The holidays are already upon us. Guests are coming in from out of town. Your living room is a pig pile. Read the rest of this entry »

 Everyone knows windows are “energy sucks.”

In other words, if you want to control your building’s heating and cooling costs, you should worry a lot about the inefficiencies created by your windows. Read the rest of this entry »

The air we breathe plays a vital a role in shaping our health, well-being, attitude and capacity to function effectively. When air quality in a home degrades, enormous health problems can arise, including emphysema, asthma, bronchial conditions, etc. Read the rest of this entry »

Can It Massively Lower Your Winter Heating Bill?

Old Man Winter doth approach. In fact, our friends in the northeastern states got a taste of his menace the week before Halloween, when a Nor’easter dumped a surprising “early snow” over unsuspecting would-be trick-or-treaters. Read the rest of this entry »

Burrr. It was feeling pretty chilly this morning in Castro Valley, CA. We all want to keep our homes warm, cozy and safe this winter. Read the rest of this entry »

The #1 reason to have your furnace inspected annually is to verify the heat exchanger is not cracked.

A cracked heat exchanger will omit Carbon Monoxide, a odorless and colorless gas that is deadly and only found by a Carbon Monoxide Detector if installed in the correct areas. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Calibrate Central Heat/Air So That All Rooms Are at a Desired Temperature

It’s the holy grail of homeowners – particularly during chilly winter days and sultry summer afternoons: getting all of the rooms in your home (or condo or office) to be the same temperature.

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It’s a nightmare scenario. It’s 31 degrees outside in the middle of February. You are shaking with chills. You go to the bathroom to take that morning shower and melt your muscles in the warm, soothing flow of the piping hot water. But you turn the knobs and, instead of the luxurious heat, you are bombarded with an icy rain that feels like it has fallen from the clouds of the planet Neptune to turn you into a block of ice. Read the rest of this entry »

–Don’t Get Zapped! Key Safety Precautions When Working with Electricity Read the rest of this entry »

Whether your kitchen sink has been clogged for weeks, and every time you run the garbage disposal, gunk backs up and gross slimy yucky stuff coats your sink; or your guest bathroom shower won’t drain,ever since your hairy uncle Harold visited a few months ago, you need creative approaches. Read the rest of this entry »