home can have dramatic effects on your planned or unplanned hom renovation and on the amount of money you are wasting every year on electric bills, heating bills and water bills. 結果從能源效率的評價您自己的家能有戲劇性的影響，您的計劃或無計劃磡翻新和關於這筆錢，你是在浪費，每年電費帳單，暖氣和水的條例草案的法案。

Earth Day - April 22, 2008 世界地球日-2 008年4月2 2日

A great time to extend your Earth Hour 60 minute attention to energy conservation and reduction in your home's consumption of non-renewable resources to a full 24 hours. 一個偉大的時間，以延長您的地球小時60分鐘重視節約能源和減少在你家的消費不可再生資源，以全面24小時。

First one hour............ 首先一小時............ then an entire day......... 然後一整個天......... what's next? 下一步做什麼？

Dan 王丹

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Entries from May 2008參賽作品從2008年5月

Exterior Replacement Door - Part 21 - Enter Joe外部更換的大門-的一部分， 2 1-進入喬

April 30th, 2008 2008年4月30日 · No Comments沒有評論

In Part 20, we indicated that Brent, the replacement front door manufacturer’s representative had come over to our home and after reviewing the installation of our front door and our outstanding items, asked whether we would mind if he had his company’s own premier installation inspector examining the installation of our door.在第20部分，我們表示，布倫特，更換前門製造商的代表來給我們的家園和檢討後，安裝我們的前門和我們傑出的項目，問我們是否會考慮到如果他有，他的公司自己的總理安裝督察檢查安裝我們的大門。
This was on Thursday.這是對週四。 Monday […]週一[ … … ]

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Tags: 標籤： Doors and Windows門窗 · Exterior外部 · Finishing整理 · Tips With Pictures提示與圖片

Tankless Water Heater - Part 4 - The First Payback tankless熱水器-第4部分-第一回饋

April 29th, 2008 2008年4月29日 · 2 Comments 2評論

So, we are in possession of the firm quote from Bob of Sears Home Comfort for a Rinnai natural gas tankless water heater.所以，我們在擁有該公司引述來自Bob西爾斯首頁舒適為rinnai天然氣tankless熱水器。 Bob comes in at a few dollars under $3,000.鮑勃在談到在幾塊錢下3,000元。
What’s the financial payback for us at that price?什麼樣的財務回報，我們在這個代價呢？
Well, remember in Part 1 our energy audit report indicated that a total of $400 of Federal […]好，記得在第1部分，我們的能源審計報告指出，共400元，聯邦[ … … ]

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Tags: 標籤： Basement地下室 · Energy Conservation節約能源 · Product Reviews產品評論

Home Energy Conservation Products Site Sponsors首頁節約能源的產品網站贊助商

The Solaris 24V Cordless, electric self-propelled lawn mower from Linamar Consumer Products has the power of a high-end gas mower, even in long grass. 在Solaris的24 V無繩，電動自走式草坪割草機從linamar消費電子產品擁有一個高端氣體割草機，即使是在長期的基層。

So what? 那又怎樣呢？ The product's web site says can run completely on solar energy via it's solar charging station option. 該產品的網站說可以運行，完全太陽能通過它的太陽能充電站的選擇。 No gas emissions. 沒有氣體的排放。 No recharging by plugging into the electrical outlet in the garage. 沒有充電由堵到電源插座，在車庫。

This new product must be real. 這項新產品必須是真實。 Even the National Post published an article about it on 甚至國家郵報發表了一篇文章，關於這對 Friday April 4, 2008 週五2008年4月4日 as did the Toronto Star in their Business section on 像多倫多星報在其業務一節 Saturday April 5, 2008 週六2008年4月5日 . 。

UPDATE: We just today, April 18th, connected the solar charging station and see the green flashing light indicating we did it correctly and the 25V solar panel is charging the batteries! 更新：我們就在今天， 4月18日，連接太陽能充電站，看到了綠色閃燈，表明我們沒有正確和25 V太陽能電池板充電電池！

And, as a further update this evening, April 23th, we ran our first 'test run' of the solar charged mower on our lawn and it passed with flying colours! ，並作為進一步更新這個晚上， 4月23日，我們然我們第一次'試運行'太陽落案控告割草機對我們的草坪和它通過與飛行的顏色！

To find our articles on the new solar charged lawn mower quickly simply select the Solar Charged Mowers category over on the left. 尋找我們的文章就新的太陽能被控草坪割草機迅速只需選擇太陽能被控割草機類以上的在左邊。

For now, to learn more about this new energy conservation product simply click on the picture of the lawn mower above to go to the manufacturer's web site. 現在，更多地了解這一新的節能產品只要按一下照片，草坪割草機以上去製造商的網站。

Imagine. 可想而知。 A solar powered lawn mower. 一個太陽能動力草坪割草機。 Spring can't come here soon enough! 春季不能來到這裡，盡快夠了！

This screen-like product fits on the outside of any size or shape of window in a home, cottage, office or RV to repel much of the sun's direct UV rays and significantly reduce both the inside temperature build-up as well as damage caused on interior flooring and furniture without reducing the view . 此畫面一樣的產品，適合對外界的任何大小或形狀的窗口中的一個家，平房，辦公室或右心室，以擊退大部分太陽的紫外線直接和顯著降低雙方內部溫度的累積，以及造成的損害室內地板和家具沒有減少的看法 。

The cost? Under $3 a square foot. 費用？ 下， 3元一平方尺。

Our series of articles with pictures on our installation experiences and how this product works for us on our huge south facing windows starts with 我們的系列文章與圖片，對我們的安裝經驗，以及如何此產品的工程，在我們面臨巨大的南Windows啟動與 Exterior Solar Blinds - Part 1 - The Need 外部太陽能百葉窗-第1部分-需要 . 。

UPDATE: We just finished (April 7, 2008) intalling EZ Snap on our 3 south facing windows. 更新：我們剛剛完成了（ 2008年4月7日） intalling的EZ管理單元對我們的三南面臨的窗戶。 It went easier than expected and we are very pleased. 到了比預期更容易和我們感到非常高興。 We have lots of pictures and experiences to share with you. 我們有很多圖片和經驗，與你分享。 And we will, when our Exterior Solar Blind series of articles continues soon. 我們會，當我們的外部太陽能盲的系列文章，繼續很快。

We are really excited about this product. 我們真的是興奮，關於此產品。 Bring on the sun! 帶來的太陽！

Replacement Front Door - Update更換前門-更新

Visitors to Daily Home Renovation Tips have seen every few days articles in the continuing series about the issues we have had with the purchase and installation of our replacement front door. 遊客每天在家裝修秘訣看到每隔幾天的文章在持續了一系列有關的問題，我們曾與購置和安裝我們更換的前門。

Good News! Today, April 11, 2008, we received word that the door manufacturer and the retailer have agreed to not only redo the installation but also to provide a new front door (rather than simply removing the current door and re-installing it). 好消息！今天， 2008年4月11日，我們收到一個字的大門，製造商和零售商都同意，不僅重做安裝，但也提供了一個新的前門（而不是簡單地消除目前的大門，並重新安裝）。 We are VERY appreciative of this situation. 我們非常讚賞這種情況。

How did we arrive at this situation? 我們是怎樣到達這種情況呢？ We will tell you in future articles as part of our Exterior Replacement Door series. 我們會告訴你，在未來的文章，作為我們的外部更換門系列。 To start at the beginning of this series, simply select this link to 開始在開始這一系列，只需選擇此鏈接 Exterior Replacement Door - Part 1 - The Ad in the Paper 外部更換的大門-第1部分-廣告在文件中 . 。

Dan 王丹

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