In the past, homebuyers would see a seller’s home pretty much as they lived day to day – with a messy kitchen, well used furniture, and clutter throughout the house. Sprucing up a home to appeal to a homebuyer was a foreign concept at the time. Today the real estate industry has learned that by [...]

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Originally posted 2008-09-21 07:47:00. Republished by Blog Post PromoterFloor Drain Primer Line – What is this?? Have you ever just been casually looking around in your basement, typically around your furnace area, and thought: what is this? Well the “what is this?” is infact a priming line for your floor drain. Let’s start at the [...]

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Notes slowing global economic growth The Bank of Canada increased the target for its trend-setting overnight lending rate on July 20, 2010, raising it by a quarter of a percentage point to 0.75 per cent. The increase follows on the heels of an equal interest rate increase in June 2010, when it was raised for [...]

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Originally posted 2008-09-07 09:55:45. Republished by Blog Post PromoterYour furnaces heat exchanger is the most valuable part of your furnace. The heat exchanger creates the separation of harmful gases and the warm air used for heating. The four main problems encountered with heat exchangers are Rust, Cracked, Clogged and Overheating. Rust – This is by [...]

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Location As per section 9.33.4.2 of the Ontario building code, where a fuel-burning appliance is installed in an occupied residence, a carbon monoxide detector must be installed adjacent to each bed in the bedroom. If you have a fuel-burning appliance installed in a service room that is not a bedroom, a detector must also be [...]

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We are offering our customers a completely new service at the best possible price in Barrie, Orillia or Alliston. You can now have a Professional Home Inspection or Thermal Scan of your home for the low price of $129.00. Sphere: Related Content Tweet This Post

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Originally posted 2010-01-14 12:42:45. Working smoke alarms save lives. Don’t be foolish enough to think a barking dog will awaken you or that you will smell smoke – don’t bet your life on it! SMOKE KILLS: Toxic smoke and fumes kill. In a house fire, it is the flames that do the structural damage, but [...]

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Originally posted 2008-11-13 08:52:00. Clean Your House – Change Your Furnace Filter   Recently I had my heating ducts cleaned in my house after finishing a renovation project. The duct cleaning company used a video camera to inspect my ducts before and during cleaning, what a sight to behold!   There were pieces of drywall left [...]

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Statistics released by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show that the number of newly listed homes and sales activity declined in June 2010. Seasonally adjusted national home sales activity via the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) Systems of Canadian real estate Boards receded 8.2 per cent in June from the previous month. Led by lower [...]

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Ants are perhaps the most irritating organisms in a house and it is quite difficult to remove them completely from your premises. However, there are a few simple methods in which you can ensure that they do not creep into your house and cause problems. Some home remedies are given below to enable you to [...]

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