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Archive | June, 2010

Customer Service Outside of the (Cardboard) Box

See all of that cardboard?  Just yesterday that was at one of our customers’ houses.  Our technician Ron told me that he had a customer who had a lot of cardboard in their garage but they didn’t know what to do with it.  As a courtesy, he offered to take it and recycle it for [...]

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Do It Yourself Dryer Vent Cleaning

When was the last time that you looked in your dryer vent?  A lot of people don’t think to ever take a peek and unknowingly let the lint quietly build up until it becomes a safety hazard.  One of our technicians was talking today about how he sees this problem a lot and wanted me [...]

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Hohm Sweet Hohm

I just found a cool site still in Beta testing that lets you see what energy usage your home has.  Microsoft’s new Hohm program allows you to see what you’re using, what people in your area are using, and what you can do to improve the amount of energy you use.  They give some great [...]

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Air Conditioning Is Surprisingly Prevalent

Even though our weather is abysmal and dreary right now, we are about to head into the most glorious of seasons in Western Washington– the summer.  Soon we will have some hot weather coming our way and you will want to be prepared.  And I mean more than just rolling out the lemonade.  I’m talking [...]

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