Patio furniture is a big investment and you certainly want to make sure it’s there for you to enjoy year in and year out. If you have a protected backyard area, you probably don’t worry too much about holding down patio furniture so that it doesn’t wander away in a strong wind or a tempest.
Comfort is costly!
Energy consumption by HVAC equipment can account for 40% of total energy requirements in office buildings and as much as 80% in clean rooms. Where customer comfort or staff productivity are the highest priority, so is the demand for efficient temperature control. These scenarios range from school rooms to outlet malls, call centers to insurance agencies, church buildings to casinos. The temperature change of as little as 5 degrees can change your experience from pleasant to unbearable. These demands push air conditioning systems to their maximum delivery rates and cause many building owners to install oversized units to compensate for future losses in efficiency. This results in wasted money, materials, man-hours and energy.
We have all seen this happen before, one person at the office gets sick and before you know it half of your staff is at home with the flu.
This is due to what is called “Cross Contamination when bacteria travels between people via food, surfaces or equipment.
It poses a health threat to any indoor environment where people work in close quarters.
Even though your main concerns at the time of purchasing a new home are projects such as picking out the perfect paint colour, decorating your home, etc. there are a few essential maintenance projects you should also add to the list.
This first project can help save you heaps of money on your energy bill.
If you have noticed areas in your home near windows that seem to be a bit cooler then you most likely have an air leak.
Smudges, smears and fingerprints are just something that tends to appear on your wall, especially if you have small children.
No matter whether your walls are painted or have wallpaper we have some great homemade cleaning solutions you can try to help keep your walls clean.
Before you begin be sure to remove any furniture that may be up against the wall, cover the floor underneath any walls that you plan on cleaning with old sheets or canvas drop cloths in order to catch the soapy drips.
Also to protect your hands and to remind you where pictures belong, cover up all nails in the wall with a chunk of household sponge.