claremont home inspectors: Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 1 of 12 Fire Extinguishers - 12/10/09 11:54 PM
Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 1 of 12 Fire Extinguishers, seen that a home, just might be the biges purchase you and your family dose. So you should know about Home Fire Safety. This blog 12 part series will help you. Theres a link to each post, on the post before the next one. The first things to remember. Is to be sure everyone in the home has left, or is leaving your home. And be sure the Fire Department has been called, before you ever begin to fight a small fire. I repeat fight a small
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claremont home inspectors: Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 5 of 12 Your Kitchen - 11/29/09 09:04 PM
Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 5 of 12 Your Kitchen, a grease fire, what ever you do, don't throw water on it! If your cooking food in a pan and it should cateche fire, smother the flames of the fire by sliding a lid over it. Please don't use a extionguisher with a grease fire, by using a extinguisher you could very will spread the burning grease and will spread the fire. Call your local Fire Department. You should report any fire that you have to the Fire Department, even if you
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claremont home inspectors: Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 6 of 12 Safe Candles - 11/29/09 02:43 AM
Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 6 of 12 Safe Candles, folks using candles in their homes has increased over the last few years and with this, the number of home fires from the misuse of using real wax candles has increased. There are many kinds of safer candles out there on the market now for folks to use. Like the battery operated flameless candles. There are even some that are even remote controled. New how easy is that. Home Fire Safety For First Time Home Buyers Part 6
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claremont home inspectors: Home Owners Do you Prevent Fats and Greases from Damaging your Septic - 11/03/09 10:49 PM
Home Owners Do you Prevent Fats and Greases from Damaging your Septic, Fats, Oils, and Greases are not just bad for your arteries and waistline, these things are also very bad for your private Septic System or public Sewer System. A Septic or Sewer System a overflow or backup can cause health hazards, damage home interiors, and can very will threaten the environment. An increasingly common cause of overflows is sewer pipes being blocked by grease. Grease gets into the sewer from household drains as will as from poorly maintained grease traps in restaurants and other businesses. Just where
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claremont home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers did the home have any water intrusion into it - 10/13/09 11:45 PM
First Time Home Buyers did the home have any water intrusion into it, a having a Mold Inspection and Testing can help to know for sure. When your going to buy a new or a used home, you should think about also have a Mold Inspection. Here are some question you really should ask yourself, when your looking at homes on the market. Was there any kind of musty smell in the home or other buildings? Was there at all any visible signs of water damage in any where in the home? Did the home have a wet basement? Did
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claremont home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers and Home Owners do you know about Relative Humidity - 10/11/09 11:21 PM
First Time Home Buyers and Home Owners do you know about Relative Humidity, Are you going to be liven in an area that has high Humidity, then your going to be on the look out for potential Mold problems. Did you know that outdoor Humidity affectes the indoor Humidity levels of a home and even commercial properties. This creats the perfect environment for toxic Mold growth. If your home has a Relative Humidity level, thats greater than 55 percent promotes growth of Mold and other fungi. Even though Relative Humidity remains fairly consistent outdoors, its a different story for the
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claremont home inspectors: First Time Home Buyers do you understand Your Real Estate Agent's language - 10/07/09 08:20 PM
First Time Home Buyers do you understand Your Real Estate Agent's language, as far as to the language your Agent is speaking. The language that any professional, like Contractors, Engineers, Builders, Lawyers, even some Home Inspectors. All these folks, can sound like they are speaking a foreign language at times. Real Estate terms sure can also be a bit confusing. Heres a a mini-glossary of the most common ones used, to help you out. CMA: Comparable Market Analysis, a home evahuation based on properties that have sold in a neighborhood, that similar to the home and property your
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claremont home inspectors: The12th. Annual Chili Cook - Off Claremont New Hampshire - 10/03/09 05:03 AM
The 12th. Annual Chill Cook - Off Claremont New Hampshire, yesterday I wrote posted about the Claremont New Hampshire's Fall Festival, Come One and All. The Chill Cook - Off is one of the events scheduked to take place during the Festival. The Claremont Packs and Recreation Department is sponsoring the Chili Cook - Off. It will be taken place in a new location this year, it going to at the Visitor Center Park. Between North Street and the newly. renovated Mill District. The Chili Cook - Off, sure is one of the most popular fundraising special events.
