Improving the Efficiency of Your Water Heater
Improving the Efficienc...
Customers often look for ways to trim monthly energy bills. Next to heating & cooling, water heating accounts for the next largest chunk of your bill (13%-16%). For this reason, it makes a lot of sense to direct considerable effort toward improving water heating efficiency. If...
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23 JAN 2010 Show
23 JAN 2010 Show...
The HomeFix Show | 23 JAN 2010 Joe forgot to take notes this week on what he talked about. It was a good show as usual, and as soon as he can remember what all was talked about, we’ll get it shown here. For now, I guess you will just have to click and listen to the show! HomeFix...
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Office Trauma
Office Trauma...
Star-Eagle Independent Newspaper JAN 2010 I have recently gone through “Office Trauma” and for those of you who have an office in your home for business or the family, you know what it feels like to have everything shut down for a few days. Not good. My house is undergoing a full...
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TV Buydown
TV Buydown...
Idaho Power is partnering with the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) in a campaign to promote televisions that are especially energy efficient. Idaho Power and NEEA are promoting the TVs as part of a consumer electronics campaign designed to help reduce household power use—the...
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16 JAN 2010 SHOW
16 JAN 2010 SHOW...
The HomeFix Show | 16 JAN 2010 Joe gives a radio tutorial on insulation and how it works. Callers ask about straw bale houses, attic radiant barriers, squeaky floors, plastic storm windows, popping tiles on a floor, adding a new foundation under a house, structural insulated panel...
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9 JAN 2010 SHOW
9 JAN 2010 SHOW...
The HomeFix Show | 9 JAN 2010 Joe opens the show by talking about the projected increases in lumber costs for this Spring. He gets into why it is supposed to happen, the causes, and the results. He also talks about what a frost heave is and what can be done, and why fluorescent lights...
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2 JAN 2010 SHOW
2 JAN 2010 SHOW...
The HomeFix Show | 2 JAN 2010 Project planning and the sequence of events is discussed by Joe. This is his take on why you want to do what and in the proper order. Callers ask about removing reflective window films, installing stone work over sheetrock and tile fireplaces, and Joe...
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26 DEC 2009 Show
26 DEC 2009 Show...
The HomeFix Show | 26 DEC 2009 Rocky Diedrickson from Precision Single Ply stops by the show to give away a couple of Humanitarian Bowl tickets and Joe makes him earn his time by talking about the single ply membrane roofing systems he installs and repairs for flat and low sloping...
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19 DEC 2009 Show
19 DEC 2009 Show...
The HomeFix Show | 19 DEC 2009 Joe talks about his longest lasting Christmas gift. Home repair topics include fogged up windows, broken seals and the causes and solutions. Stanley Johnson from Heating Equipment Company calls in to expand on last weeks subject of heating issues and...
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12 DEC 2009 Show
12 DEC 2009 Show...
The HomeFix Show | 12 DEC 2009 It’s an “Ask a Plumber” show and joining Joe is Ray from Master Rooter Plumbing. They talk about freezing pipes and what to do to avoid them as well as what to do if it happens to you. Kristin Rayner from SmartStraps calls in and introduces the...
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