The Extra Benefits of Doing Things Yourself

Did you know that approximately 64% of American home owners don’t have $1,000 in savings available for household repairs? To make household repair matters worse, around 39% of American home owners say that it’s hard to find a reliable repair service as well. This is probably in large part to the fact that most American, [...]

 

Need a Home Repair? Consider Doing It Yourself

When considering home repair Do It Yourself should be the first option. All over the country people are opting for Do It Yourself home improvement, and are gaining many benefits by making that decision. Obviously a lot of people will be unable to do the house repairs that require things like tearing out a wall, [...]

 
 
 
 

Need To Sell Your Home Quick? Try Accepting A Cash Offer!

Selling your home can take months, even years if you are unlucky enough. And when you are likely to move every five to seven years in America, that is a lot of time sitting around waiting for your current home to sell. The timescale is all over the place even as short as a few days, three to 10 days if your home is well-priced and sits in a high-demand market. The typical home sells in 3 weeks while properties in generally can take up to 6-12 months. Point being, selling a home is either going to take a week of pacing or months of stress. Luckily, you can get cash for homes in Lincoln in just a matter of days!

Yes, you read that right. You can get cash for homes in Lincoln. You can even get cash for homes in Omaha. But how?

If you browse the internet often, you might have skimmed through realty websites. You might have even stumbled across websites with that tagline “we buy homes” or “we buy houses” and maybe scoffed and went about your day. However, well known companies actu (more…)

Is Flooding An Issue? A Pier And Beam Foundation Might Help

What is the most obvious characteristic of the state of Texas? Its sheer size. Texas is one massive state. With a characteristic like that comes with a layered challenge citizens of Texas experience: soil, 60 different types, to be specific. The challenge comes from choosing a location to build your home or the problems you face already living in a home built on soil that is hard to deal with. Homeowners unfortunate enough to live in a place built on problematic soil can result in a hefty bill replacing and or fixing your foundation. Even if you have not had issues yet, it certainly does not hurt to have an expert soil analysis done to prevent further damage or even minimize a problem that could be inevitable.

Texas specifically has large volumes of clay. This can be a serious issue because clay adheres to the weather it experiences. One year in Texas you could be surviving a hot and dry summer only to be blasted by a cold, unforgiving winter with the following year having a summe (more…)

What Everyone Should Know About The Care And Keeping Of Their HVAC Systems

All throughout the country, heating and cooling systems are more widespread than ever before. In fact, the data that has been gathered on the subject more than backs this up, as up to two thirds of all homes and residences here in the United States alone have some sort of air conditioning system. And in some parts of the country, it is illegal to rent a property out if a functioning heating system is not in place. Heating and cooling systems alike are both quite essential indeed when it comes to the safety of just about any home here in the United States, especially during months where temperature extremes are common, no matter one end of the spectrum they might occur at.

But as all HVAC companies and HVAC contractors will tell you, the care and keeping of your residential HVAC systems is a hugely important thing. If you don’t conduct regular maintenance on such systems, HVAC companies and an HVAC contractor will l (more…)

5 Signs You’re Dealing with Foundation Failure

It’s difficult for a business to operate without some type of commercial property. Unfortunately, owning this kind of building sometimes mean dealing with commercial property issues. One of the most common types of building problems occurs when foundation damage takes place. With that in mind, it’s important to understand when foundation failure is occurring. Here are five signs of foundation failure that you don’t want to ignore.

  1. Your Building is Beginning to Sink

    If you spend lots of time at work, it’s rather easy to tell when certain types of foundation damage occur. With that in mind, it’s wise to begin noticing if any parts of your commercial building are beginning to sink. After noticing that floors are sinking in certain spots, it’s time to contact a commercial foundation repair company.

  2. It’s Becoming Harder to Move Doors and Windows

    In order to move around inside of your building, you’ll need to use doors. Y (more…)

Why You Need HVAC Services for Your Home

Being a homeowner puts you in a position where you can make important changes to your home to improve your quality of life. Ideally, the environment inside your home should be comfortable, relaxing, safe, and sanitary. These are amazing conditions to have to enjoy an excellent quality of life and a lot of changes can be made in order to create these condition with the help of the right appliances and solutions. Home heating and cooling solutions and HVAC appliances can be used to great effect to treat the air inside your home in different ways in order to create a comfortable, relaxing living environment.

