


How to Prepare Your Home’s Furnace, Fireplace and Heating Systems for Winter
by Renovate with Tommy Mac | Nov 6, 2017 | HowTo, Seasonal, Winter Season
Keep your family warm AND safe this winter. Before you subject your home’s heating systems to the demands made on the home by dipping temps and cold, Canada winds, take a weekend (or two) to ensure that the furnace, fireplace and any other heating...
How to Protect Your Home During the Freeze-Thaw Cycle
by Renovate with Tommy Mac | Jan 1, 2017 | HowTo, Seasonal, Winter Season
Plummeting temperatures, followed by a rapid thaw, can cause all sorts of problems for the unready home. Winter is filled with dangers and hazards for your home. Frozen pipes. Ice dams. Basement and foundation leaks. It’s not just the freak snow...
Pruning for Winter Snow Damage
by ryw | Mar 2, 2015 | HowTo, Seasonal, Winter Season
When Mother Nature prunes she does it badly. Her pruning shears are wind, rain, fire and snow. And after this winter, we sure do know snow! The damage will be extensive.HERE ARE SOME TIPS about what to look for and what to do.1. Don’t touch any plants when they are...
Modern Myths of Flora and Fauna
by Ruth S. Foster | Feb 3, 2014 | HowTo, Seasonal, Winter Season
February begins with Groundhog Day when famous Punxsutawney Phil comes out from his winter sleep and looks around. If he sees his shadow, winter will be 6 weeks longer.It was sunny, so he saw his shadow. It’s been a bitterly cold winter so far and Spring will...
Home is Where the Hearth is:
Easy, Affordable Ways to Make the Most of your Fireplace
by Diana M. Cammarota | Jan 16, 2014 | HowTo, Seasonal, Winter Season
There are few things that create a sense of warmth and ambiance in a home like an open fireplace. However, as many fireplace owners can appreciate, sometimes it is, in fact, only a sense of warmth instead of a genuine source of heat. And, when improperly fitted, used...Categories
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