May
2000 Newsletter
- What's new! Plus
April's $100 winner!
- May's $$ Saving
Tip -Stains on your countertops
- Making your home
more secure
- Prepaid Contractors
Licenses
- Our Sponsors
- The monthly funny!
:) "Two Gas Men"
1. What's
new! Plus April's $100 winner!
Home-Work is growing daily,
helping more and more people find
reliable contractors for their projects. Thank you to all
of you who
have used our service, and welcome to those of you who are about
to try us out! Please don't hesitate to call us at
247-1387 or email us if you have any questions about our free
referral service.
Congratulations to this month's winner of $100 towards his
renovation project! The winner is John Steele!
Please note if you
receive this newsletter by email, you are registered every month
for our draw! Best of luck!
2. May's
$$ Saving Tip - Stains on your countertops
If you have stubborn stains on
your plastic laminate countertops,
here's a quick tip that may surprise you. Most stains on
laminate will respond very well to freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Just leave the juice on the stain for about half an hour, then
sprinkle on some baking soda. As the baking soda and lemon juice
interact, start scrubbing the stain with a clean cloth. After a
few minutes, simply wipe the mixture away, and you should be
enjoying stain-free countertops once again.
(Jim Dulley)
3. Making
your home more secure
To make you house more secure,
you do not have to drive up your electric bills with outdoor
lights on all night. Here are some simple, low-energy usage
security tips:
1) Install motion-sensing outdoor security lights and adjust
them to stay on only one minute after motion is no longer
detected.
2) Post a "Security Alarm" or "Beware of
Dog" sign in your yard.
3) Make sure all of your window latches and locks are in the
fully locked position. If a latch is not fully locked, wiggling
it from outdoors can sometimes loosen it and allow the window to
be opened.
4) Plant thorny varieties of shrubs under windows in dark areas.
(Jim Dulley)
4. Prepaid
Contractor's Licenses
Last month, we did a segment on
"Paying for your Renovation Work". This outlined
when and how Alberta Municipal Affairs suggests you pay for your
renovation work. I wanted to take this time to let you
know about companies that are able to take money upfront for
your renovation projects. These companies are licensed by
Alberta Housing & Consumer Affairs as "Prepaid
Contractors". These companies have qualified for this
licensing and also carry a bond which protects the customer
should the work not be completed properly. These
companies, in having this license, are legally allowed to
collect a down payment and interim payments for projects.
For more information, please visit http://www.gov.ab.ca/ma
5. Our
Sponsors
- Remax House of Real Estate
- Keaco Services
- Phantom Screens
- The Blind Doctor
- Blinds 2000
- High Security Lock Co.
- Pillar to Post Home Inspection - Realty
World Tempo
- Richardson Rug & Upholstery
- Handles & More
-Window
Works
- Magiclean Cleaning Services
- AmeriSpec Home Inspection Services
To find out more click here.
6. The Monthly
Funny :-) "Two Gas Men"
Two gas company servicemen, a
senior training supervisor and a young trainee, were out
checking meters in a suburban Calgary neighborhood. They parked
their truck at the end of the alley and worked their way to the
other end. At the last house a woman looking out her kitchen
window watched the two men as they checked her gas meter.
Finishing the meter check, the senior supervisor challenged his
younger co-worker to a foot race down the alley back to the
truck to prove that an older guy could outrun a younger one. As
they came running up to the truck, they realized the lady from
the last house was huffing and puffing right behind them. They
stopped and asked her what was wrong. Gasping for breath, she
replied, "When I see two gas men running as hard as you two
were, I figured I'd better run too!"
