Don't burn down your home with those electric heaters! - 01/22/11 12:28 PM
A few years ago a little company was producing a neat little electric wall heater that was easily installed, relatively inexpensive and allowed wonderful zonal heating (read-"energy efficient")! Things were wonderful for sometime but like most things there were a few issues with the first models. The little electric heaters were made by the Cadet corporation and after the release to the general public it was discovered that if housekeeping was not top notch these little heaters had the tendency to overheat (read-"catch on fire" and there could be "flames, sparks or molten particles spewing through the front grill cover of the heaters into … (9 comments)

Salem Oregon Style home winterization - 01/12/11 08:29 PM
Many posts have been written about how you should prepare your home for the winter months. Here in the willamette valley our

winters are not all that extreme. It does stay wet, however we don't get much snow on the valley floor and our temperatures very rarely dip much below freezing.  These moderate temperatures do have their own set of maintenance issues:
1. Gutters: Gutters, gutters, gutters. Did I mention gutters? Seriously, gutters. The manner in which we receive rain requires properly functioning gutters. For around 8 months we stay wet. Not huge downpours, just steady and wet. Every drop of rain that … (4 comments)

 

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