Winter treats our homes with all the tenderness of a sledgehammer slamming into drywall and a hungry shark devouring a meal. For some seasonally unreasonable reason, winter has a grudge for our homes. When reached for comment, Old Man Winter declined, saying he was too busy plotting another winter storm to hurl on Iowa. Mother […]
Few air home leak problems are as obvious a a stiff autumn breeze (complete with leaves) roaring through your living room. Weak seal leaks in your home can be harder to detect to the naked eye than a deep cover spy in Moscow. As the U.S. Department of energy stresses, “Reducing the amount of air […]
As the thermostat plunges further toward zero, the nervous Iowa homeowner prays to St. Sebaldus, the Patron Saint of Fighting Cold Weather, that her home’s aging water supply pipes can withstand the latest polar plunge of a relentless Iowa winter. For many Iowans with older homes, this is a heartbreaking fact of brutal Iowa winters. […]
These Easy-To-Keep 2019 Efficiency Goals Will Keep Money In Your Wallet & Out Of Your Bill The invisible dollars we don’t see floating from our homes and out of all wallets can be mind-blowing when we finally sit and break down what our home’s energy usage is costing us. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports […]
Old Man Winter’s Worst Damage Often Doesn’t Appear Until Spring The good news for winter-weary Iowans: Regardless of what Punxsutawney Phil (who, rumor has it, has been put in the Groundhog Protection Program by the FBI for his own safety) says, spring is coming. But what cost this winter’s ruthless savagy has inflicted upon your […]
Aunt Bethany: “Is your house on fire, Clark?” Clark Griswold: “No Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.” National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Alas, The Grinch That Stole Christmas isn’t just a timeless Dr. Seuss classic. It’s the heartbreaking true story thousands of American families will suffer through this holiday season Residential house fires are more frequent, more […]
From Anne and Bill Allen: A year ago last January when our state was in a deep freeze we received a phone call from our neighbor that we had a water pipe break. I did not understand the extent of damage 34,000 gallons of water could do until receiving pictures. Our insurance company contacted 380 […]
Winter has a bad habit of sucking the life out of everything, including your home’s energy savings. The calendar’s coldest month can put a deep freeze on your home’s energy efficiency. And with El Nino cooling off and the National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expecting temperatures to be much colder this winter – 17 […]
There is no greater energy source in the solar system than the sun, which makes it the perfect energy savings force for homes and businesses. Millions of American home and business owners have turned to the natural power of solar energy, but just how much savings can solar energy bring your home or business? PV […]
“No winter lasts forever. No spring skips its turn.” – Author Hal Borland We’ve weathered the snow storms, endured the cold and survived the woes of the calendar’s cruelest months. Even the notorious winter-loving Punxsutawney Phil has shed his shadow and is saying bring on spring. The sun will soon rise on the year’s most hopeful […]
