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Listen to these wise words from Nelson: The #1 upgrade you should do for an older house is a dishwasher; they got a lot better about 15 years ago. But #2 may well be the garage door opener. Nelson’s Weblog: tech / good / liftmaster-87504-267 I agree with both points Nelson made here, wholeheartedly. One …
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I moved into a house that was built just three years ago and every light in the house is LED, but they’re all generic with no brand names on the bulbs. LED bulbs typically last several years, but about every 3-4 months one of our lights go out, especially the outdoor ones. Each time they …
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I’m blogging this in the hopes that anyone else doing Google searches while trouble shooting their tankless water heater might find this info useful, because I couldn’t find any information about this on the web. The other day, our one year old tankless water heater seemed to crap out. No hot water from any taps, …
The other day, I mentioned this link to an online store selling LED bulbs. LEDs have long been heralded as the next great thing in decreasing home energy consumption, pulling down a fraction of the energy even efficient compact fluorescents use. Plus, they can last for a decade or more. The only downside is the …
Last year I moved into a new house with a big backyard, but the yard faces directly south, so it bakes in the summertime. I decided to find a local architect to help build a small shade patio off the back, and in the process I learned a lot about how far-reaching copyright law hits …
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