Electrical Safety…don’t get fried!
Fire departments responded to an estimated average of 46,700 home fires involving electrical failure or malfunction each year in 2015–2019. These fires caused an estimated average of 390 civilian deaths and 1,330 civilian injuries each year in 2015–2019, as well as an estimated $1.5 billion in direct property damage a year. Electrical failures or malfunctions were the second leading cause of electrical home…
10 Things you must know about home security
A Crime of Opportunity Break-ins are a crime of opportunity, where entry is gained due to carelessness of homeowners. Follow these ten essentials and you will all but eliminate the chance of unlawful entry. 1. Lock all your doors 24/7* Most unlawful entry is through doorways. And about 50% of those are through doors left unlocked. An unlocked lock is…
Is White the new Green? Bye-bye Formaldehyde
In 2002, the Johns Manville company converted its entire line of building insulation to formulations that do not contain added formaldehyde. Prior to 2002, there had been limited use of acrylic binders to replace formaldehyde by Johns Manville and its competitors, and JM’s conversion was the first full-scale application of the technology. In 2008, Generations introduced this insulation into it’s…
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