When it comes to the air inside your home, there can be three different things you might want to do in order to create that perfect living environment. These three things are heating, cooling, and purifying. While heating the air can create comfort if you live in an area with colder weather, cooling can create comfort if you live in an area with harsh summers. Purifying the air (more…)

When to Hire Professionals to Remove Rats

For many thousands of years, humanity has built civilization around the world, and this means having permanent structures and farming. This transformed the human race, but the construction of permanent settlements came with its own unique challenges. For millennia, people have farmed and cultivated grain, fruits, and vegetables, and all this has to be stored for later use. However, this also invites some unwanted guests, and rodents such as mice and rats are eager to get into these stockpiles of food. In fact, it is widely believed that wildcats were domesticated to work as rat catchers, keeping local mouse and rat populations under control to protect grain and food stocks. Some dogs may have had a similar job, too. Today, despite modern tech and cities, rats and mice continue to be a nuisance, appearing everywhere from private homes to restaurants and beyond. Modern animal removal tan take a variety of forms, and unwanted rodents can be captured or even killed before they cause harm. (more…)

When to Hire a Plumber

A house will have a number of utilities working day and night to make the home comfortable, from electricity to natural gas to the plumbing. Professionals can be called into repair or look over these utilities when they are malfunctioning, and this certainly includes plumbers. Plumbing services can be found in nearly any city or town to fix a homeowner’s pipes and utilities alike. Clogged drains, burst pipes, old toilets, and more can be handled with ease when plumbers arrive. In fact, “plumber” originates from the Latin word for lead, in a time when plumbing was made with lead (which is also why lead’s atomic symbol is Pb). The concept of plumbing is older than some may realize; the ancient Romans and the mysterious Harappan civilization of northern India used it, among others. But today, modern low-flow toilets and faucets are more water-efficient than ever, especially given how strained some n (more…)

A Look At Lighting Here In The US

Here in the United States and in truly so many other places all around the world, the lighting that we use matters tremendously. In fact, up to 11% of all energy use comes from the use of lighting in residential buildings alone. Even more impressive is the fact that more than 15% of all energy use (around 18%, to be more exact) comes from the use of lighting in various commercial buildings all throughout the country. This means that around 22% of all the energy used over the course of a year in this country will be used for the purposes of lighting and lighting alone, according to data that has been gathered by the Department of Energy.

Lighting has really and truly changed the ways in which we live, there is certainly no doubting this fact. It has made life easier, in that we can work for longer, even after the sun has set, and go about our daily tasks with ease. It has also made life safer. For instance, many a parking garage must be lit, as is mandated by law, for all hours of (more…)

How to Test Your Home for Radon Gas

What is Radon Gas and What Should You Do About It?

Radon gas is a colorless and odorless gas that is radioactive and could potentially be a problem in your home. This gas can cause cancer if people are exposed to too much of it for too long. It’s generally best to have your home tested for radon and find out what radon mitigation tactics are currently at work in your home. If it turns out that you don’t have any kind of radon mitigation in place and you do have unsafe levels of radon in your home, then you will want to contact a radon mitigation company. They can help you with things such as sump pump installation or other forms of radon abatement.

How to Test Your Home for Radon

There are a few different ways that you can test your home for radon. If you want to do it yourself you can purchase short term and long term tests from hardware stores or online. The short term tests can take anywhere from 2 to 90 days while the long term tests take more than 90. You c (more…)

Tips for Choosing a Concrete Company

If your business is in need of having concrete laid or needs industrial concrete repair, then chances are you are on the market for a concrete company. You also probably want the best work you can get for your money. If this sounds like you then keep reading for some tips on how to choose the right concrete company for you.

Consider Your Budget

How much can you afford to spend on concrete? This is an important factor that you should have figured out before you begin the searching process. It will help you to eliminate any companies who are above, or too far below, your budget. Different companies will charge different amounts for labor and the amount of concrete used.

Do Some Research

Doing research on the concrete companies that you are considering is a wise decision. It’s easy to find reviews for businesses online, so you can make sure that the company you c (more…)