If you notice that your home isn’t heating as well as it used to, you may be tempted to assume that there is something wrong with your furnace. While that is possible, there is a more likely cause. Your ductwork may be leaking hot air into unused areas of your home. According to ENERGY STAR, you may be losing 20 to 30 percent of the heat forced through your ductwork due to holes, leaks and poorly sealed joints.…
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Your roof is the overhead support of your house. Without your roof, you would be subject to all sorts of natural maladies. Everything from strong weather to bugs to debris and foliage could make a destructive mess of your house if it were not for your roof! Thankfully, your roof is there, above head, doing its job well. Or is it? It could be the case that you have a weak roof, and that any moment, it could suffer from anything from a leak to that most dreaded of roof problems: total collapse.…
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Whether you’ve recently suffered a rash of burglaries in your neighborhood or your home itself has been hit by thieves, you may be considering your home safety and security options. Although armed security systems can provide you with some peace of mind (as well as a discount on your homeowners insurance premium), the most effective weapon against a would-be burglar is often simply a home that won’t physically allow outside entry.…
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