As the economy remains stagnated, I am noticing more and more “do-it-yourself” web-sites popping up. Some are comparing the do-it-yourself cost to the “cost of a professional”, and interestingly enough, many of the projects listed don’t have a very big spread between the two “options”; but that is not why I find these sites interesting. [...]
Be careful who you invite into your home!
In this market, experienced Remodelers and Custom Home Builders are crossing paths with businesses that have no experience with the types of projects that we have been doing for years. When the economy took a downward turn and speculative home-building began to dry up, many of these production builders looked for a way to stay [...]
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Tools for Free? You already have one – the snow, just look at it and “read” what it tells you.
A FREE ANALYTICAL TOOL – the snow. There are a lot of benefits to the fluffy white stuff; fun, beauty, a cause for a slowdown in our otherwise hectic lives, but there is another that is a little less obvious. Have you ever looked up at your roof a day or so after a snow? [...]
It is time for electrical deregulation – read on to save money!
Electrical rate caps have been in place for 15 years, and they are set to expire on the first day of the New Year… Most of us in the Philadelphia area are PECO customers, and in our bills we see Generation Charges and Transmission and Distribution Charges. The Transmission and Distribution Charges will not change [...]
A project with a quantifiable energy consumption change…
We are currently in the middle of an interesting project. The project entails the removal of existing cedar shake siding, removal of gypsum sheathing (no vapor barrier!) and the installation of new insulation, new 1/2″ CDX Plywood, Tyvek, 3/4″ Foam Board, Type D Tar Paper, and then Stucco/Fiber Cement… There will be a small addition [...]
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