Posted on August 23, 2009
With burdensome new green-building regulations under the county’s BuildSmart™ program having drawn boisterous complaints from citizens trying to be compliant, Boulder county commissioners May 19th ordered a review of program requirements.
While important changes will come to new construction design, particularly related to measures toward net zero construction for large homes, our customers contemplating home additions and remodels are affected. The issue for remodeling is whether the whole house before and after or just the addition being added is to be considered. Having an existing house tested is expensive. Predicting the performance of an addition’s design is not.
Posted on August 12, 2009
I was destined to write this article. I look at fly-infested windows with people every day.
My son-in-law Kevin Blauth investigates proteins by playing with the genetics of fruit flies as a doctoral candidate in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina. My youngest daughter’s boyfriend Karl Wyant studies insect habitats in the soils of Arizona as a doctoral candidate at Arizona State University. And most compelling, my marvelous (yet now perturbed) Maggie came to me this morning wondering why so many dead flies congregate in the window sills of her new town-home.
So that Maggie’s builder might get through next week unscathed, and you might be well-served, I thought I’d look into flies at windows. I’ve …
Posted on August 11, 2009
Yes, we have mold in our homes, walls, and window and door components in Denver and Colorado. Mold spores are present on moist surfaces, even in the dust in the air. If moisture is continuously present, or even if the humidity in the home is occasionally too high, mold will grow. It is a myth that chlorine bleach kills all molds – spores will remain, and if the water/moisture presence is not also eliminated, mold will grow again. The cure comes with the removal of the mold in its entirety, and the removal of the threat of moisture. See Mold Basics, an EPA publication, at http://www.epa.gov/mold/moldguide.html for more remediation details, and information on health effects.
Where …
Posted on May 5, 2009
Gail Turner of Centennial, Colorado is the Winner
The drawing took place on May 4th from entries collected at the Colorado Women’s Expo and the Highlands Ranch Home Improvement Expo. We’ve had the chance now to meet Gail and now we can’t think of a more deserving woman to receive the prize. Wife, RN, mother of four children, and good friend to all who are close to her, Gail tries to take time for herself, but gives up most opportunities to do so in devotion to her family. We’ve given her a few hours now to take a break from …
