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February – Winter Maintenance Checklist

February – Winter Maintenance Checklist

Ahhh February, we are now in the second full month of winter and many people in the northern states and elsewhere are starting to feel run down from a lack of sunshine. If you are starting to feel this way may we suggest that you ...

January is National Radon Month

In case you missed it – January happens to be National Radon Month. Radon (Rn) is a chemical element found on the periodic chart, with an atomic number of 86 found all over the world. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive, colorless, and tasteless gas ...

Safety Sunday: 5 Tips for Staying Healthy During Changing Seasons & Wild Temperature Swings

Safety Sunday: 5 Tips for Staying Healthy During Changing Seasons & Wild Temperature Swings

In the last few weeks, it sure has been interesting – here in Alabama we would go from freezing temps in the morning with highs in the 70’s later that day. In Denver, they had the opposite issue when they went from T-Shirt weather in ...

Taxes, Record Keeping, & Clearing the Clutter

Taxes, Record Keeping, & Clearing the Clutter

UPDATE - this was originally written in 2011 - for 2012 taxes are due on the 17th, and then we go back to the 15th for the next three plus years... Oh no, it’s April 16th and taxes were due… on the 18th? In reality, ...

Air Sealing: Benefits, Concerns, & How-To Find the Leaks

Air Sealing: Benefits, Concerns, & How-To Find the Leaks

Air can easily leak in and out of a home through cracks, joints between different materials, where holes have been drilled to allow pipes and wire to enter the structure, and many other openings. Some of the popular areas for air leakage is around doors, ...

25 Conservation Tips & Tricks

25 Conservation Tips & Tricks

In our last article, “Energy Efficiency vs. Conservation – what is the real issue?” we covered plenty of the issues that involve your actual house while it is being worked on. While we have also had several articles on making your house more energy efficient, ...

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Tag Archives: Disaster Preparation

Hurricane Season – 5 Steps to being prepared

By SLS | Published: June 1, 2010

Today is the start of Hurricane Season that has been predicted to be busier than usual. Based on the ocean temperatures and the changing weather conditions, they might just be right this year. With that in mind, below is our 5 steps to being prepared. If you happen to own pets, we added an additional
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Disaster Preparation for small business owners

By SLS | Published: August 17, 2009

Even though Hurricane season started back in June – it has been a very quite year so far. Now we have three named storms within just a couple of days. Granted two are still out in the Atlantic and the third one is basically nothing more than a rainstorm now, but all of a sudden the news
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Review your Policy now; before you need to file a claim

By SLS | Published: June 8, 2009

Before the need arises to file a claim you should review your current insurance policy to make sure it covers your needs. Below is a quick list of insurance coverage's shown on the Declaration Page and what it means in plain English. We recommend that you review your policy each year with your agent and
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