Daily Home Renovation Tips

Through a variety of circumstances we have ended up with three weeks which we will not use at Sheraton Vistana Resort.

We have stayed here many, many times in the past. Each unit includes 2 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, sleeps up to 8, full kitchen, eating area, living room, etc. The resort has a lot of swimming pools and is right across I4 from Disney World.

To see what typical villas look like and learn about this first class resort, simply select this link to Sheraton Vistana Resort.

The weeks available we are:

24-DEC to 01-JAN-2011 (8 nights)
11-MAR to 18-MAR-2011 (7 nights)
11-MAR to 18-MAR-2011 (7 nights)

If you are interested in renting any of the weeks, simply send me an email to: Dan@DailyHomeRenoTips.com

EZ SNAP EXTERIOR
WINDOW SOLAR SHADES

As we wrote in this article two years ago now this screen-like energy conservation product reduced the sun's UV rays entering our home so much that it caused our digital thermometer's temperature reading to actually

and keep it much cooler inside our home.

To read about and see pictures of our own installation experiences with EZ Snap, simply select this link to our EZ SNAP exterior window blinds series of articles.

For more information, you can also visit the EZ Snap Direct web site at www.ezsnapdirect.com.

POWERCOST MONITOR

This very easy to install electrical conservation device provides both usage and cost data for electricity used in a home within a very large display unit in real time.

The PowerCost Monitor's Display unit can be placed more anywhere in the home to provide the visual reminder to check for and turn off unnecessary lights, unused video game units, bathroom fans, or ....

For more information on this proven electricity saving device, simply select this link to the Blue Line Innovations web site or visit retailers like The Source.ca and Frys.com. To read and see how we installed this device in our own home, simply access our recent PowerCost Monitor articles.

SANIDRY DEHUMIDIFIER

Last year we started to use the SaniDry Dehidifier in our home to reduce the humidity levels during the summer which in turn allowed us to feel comfortable at higher temperatures with dryer air and thus reduce our electric bill from using less air conditioning.

Previously we used two smaller dehumidifiers which ran continuously and still did not keep humidity levels as low as the one SaniDry.

For more information about this product you can access the dehumidifier page on the vendor's web site. Or to see how the unit was installed and is used in our home, you can access our project series on the SaniDry Dehumidifier.

We are huge fans of having an Energy Efficiency Evaluation (i.e. energy audit) conducted on any home, regardless of size or age. We learned much from our energy audit under the ecoENERGY Residential Retrofit program.

Our 21 year old home's EnerGuide rating is 70 (out of 100) from our energy audit report. We can achieve an EnerGide rating of 80 by undertaking all of the energy audit's recommendations. What is your home's EnerGuide rating? If you don't know, shouldn't you?

You can find details of the energy audit report we received on our home within our ECOENERGY page.

Dan