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Is Your Furnace Ready for Winter?
I wandered outside this morning and felt the cool in the breeze — the first signs of autumn. The air felt cooler than normal and the breeze was crisper. The fall colors were exciting to see. Halloween, is and the first snow fall are coming soon. When I looked at my house, I realized that I have some work to get it ready for winter. I need to caulk and weather strip my windows and doors, as well as better insult my attic. However, the most important part of feeling comfortable in the winter is my furnace. With tax rebates from the government available to those who qualify, now may be a good time to replace your furnace. But how do you really know? These next few tips will help you determine whether or not you need to replace your current furnace, or if you can hold out for another season.
Find Out Early: In many parts of the country the weather is quite warm still and hardly anyone is thinking of cold, winter nights. However, now is the time to think about your furnace and get it checked out. Usually heating and cooling specialists run specials this time of year knowing that most people aren't thinking of the health of their furnace. Getting it checked out now, by a professional, can save you time and money in the future. He could simply do an easy tune-up or a basic repair. This will enable you to flip on your furnace with confidence when the first really cold day arrives. You don't want to be sitting in your house, without heat, waiting for the next available repairman. At that point you may be so desperate you will do anything and pay anything just to have heat and end up spending a lot more than you planned. Getting your furnace checked out now can save you time, stress, and money in the future.
Keep it Simple: Save yourself time and money by doing the simple things to maintain your heating unit. If it has a filter, replacing it at the recommended intervals will save you a lot of money in repairs. If you don't replace the filter often enough, it can get so dirty air has a difficult time moving through. This causes the motor to work harder and eventually burn out. There are many kinds of filters on the market. Some are extremely inexpensive, but need to be replaced more often. Some are especially designed for allergy sufferers, but are more costly. Make sure you have the right size filter for your furnace — the numbers are typically on the side of the filter — and replace them when needed. If you have a lot of traffic through your home, you may need to replace your filter more often than if you don't.
Take Advantage of the Deals: With the struggling economy, there are deals to be found out there. Right now the government is offering tax rebates for those who buy qualifying heating units, not to mention the deals from the retailers themselves. There are some great, high-efficiency units on the market which, although a little more expensive now, will pay for themselves later on through the energy savings you will see. And with the energy prices we saw last winter, finding some way to lower those costs is definitely a bonus. Not to mention your home being warmer as well. Spend a little time doing some research so you are prepared when you walk into a retailer.
Don't be Left in the Cold: By starting now you can ensure yourself a more comfortable home during the coming months. You'll save yourself time and money by switching your furnace on for a few minutes now in order to assess if there are any problems. Also, be sure to protect yourself and your family: install carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in case your furnace has an unanticipated leak.
Marty Craigs is an expert on home security and related topics. He also does writing and research on a number of related topics, such as torxplus security screws, products, and other hardware. Visit http://www.securityscrew.com/ to learn more about security, tamper resistant, and tamper proof screws and read about other security products.
Tamper-Proof Seals?
I opened a gallon of Clorox bleach yesterday and found that it had one of those solid tamper-proof seals under the cap, the kind that you have to peel off. My question is, why? I can understand putting them on milk and other consumable liquids but I don't understand why it's on a bottle of bleach.
Are manufacturers afraid that someone is going to taint their product?
It's so people who are handling it before it is sold don't get leaky bleach on themselves. The bottles are often thrown around and can even be turned upside down. When I worked at the grocery store I had one that was leaky and I had burns all down my arm.
Comment on Editorial: The politics of voter ID rules (Denver Post)
We need ONE federal law, across all states, that fairly and equitably allows
the young, disabled, elderly, minority, voter to cast a vote. Voters in Oregon
should be held to the same standards as voters in Maine without the constant
flux in voting requirements we see year after year that deters more people
from participating in the democracy.
Secondly, we should NOT allow our government to introduce electronic voting
machines as they have proven to be susceptible to hacking:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20113 ... -changing/
This isn't something new, but in some politicians quest to privatize anything
and everything, they're being "persuaded" to go this route. It's bad for
Colorado, bad for Democracy.
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_19493644
Another one of Gesslar's brilliant schemes:
Among the changes being considered:
??? Eliminating the requirement that video security surveillance be
"continuous" in areas where election software is used. Video surveillance is
required for 60 days before and 30 days after an election.
??? Eliminating the requirement that a county clerk or election judge who
suspects tampering report it to the secretary of state. Instead, such
investigations would be handled at the county level.
??? Reducing the number of tamper-proof seals that must be placed on seams of
cases that hold ...
Tamper-proof digital files
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