Are you tired of stains on your garage floor?  Are you tired of the smell in your garage from products that saturate the porous concrete floor?   Well, I am.  I have decided to coat my garage floor with epoxy coating to create a protective surface that prevents saturation and penetration.  Epoxy coatings also protect against shop chemicals which may also penetrate your garage floor.   Here’s how you apply e ...

If you live in an apartment/condo or have more than a 1-story residence located in a congested urban area with no outside access, you may want to consider installation of a balcony-on-demand or a fold-out balcony.  I live in a rather open area and the idea that I couldn’t go outside my own home and enjoy the nice weather was not an option.  The fold-out balcony is ideal for large city dwellers where 90% liv ...

Geothermal heating pumps have been around since the late 1940’s.  The increase in installation of geothermal systems can be contributed to homeowner’s wanting to decrease their energy usage due to the extreme increases in oil and natural gas prices over past recent years.  Geothermal heating and cooling system installation continues to increase by 15% each year.  New technology and improved equipment has al ...

Through electric cooperatives, co-op members have obtained funds from the federally funded American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for energy saving improvements.  Illinois alone has received $2.5 million for it’s program called HomE.    Since May 2010 over 2,600 Illinois co-op members have received energy assessments (audits) and 2,100 co-op members received up to $1,500.00 in energy efficiency grants.   Th ...