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Keeping Your Electronics Safe From Surges
People spend a lot of money on electronics. It's a shame that all that money can be lost as the result of just one power surge or spike. For that reason, many homeowners have installed surge protection in their homes. There are a few options for whole-home surge...
Finding Roof Leaks With Thermal Imaging
Finding the source of water damage can be tricky since water can travel for hundreds of feet before it finds a way into your home that's noticeable. This is especially true if the source of the water damage is a roof leak. Fortunately, one of the many benefits of a...
All About GFCIs
Did you know that about half of all houses in the United States do not have GFCIs installed? In fact, in about 43 million homes, there is a 53% greater chance that electrocution could happen, all because there is no proper protection from GFCIs. If your home was built...
Moving (Back?) To An Commercial Building
Across the United States, employers and employees alike have begun to move back into public offices or commercial buildings after a stretch of working from home. In other cases, new businesses have outgrown their garage startup phase, and entrepreneurs are in search...
Combatting Excessive Power Draw
If you've never heard of the term "power draw", you're not alone. However, power draw is all around us every day. Essentially, it's a term that refers to the amount of energy that an electrical appliance consumes. Nearly all appliances are designed to consume a...
The Importance of Impressions
If you're a business owner, you know that it can be just as difficult to retain existing business from current customers as it is to attract new customers. If your business has a physical location or storefront, you have an added responsibility to ensure that your...
Making Thermal Imaging Useful
Thermal imaging is a remarkable technology. The fact that you can use a device to detect and measure the infrared energy of an object and then display that information back to you in a recognizable image is simply mind-blowing. However, this amazing technology also...
Obeying Occupancy Load Limits
We've all heard the news stories about a tragic event that takes place involving an emergency where people simply couldn't get out of a building fast enough to save their lives. Whether it's a fire, a mass shooting, or some other emergency that requires evacuation of...
Keeping Mold out of Your Bathroom
Your bathroom is undoubtedly the number one place in your home where mold and mildew are likely to grow out of control. Of course, there's a significant difference between the two - mildew is typically flat, and grows on the top of surfaces. Mold can be bubbly and...
Identifying Issues Underfoot
Heated flooring is a great option for climates like ours where - relatively speaking, at least - a heating system is not used extensively each year. Since the radiant floor heating system is hidden beneath flooring, there are no unsightly heating elements in each room...