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claremont home inspectors: Claremont New Hampshire's Fall Festival, Come One and All - 10/01/09 08:37 PM
Claremont New Hampshire's Fall Festival, Come One and All, its time for the Claremont 12th. Annual fall festival! Folks sure will be celebrating another fall foliage season, this Sat, 3 Oct. 2009, at the Visitors Center Park on North Street, in Claremont. The fun will get started at 10:00 A.M. and go on till 8:00 P.M. To kick off the Festival, there will be a 5k race and children's walk. Pleasant Street will be closed to showcase Strolling through History, a History walk through downtown Claremont. Claremont New Hampshire's Fall Festival, Come One and All, the walk
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claremont home inspectors: Fall in New Hampshire and Vermont is not just for Leaves Changing Colors - 09/27/09 09:42 PM
Fall in New Hampshire and Vermont is not just for Leaves Changing Colors, its also apple season, a time to enjoy going out and picking some apples. For making apple pies, and even some applesauce, making apple cider. And for planting new apple trees. Apple trees require two different varieties to get good pollination and a fine apple crop. Do you want apple pies for this winter? All you need to do is make the pixe mix and put it in your favorite pie pan to freeze, don't add the crust. Use some parchment paper or wax paper
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claremont home inspectors: Baker Home, Commercial Property Inspections and Consulting - 09/27/09 04:01 PM
Baker Home, Commercial Property Inspections and Consulting, By the time we complete the Inspection, you will know the Home or Commercial Property better than the owner does! Howdy, and welcome to my blog. Thank you kindly for taking time from your busy schedule to visit today. I know that you will enjoy checking out my blog posts, here at my little ole Blogging Homestead in the ActiveRain Real Estate Networking community. Your going to have the time of your life, learning about Home Inspections, Home Components, about areas of New Hampshire and Vermont. I look forward to meeting you
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claremont home inspectors: A Little HOPE in Houston while Going Green - 09/26/09 02:23 PM
A Little HOPE in Houston while Going Green, is a post that was written by my friend Frank Schulte-Ladbeck.Down below is a Re-Blog of his original blog post. For does of you that do not know, my friend Frank is in Houston, of The Grand State of Texas. Frank is one mighty fine Home Inspector, and a very fine blog post writer. You sure do want to take the time to visit his blog, and you will not at all be sorry you did. His blog is loaded with a wide range of information to learn about.Link to Frank's
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claremont home inspectors: Things are starting to Change here in New Hampshire and Vermont - 09/22/09 07:53 PM
Things are starting to Change here in New Hampshire and Vermont, the change that I'm talken about happens every year at this time of year. Its Fall Foliage time, New Hampshire and Vermont's fall foliage sure is a spectacular sight to see! There sure are many fine places in both New Hampshire and Vermont, that transform into mighty fine and natural works of art. As soon as the leaves start change colors, both States change and become picturesque places to visit. There sure are alot of great photo opportunities even for the novice photographer. Things are starting to Change
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claremont home inspectors: Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 2 - 09/16/09 09:36 PM
Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 2, Lets talk a bit about the coal itself, and start-en the fire. Bituminous coal, is low in ash, its six percent or less, and with a ash fusion temperature of 2200F to 2600F and a 1 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch maximum sure is ideal for your coal furnace's stoker operation. This is a peace of Bituminous Coal And its highly recommended to use a oil treated coal. By do-en so it will eliminate the coal dust and will help to give your furnace's stoker a longer life. In most areas
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claremont home inspectors: Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 3 - 09/15/09 07:32 PM
Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 3, this post is going to cove protection and servicing of a coal firing furnace. Protection from a overload of the motor, the motor has a built-in device for protection against excessive motor temperatures. If the motor should become overheated, the protection device on the motor will prevent damage by breaking the electrical circuit. Most motor overloads are caused by lack of bearing lubrication, low voltage, or from excessive belt tension. To reset it, youll need to push the motor's reset button, but do this only after the motor has had
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claremont home inspectors: Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 4 - 09/14/09 07:06 PM
Coal Firing Furnaces-New Hampshire and Vermont Series Part 4, Most of todays coal firing furnaces, are also a wood firing furnace. How to remove the clinkers. You'll sure find it a lot easier to remove the clinker if you let the fire cool off for five to ten minutes before you go to remove it. Turn the stoker off and open the furnace's fire door to cool the fire. You can fill the hopper while the clinker is cooling. A clinker normally forms around the retort. Be sure to use a iron bar or poker to raise the clinker. Be sure
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claremont home inspectors: PowWow's in New Hampshire For September 2009 - 09/12/09 08:46 PM
PowWow's in New Hampshire For September 2009, that we can still attend and enjoy this year. Remember to always check with the PowWow sponsor, before taken off to travel any distance to attend. Times and dates do change from time to time. I have added phone numbers, that you can contact for information. At this time, this is all the information Baker Home, Commercial Propertie Inspections and Consulting, has at this time about the PowWow's, that are still coming up. The PowWow drum is the heartbeat of the Indian Nation. It also Carey's the heartbeat of Mother Earth, thus the
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claremont home inspectors: Why don't you Volunteer to Drive Cancer Patients? - 09/09/09 11:29 PM
Why don't you Volunteer to Drive Cancer Patients?, did you know you can volunteer to drive cancer patients to and from their treatment appointments? Through the road to recovery program, of the American Cancer Society's, you sure can help cancer patients to get to their treatment appointments. Just how close are we to a cure for Cancer? For more information on how you can give a helping hand, to help drive cancer from the face of Mother Earth. Call your local American Cancer Society today, or visit the main website. Its really up to each and every
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claremont home inspectors: Your Private Septic System and the Soil Type on your Property Part One - 09/03/09 08:44 PM
Your Private Septic System and the Soil Type on your Propertu Part One, there sure has been a great deal of study on just how will the soil of a property handles the waste and pathogens in the septic effuent. The EPA has been defining the Septic Wastewater Infiltration System or drainfield, by the limiting conditions of the site in a much more thorough mannet than just a simple perocoltion test, just how rapidly the soil of the property absorbs the water. There sure does need to be adequarte depth to what is called the, limiting condition. Now this refers to
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claremont home inspectors: Your Private Septic System and the Soil Type on your Property Part Two - 08/31/09 09:09 PM
Your Private Septic System and the Soil Type on your Property Part Two, the EPA and other agencies, have been giving the shallow drainfield, where all soil life resides, a whole lot more credit for the job that shallow drainfields do in treating the waste from the home. This sure is another reason the EPA places such emphasis on maintaining the vadose zone, where the soil receives oxygen from the air. This zone is essential to maintaining a healthy ecology of soil bacteria and maximizing uptake of nutrients and elimination of pathogens. There are millions of microorganisms in the trench
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