Author Archive: Brian Ashworth
4 Reasons for Investing in an Instantaneous Water Heater for Your Home
Guest Post by Bijoy Hembram How would you feel about running out of hot water during your shower? Then one of the essential aspects to include in your to-do list should be to get a quality tankless water heating system…
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Your letter box
I know that a lot of communications come via Email and Facebook now but I still like to receive mail. A nice card means a lot more to me than a Happy Birthday tweet. If you are like me and…
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An Introduction into Home Security Cameras
Guest post by Prince Kapoor According to Alarms.org, there are roughly 2.5 million burglaries each year in the U.S., with 66% of those being home break-ins. If you’re a homeowner or even if you rent and you’re looking to keep…
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Working With Your Site Supervisor
If you are building your new house with a big builder once the contract is signed the most important person in the build is going to be the Site Supervisor(SS). The site supervisor is responsible for programming the works, ordering…
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Ghost Houses
Sometimes when you are driving round a housing estate you see a Ghost House. The house that was under construction and then for some reason everything stopped. Three, five, sometimes even ten or more years later its still half built….
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7 Ways To Allergy Proof Your Bedroom
Guest Post by Dennis Hamming Allergies and nasal congestion can make it hard to get a good night’s sleep. If you suffer from allergies, you might find that your symptoms get worse at night. Waking up repeatedly because your nose…
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The Flying Triangle
A triangular building supported by a tripod like arrangement 2m above a park…..Weird or what? This is the Emerald Street Community Centre in Essendon. Originally erected in 1963 as an infant welfare centre it was designed by Garnet Price, the…
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How Do Solar Panels Increase the Value of the Property?
Guest Post By Aaron Campbell The world is fast-changing, and many are looking at the ways and means of maintaining our ecosystem while living comfortably. Many sources of energy are associated with the negative impacts on the environment and the…
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Insulation Basics – Calculating R Values
A previous post –introduced R and U values In this post we will demonstrate how to calculate R values. Well it all starts with the thermal conductivity of the building material. The ‘k’ value. This is a measure of how fast…
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Insulation Basics – ‘R’ and ‘U’ Value
R Value R1.5 Batts, R2.0 Batts……. all the way up to R6.0 Batts, but what does it all mean? The R value is a measure of the thermal resistance of the component of the material. In other word how hard…
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