Mold Remediation: Getting Rid of Mold After Flooding
Getting Rid of Mold requires knowledge of what mold is, where it exists, how to detect it, why it proliferates and the consequences of living with it. Then we can properly dispose of it so we can enjoy healthy indoor living. There are many myths related to mold...
Save Money on Flood Repairs After Flood Damage
Getting your house in order after a hurricane isn’t an easy process, but it’s necessary to get your life back on track. Flood repairs and restorations aren’t cheap, however you can save money by cutting back on unnecessary repairs while you recover from natural...
Green, Yellow and Red Cards & Hurricane Electrical Safety Repair
Due to severe flooding from Hurricane Sandy, homes and businesses throughout New York City have suffered electrical water damage. Electrical panels, wires, outlets and appliances have all been affected, and as a result, these homes and businesses are without power....
Home Electrical Safety After Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy has already come, rocked New York City, and left but the aftereffects of her wrath are an everyday experience for you right now. Cold, flooded out and possibly in the dark, you’re still trying to make sense of everything that happened - and get...
Green Roofing – Yes You Can!
Many things have changed in the years, nay, centuries since modern tile siding and roofing became popular. There have been advances in so many areas of home and general building design and construction that looks to the past, outside of aesthetic reasons, have been...
Green Spring Cleaning
Have you ever heard of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)? You’re not alone in perhaps not knowing what that is, but they are chemicals found in many things we use from carpet cleaner to surface disinfectant to air fresheners to paint. In reality, this does more harm...
Sick Building Syndrome – Is It a Joke?
Before you ask yourself “what is sick building syndrome?”, I want you to take a personal inventory of what your is health like? Right now. If, after your personal health inventory, you acknowledge that you have been sick often, and you spend the majority of your time...
Basements and Indoor Air Quality
The basement. Home to a myriad of things we put away for storage, college kids using it a “pad”, and as a not-so-secret “underground lab” for when we need to work on special projects that may or may not be picked up by big business. But it can also be a breeding...
Eliminate, Isolate, Ventilate: 3 Steps for Better Indoor Air Quality
As seasons change, so do the needs of family household. In the winter, for example, you're more likely to turn the inside of your home into your children's playground, as winter storms and frigid weather make outside play impossible. Letting your children play inside...
Improving Indoor Air Quality
Oftentimes, we take the act of breathing for granted and forget that what we breathe inside our own homes is not always as clean and clear as the air outside. Sometimes what we think we know about outside pollutants and chemicals can cause us to remain indoors,...