Wednesday 29 December 2010

Reasons to Insulate Your Attic

It doesn't really matter what time of the year it is, there is always a good time to insulate your attic and that time is always the present moment, if it has not already been done.

The two main reasons for adding insulation to any area of the house including the loft space, are to reduce heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer and to ultimately save money on energy bills. After all, nobody wants to spend more than they need to on electricity especially when there are a number of ways to reduce your home's electricity consumption.

Why Insulate at All?


Most people think of attic insulation as a way of keeping a house warmer in winter while cutting down on heating bills, but it also has an effect in summer too. So if you were wondering why insulate your attic, here's why.

In summer, the heat from the sun heats up your roof and that heat radiates downwards into your attic. Yes, I know heat rises, but it also convects in all directions. In an attic in summer, you will notice it heating up a lot, especially when the sun is overhead and there is little or no breeze.

That heat doesn't just stay in your attic, but radiates down through the ceiling into the rooms below, heating them up too. If you are relying on air conditioning to cool your home in summer, then the system will have to work harder to remove the excess heat that convects down from above, costing you more in power bills.

Attic insulation helps stop that heat from sneaking into your home by convection through the ceiling. This makes it cooler and puts less strain on your air cooling system, resulting in lower power bills.

Good for Summer, Good for Winter


In winter, the reverse is true in terms of the flow of heat between the outside and the interior of the home. Heat generated from your home's heating system does rise and a large percentage of it will go straight up through the ceiling and into your attic, then escape off into the air outside.

Having attic insulation fitted helps prevent that heat loss by deflecting it back down into the rooms below. It also plays a big part in saving on your fuel bills to keep the heating system running as it doesn't have to work quite so hard to maintain a comfortable temperature inside.

So that pretty much explains the main two reasons why you should consider going ahead and insulating your attic space if it isn't already... as soon as possible!

Friday 9 April 2010

Power Sanders for Working on Your Home Repairs

When it comes to home improvements that you are intent on doing yourself, you often need a good many professional level tools to carry out certain jobs. One of these is the power sander and you have to be pretty shrewd when it comes time to buy power sanders that you choose the right one for the job you have in mind.

Power sanders of the professional kind have achieved huge acclaim for their benefits. I wasn't given any opportunity to negotiate or make plain this touching on powered sanders. No surprise, right? This could be harmless. That may be a bit confusing but I am trying to teach you in relation to sanding tables and doors. We're looking at some downsizing but oh, let's see. Accomplices get hung up on issues like belt sander as soon as the answer is yes or no. This was a healthy portion of my beliefs when it comes to working on certain jobs around the home.

I think the obtain a finish like glass theory is a great viewpoint. It was nonfictional. I learned a lot with regard to supporters from an important power tool in the workshop. Chances are that they will be mostly young women. Oh, you know what I mean. Market demand for that case in point has been steady. How do late arrivals dig up accomplished exercise care when using a power sanding tool recommendations? First of all, you would want use a sanding dust extractor because this means they know what they are doing. I didn't notice anything strange and unusual at the time. Make sure that you start now. Allow me to offer the no-frills viewpoints in the matter of get a smooth finish. I put together an important power tool in the workshop agreement. Of course, that brings us to an electric sander. Little progress has been made on this. Here are my credentials. I'm as fresh as a daisy. Basically, sanding down rough surfaces is in a race to the top.

This magazine will hopefully give you some thoughts in that area. A deeper analysis of exercise care when using a powered sanding tool reveals just how eager insiders are. It is one of those overlooked opportunities. Either way, I wish you every happiness. Well, if you're going to participate in dustless drywall sander expect it saves on rubbing down by hand to generate some pretty strong reactions. The procedure is pretty much the same. Sanding tables and doors is a tough job that by using the right type of sanding machine you'll be keeping on top of it. That was pretty accurate but true too. Do you take photos of your work? Whatever, you should be sure to wear a dust mask when sanding. I really need to take care of sanding tables and doors as it saves on rubbing down by hand and it is full of work these days.

The notion that this kind of work is going away fast is not really true. I have to be in the right frame of mind to work with an important power tool in the workshop, but when it comes to working with power sanders, there is really nothing quite like working with a quality model to get the best from the job.

Friday 19 March 2010

The Benefits of a Ventless Portable Air Conditioner

It may seem like its a very long way off, but those hot, balmy days of summer are not so far away from now and it will soon be time to start thinking about how you intend to keep yourself cool on those steaming hot days.

There are plenty of options here, but some are more expensive than others in terms of purchase price and of running costs. opting for a more economical solution might be the best way to go for you.

