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How to properly set and maintain a whole home humidifier
With the weather in the Midwest turning cold quicker than normal this fall, many people are turning on their furnaces. In my experience, more than half of homes sold in the greater Twin Cities metro are also equipped with a whole-home humidifer (often known by the...
Making the Switch to Battery Powered Lawn Equipment
In the past couple years, battery-powered tools for yardwork (also called Outdoor Power Equipment / OPE) have become increasingly popular. If you've been into a big box hardware store, you've probably seen a futuristic leaf blower or even a riding lawnmower and...
2020 Eagan Apple Valley Rosemount Housing Outlook
2020 ISD 196 Housing Market Outlook With 2020 well under way, I wanted to take some time and assess the last year and look ahead at this year. Today I take a deep dive at what has happened in the past year and what is likely to come. Here are my predictions for the...
January is Radon Awareness Month
If you have bought or sold a home in the last five years, you have probably had a discussion regarding Radon. As a refresher, radon is a naturally occurring gas that enters homes through the lowest rooms, and it is odorless as well as a colorless. The problem with...
Organics Recycling for Twin Cities Homeowners
Are you tired of trash? In our house, we sure were; especially around holiday times when the trash bin seemed close to over-filled. Many homes already recycle plastics, metals and paper(though we can all do better it seems). The problem for many households is the...