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Solar Tubes – Must Have in Dark Interior

IMG_20140602_181612Lighting is everything, ask any photographer. Natural lighting is everything in a home.  Nothing worse than dark shadowy areas with the lights on full blast.  There is also nothing better than bright natural light beaming in during the daytime.There is a product generally known as solar tubes that are a must have for interior rooms without windows.  Good example would be a hall bathroom.  These tubes come in a variety of  sizes (10″ pictured) based on the size of the room you need to illuminate.  IMG_20140610_202533

 

You may need to buy an extension, or several if the distance between your roof and your ceiling is greater than the size of the main solar tube supplied. Most companies offer flexible and rigid extensions depending on your install challenges.   

If your planning on having your roof replaced I would highly recommend adding one of these to your plans.  Averaging between $250-$350 for the kit, it’s a small price to pay for permanent natural lighting.  You would be surprised how often people will ask “how […]

By |June 23rd, 2014|Homeowner, Renovations|
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You Can Sell Anything on Craigslist

Do not underestimate the power of craigslist. It can easily be used to dispose of things you may have otherwise paid to have removed. If you can find an item a new home and make a few bucks in the process, why not? Now, there must be some value to what you are proposing to sell otherwise you may need to put it in the FREE section of craigslist. Some examples of the numerous example you may accidentally throw out. Just because it isn’t valuable to you doesn’t mean it is worthless. You know the saying, another mans trash is another mans treasure.

Kitchen Cabinets and Appliances

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When you buy new appliances from a store they typically offer free haul away. Each item they are removing could be sold from $25-$100. You may be surprised how much you may be helping someone else out who may not have the means to just go to the store and buy brand new.

If you’ve ever purchased a new set of cabinets you know how quickly it can […]

By |June 10th, 2014|Homeowner|
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Dominion Power Outage Resources

If you’ve ever had a power outage resulting from a major storm you probably questioned, “when will they get to us”? Here are a few things I’ve learned dealing with Dominion Power over the years.

Outage Map – First things first, check the regional outage map which covers their entire service area. On any given random day you will find multiple blue and green dots scattered on the map. It’s the red dots you’re looking for. If you consider the average sub-division in our area is between 50-200 homes an outage of >2,500 will affect 10+ neighborhoods. These are very serious service interruptions that become the highest priority tickets for technicians to address. You can zoom in to see just the Northern Virginia outage map. These maps display well on mobile phones. Dominion has developed an interactive outage map which allows you to zoom down to your street.

It would seem to me that Dominion knows immediately how many homes have been effected so reporting your particular outage would be overkill. However, sometimes you may be the only house effected if a tree came down on your property and you have overhead power […]

By |June 6th, 2014|Homeowner|
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