Author: Michael Grubbs
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How Can I Increase My Home’s Energy Savings?
As a homeowner, you’re all too familiar with the utility costs associated with your personal kingdom. If your home is older, you may even feel burdened by those heating and cooling costs — not so much cooling up here as heating though. Do you regret leaving your tiny energy-efficient apartment? You shouldn’t. Let’s work on…
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Can I Convert a Bedroom Into an Office?
With the workplace landscape’s evolution significantly thrown forward by the pandemic, more and more knowledge workers are opting to work from home. Because of this, many homeowners are adding on to their homes, converting garages, and closing in lofts — if they’re not buying a new house to suit their needs. The short answer is,…
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What Can I Put In My Garbage Disposal?
One of the most frequently asked questions we get is this: what can I put in my garbage disposal. In many ways, the term “garbage disposal” makes people think that it is the same as a garbage can. However, your garbage can doesn’t have working parts, has a bag so that you can dispose of…
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Why Do We Run Out of Hot Water So Quickly?
You may feel like a cold shower is a good thing. Maybe you’re just used to being last in your household to get ready in the morning. (The things we say to console ourselves, right?) You don’t quite remember running through hot water so why do you run out of hot water so quickly? Let’s…
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Why Does My Toilet Keep Running And How Do I Fix It?
You’ve had a long day and just got tucked into bed, your white noise machine is on, and the scent of lavender fills the air. Sleep, oh precious sleep. But then, you hear the toilet tank filling up — randomly — as if the ghost of previous tenants just flushed it. (Phantom flushing is a…