Home Improvements

Central Waters Brewery in Amherst, Wisc., has been able to double its beer production without spending any more on natural gas after installing a solar water heater, reports Central Wisconsin Hub. The solar water heating system is projected to meet 18 percent of the brewery’s hot water needs and save $1.4 million over its 30-year life [...]  

Who said radiators have to be ugly and boring? Check out this wall radiator by Caleido. Not only is it functional as a radiator, it can illuminate your home in a classy manner, and will probably look like an expensive art piece that’s hanging on your wall, thanks to all the LEDs on the radiator. Do you think it deserves space on your wall? Permalink: Caleido LED Radiator Looks Classy from Ubergizmo | Hot: Nokia Booklet 3G...  

A tankless water heaters can be a good choiceReno Gazette JournalBY JAMES & MORRIS CAREY • December 16, 2009 I just moved into a manufactured home, and the hot water heater is insufficient for my family's needs. ...  

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Webster City is facing some serious concerns with the waste water treatment plant. More water is being treated than is being pumped out each day. According to Karla Wetzler, city planning director, that means many homes in the community are illegally draining water from sump pumps and downspouts into the sanitary sewer instead of the storm sewers.  

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Hometec, Inc. introduces its patented Coilless Technology™ for electric tankless water heaters. Taking water heaters to the next level, American Hometec’s innovative Coilless Technology heats water indirectly with a patented space industry quality quartz tube technology with a semi-conductor coating for increased efficiency and water conservation. With American Hometec’s Coilless Technology, the...  

Life is already complicated enough, so simplify your home in style with a chic single hole bathroom faucet by TSA. This lovely high arc lavatory faucet drips with elegance. The contemporary shape is complemented by a cool chrome finish...  

John Moore Services is one of Houston’s most trusted and established home repair companies in operation today. Since 1965, they have provided services such as plumbing repairs, air conditioning repairs, electrical repairs, heater repairs and many other services. Now they are expanding t...  

COPENHAGEN--Since the 1970s, refrigerators in the U.S. have swelled from 18 cubic feet to 22 cubic feet. But, at the same time, the energy consumption of such gargantuan coolers has dropped by 75 percent, down to roughly 40 watts, saving countless tons of coal from being burned. And a five-year global program that reached all the refrigerators in the world with similar efficiency improvements might save 1.1 billion metric tons of carbon...  

An alternative to an electric or natural gas-powered hot water heater, a solar hot water heater is powered by heat captured from the sun and transferred to the water in your home. ... This system places the solar collector below the storage tank so the water, once heated, will rise into it. Thus, both the solar collector and the storage tank are installed on the roof. The type of roof on a home will determine whether or not it is safe to...  

I'm always interested in easier, cheaper ways of doing things.  Vinyl siding.  Tub refinishing.  Replacement windows. Not that they all have merit, but I like the fact that there is an alternative. Countertop refinishing is just such an alternative.  I spoke to Tyler Murphy of Miracle Method at the Seattle Home Show 2 some while back, and saw examples of Miracle Method's refinished countertops. I have to say they all look great, though I...  

I've got a few kitchen cabinet ideas from major and not-so-major cabinet makers Merillat, Kraftmaid, Armstrong, Thomasville, and Starmark. I'm continually being surprised by Armstrong.  I didn't even know until today that they put out kitchen cabinets.  And I'm supposed to be knowledgeable about this stuff or something. Merillat - Nice cabinets with solid wood construction. Kraftmaid - Mainstay of The Home Depot. Armstrong...  

The built-in assumption from home remodeling shows, sites, and books has always been:  Remodeling adds value to your home. I sometimes wonder if we say that--me included--to ensure job security. It's difficult to figure out exactly what is adding value to your home.  Add a $50,000 kitchen, sell the house 5 years later, make $50,000 "profit":  conclusion is that the kitchen had something to do with it.  But with so many factors are at play...  

I must blog about this once every 6 months, but it's worth repeating.  If you want to get started on your kitchen design, there is no better cheaper place than at your local home improvement big box or friendly kitchen design company. These places have kitchen designers on staff who can help you lay out your basic kitchen design, and it's all free.  They do this hoping that you will purchase through them.  While you will not get contractor...  

It's shipped into the United States, sometimes illegally.  It's white.  It's hazardous to our health. Heroin?  Not the French Connection; this is the China Connection. Today, the Consumer Safety Protection Commission's Drywall Information Center, after extensive study and even a trip by President Obama to China that included, in part, discussion of Chinese drywall, has issued this damning statement (links to a .pdf file): We now can show...