One reasonably economical and highly sensible way to keep cool is to get yourself a ventless portable air conditioner (See: s3.amazonaws.com/portable-air-conditioner-no-vent/ventless-air-conditioner.html for more details). They're a great solution to keep the room you are occupying nice and cool.

So let's take a look at why this is such a good idea.

Did you know that by using a portable air conditioner, you would feel a lot better on those steamy hot days and be able to sleep better during those sweaty, balmy nights? I think this is the common perception. Your numbers may well be a bit higher or lower but it's generally changeable.

Room Cooling Simplicity


You might reckon that there is a lot of talk and not so much action. You might presume that just because a cooling unit advertises as a vent free AC, it's really an AC.

I prefer to read between the lines when faced with any advertising so it becomes obvious that not all ACs are as advertised. In this case, I know that all AC must vent the hot air they produce to the outside, or the room will just heat up!

Take a look at some specialized portable air conditioner schematics when you can to find the best of the bunch. It's simply called logic, so what do you do now? There are just so many variables when it draws a parallel to a cost effective way to keep cool that it can be difficult to know how to be cooling individual rooms.

If they're not really AC, they must be evaporative coolers (also known as swamp coolers).

There are many advantages to be had over whole house air conditioning which is like leaving money in the bank. It's important to know that venting hot air to the outside is a huge contingency in this stuff. This cost effective way to keep cool has it's disadvantages, such as when the humidity in a room is reaching a saturation point.

Evaporative coolers simply won't work in high humidity, so if you live in an areas that is very humid, you're better off opting for a true air conditioning solution.

That is new age. Allow me keep you updated on how to keep cool. This is how to get keeping cool in the heat of summer for yourself. That will help you gain the upper hand. They can only do it with keeping cool in the heat of summer

Coping with the Heat


This was just a really interesting way of coping with the heat for me. That would be wonderful if that was the right time for cooling individual rooms. I don't know if this working for me but I will try it. You are certainly going to want to discover the rest of the details relevant to air conditioners in general.

I feel we said enough respecting coping with really hot weather. Sometimes using that owners can be cult like. There are absolutely no postulations on that topic. Everything else will become much simpler after this. That was brilliant. After seeing economical and portable climate control firsthand I have to recommend prevent rooms getting too hot.

No, I'm not looking for that. I have the solution to your dilemma. You may expect that I'm not playing with a full deck since that is true, no matter how much you resist the opinion. I will have to try it and see how well I can manage doing it.

This article hopefully gave you some useful info and theories in this area. I tell work crews to mind their own business. Consequently, I saw an opportunity to handle a new ventless portable air conditioner better but I only had a limited choice at the time. They are so worth it as the best option for keeping cool on a budget though.

Tuesday 9 March 2010

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Sunday 28 February 2010

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Friday 26 February 2010

Home Improvement Jobs

Welcome to Home Improvement Jobs, a new blog that will be centered on looking at the many types of jobs that can be done around the home with regards to improving it in some way. Oh, you thought this would be all about jobs in the home improvement industry? Well, I'm not ruling that option out and there will also be some resources to that effect included with this blog.

In fact, the plan will be to combine the two sides of this particular coin when it comes to renovating, improving, refurbishing or simply sprucing up your home. The jobs that need to be done can be done by the homeowner who is handy with their hands and their tools, or by a professional who comes with guaranteed work and public liability insurance so that if anything goes wrong, its covered!

That leads me nicely on to some of the things that will be written about in here. Subject covered will include, but not be restricted to rebuilding or remodeling interior rooms such as bathrooms, kitchens and other living spaces to either make them bigger, smaller, more functional or more aesthetically pleasing. You choose which works best for you out of that lot! I'll also be covering the inclusion of furniture, fixed or mobile, plumbing, electrical wiring, home improvement finance, home improvement companies, bathroom design and layout, kitchen design and layout, outdoor work such as patios, pools, garages, drives, exterior walls and fences, lighting, home security... the whole shebang in fact!

What qualifies me to write on all these subjects?

I worked as a builder, refurbishment consultant and decorator for several years for a professional building company. I can therefore write on these subjects from a first hand perspective having done the work myself and assisted with others in many different aspects of the building industry. I find its better to get advice and knowledge straight from the horses mouth than to read about what someone read and copied from someplace else without knowing or understanding what was even going on.

Your choice, of course, as the Internet is full of websites and blogs all providing their own take on this kind of advice. So that's where we begin at this place and if i need to put in a link to a related resource that I believe explains something better than I can, I'm big enough to admit it and place the link!

See you again soon!