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Thursday July 29th 2010

‘Home Improvement’ Archives

Your House Insulation & R Values

The "R" value on home insulation became trendy because of the electricity crisis in the 1990s to give us some measurement of house insulation. Resistance to heat loss is denoted by "R" . Theoretically, the higher the "R" value, the better the quality of insulation. The main point here is that the "R" value is derived from the amount of heat loss [...]

Hardwood, Tile, or Carpet? What’s best for you?

Whether you are doing up your old residence in readiness for sale, or looking at what you want in your next home, new flooring would be on top of the agenda.The condition of the floor covering in the residence that you are setting influences the selling price because if a buyer spots stained and dirty carpets or scratched wooden floor covering, he [...]