Category: General Articles

Being a homeowner comes with a lot of responsibility. There is no doubt life manages to keep your schedule full, which can mean your annual HVAC cleaning is put on the back burner. Here are a few reasons that may encourage you to get the contractor out to your house every year.

1. Your Unit Isn’t Working Properly

If you have not gotten your air conditioning checked out recently, there is a good chance there is built-up dirt and grime that are prohibiting your unit from working correctly. Your system can lose up to 5% of its operating efficiency every year if it is not getting the proper care and cleaning it needs. Not to mention, your system is trapping dirt and allergens that can quickly be taken care of by commercial hvac contractors minneapolis mn. This way, you are avoiding allergies at all costs- until you go outside!   …

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Redecorating your home can be exciting. You might be ready to head over to your local home improvement store and pick out an array of colors, anxiously waiting while the employee uses the paint lid press to secure the cans. As exciting as this can be, this might not be the best way to redesign your home. Picking the perfect paint color for your home can be tricky and there are a few rules you can follow to make sure you make a good choice.

Where to Start

When you start to put together your new design, don’t pick your paint color first. If you do this, it can be tempting to choose bright and unique colors if you don’t have the furniture or art to match it. This can later prove an obstacle to your efforts, though. 

Don’t go in to redecorating blindly. Make sure that when you …

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When you buy a home, you want it to be your dream home. Even if you find the perfect house for you and your family, you want to make it your home. Buying a house is a big investment, so you will want to make these home improvements for a low cost.

Re-do Walls & Floors

Your walls will be the first thing guests notice when they enter your home. If you have more understated tastes, you’ll want to paint over any bright-colored walls. However, it’s most common for walls to already be more muted colors like beige, grey and pastels. If you have bolder tastes and want all the walls in your house to be fun colors, you can save on the costs of paint by using washi tape as wallpaper. Your floors are just as important. In order to save money to fix your floors, use provenza wood …

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Believe it or not, every road in the U.S. was surveyed and engineered before being finished to evaluate traffic flow and determine what sorts of regulatory signs would be necessary to help people move through safely and efficiently. While the concept of “who has the right-of-way” is covered heavily in drivers’ education courses, several common areas of confusion persist. Here are three of those scenarios, and the proper legal direction for each.

Yield Vs. Stop

Generally, people understand the concept of a stop sign. These regulatory signs have a clear, universal design. For whatever reason, though, many drivers are less clear about yield signs. Some think they require a full stop, others think they just mean to slow down. A yield sign is often placed where a lane of traffic is about to merge into another, usually from the right to the left. It is basically a caution to check …

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