November 2000 Newsletter
- About Us & October's $100 winner!
- November's $$ Saving Tip - Your furnace and ink
in the carpet
- Which jobs to do yourself and which to hire out
- Winter snow facts
- Our Sponsors
- The monthly funny! :)
1. About Us & October's $100
winner!
Home-Work is expanding! Please welcome our
new partner Shaun Tourigny! Shaun will be helping us expand our service within Calgary and
bring other Canadian cities on board.
Congratulations to October's winner of $100 towards her renovation project! The winner is Vicky Field! If you receive this newsletter by e-mail, you are
registered for each monthly draw. Best of luck!
It was nice to meet so many customers at the Calgary Apartment Association trade
show Oct. 26/00. Please try our service, and let us take the frustration out of finding a
contractor!
2. November's $$ Saving Tips
- Your furnace and ink in carpet
To reduce the chance of a furnace failure
during a winter cold snap, consider hiring a heating contractor to give your furnace a
"tune-up" this fall. Replace the filter and keep extra filters on hand to
replace at least once or twice during the winter. If you have a humidifier, clean it
thoroughly to avoid health problems from airborne bacteria. A clean house is a happy
house!
(Courtesy of http://www.cityhues.com) A great place to learn about Calgary!
Here is a quick tip you might want to try
if you have ink in your carpet. Put dry baking soda in carpet and rub it in the ink stain.
Then put a little more on top, then pour vinegar on it and keep blotting it with clean
paper towel until the ink is gone. You may have to repeat the steps over a few times but
the end results is no more ink in the carpet. If you have several pesky stains, contact
Home-Work. We can recommend fabulous carpet cleaning companies.
3. Which
jobs to do yourself and which to hire out
Jobs to Do Yourself
- Projects with inexpensive materials and tools like minor painting, sealing a
driveway
- Projects that involve "grunt" work (more sweat than brains) like removing
paint, wallpaper, tiles, or old carpeting
- Labor-intensive jobs like yard maintenance and minor landscaping
- Projects that are too small for a contractor like patching wall holes, repairing a
broken screen
- Jobs that pay back in energy savings like weatherstripping around doors and caulking
windows
- Projects that improve your lifestyle with conveniences like closet shelving,
easy-to-clean tile, a ceiling fan
Jobs to Hire Out
- Projects that involve electrical, plumbing, or foundation work must pass local
building codes, so hire a licensed professional who knows what's required.
- Projects that require expensive specialized tools like a floor sander, scaffolding
- Projects with expensive building materials like custom-painted tile or high-end
carpeting or wall covering
- For projects that change the exterior of the house or rework the interior floor plan,
hire a professional designer.
4. Winter snow facts!
Here are two things to know about snow that
can help you save money this winter.
1. Huge piles of snow may be great for kids building forts, but it poses a concern for
lawns: snow mold. By spreading snow over a larger area, you reduce the chances of snow
mold becoming a problem. When removing ice treated with an ice-melter from driveways and
walks, spread it over a large area. If you concentrate this salty material just along the
edge of the drive or walk, these areas may show signs of salt damage next spring.
2.. Although snow feels cold on your hands and feet, it can actually be a good foundation
insulator and sealer. There is a lot of energy loss through the exposed foundation surface
of most houses. There is also a lot of air leakage where the house walls rest on the top
of the foundation. Unless your basement or crawl space has a water leakage problem, as
soon as above-freezing temperatures are forecast, shovel the snow up against the
foundation. The snow will seal any cold air leaks. It will also create a thermal buffer
from the cold nighttime winds.
5. Our Sponsors
Do you need a home inspection done or your
house sold? Please find out more about our sponsoring companies online at: http://www.homeworkcanada.com/sponsors.htm
Pillar to Post Home Inspection, Remax House of Real Estate, AmeriSpec Home Inspection
Services, Informative Home Inspections, Phantom Screens, High Security Lock Co.,Realty
World Tempo, Keaco Services.
6. The Monthly
Funny :-)
Some friends and I were discussing, if a lawyer can be
disbarred, doesn't it follow that a banker can be disinterested and a blackjack dealer can
be discarded? Continuing with that theme:
Can't an electrician be discharged, a professional mover dislocated, a residential
developer distracted and steel worker distempered?
