winterizing

Welcome to the 'winterizing' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'winterizing'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “winterizing”

• A Working Caturday with Al!

  
  Cats of Wildcat Woods — Authority: 117
  Its a fairly warm sunny day and we are all enjoying the rays! Mom and Pop will be finishing up winterizing our screen cat room over the weekend. Pop hurt his knee this week so Mom will be doing the ladder and stapling the plastic over the screen. They did something new this year - adding panels that can be ...
  1 day ago

• The Perfect Fire

  
  The 5min Blog — Authority: 130
  There’s nothing better than a family weekend. It has been a while since I got over the rebel phase, so between clubbing or being home with my parents, I go with the second one. Tea, cookies, conversation, old albums, the kids running around. And the fireplace, of course. I would say that after the table, the ...
  2 days ago

• Add a little harvest outside…

  
  No Fuss Fabulous — Authority: 119
  …this Thanksgiving! For those of you living in the West and Southwest, utilize your popular tall grass perennials as stand-in “cornstalks” before you trim them for winterizing.  Tie a ribbon around the grass tightly to create a “cornstalk” cluster and then cluster your gourds and pumpkins around the base.  ...
  4 days ago

• Preparing Your Home For Winter

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 441
  As the cold weather approaches there are some things you can do to prepare your home for winter.  Clarksville temperatures have been known to get into the single digits in the winter so don’t get caught in the cold without getting your home all tucked in. In preparing your home for winter there are several steps ...
  1 week ago

• Frugal living tip #44.

  
  Poor Richard's Almanac — Authority: 426
  Silence Dogood here, with another Frugal Living Tip from Poor Richard’s Almanac. This one’s about getting your home ready for winter, and it’s courtesy of the newsletter in our monthly bill from our electric utility company. They suggest removing any cracked caulking around doors and windows and recaulking to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tips for preparing your home for winter

  
  Home Buyers & Sellers Homeowners — Authority: 122
  Here in the Midwest, the mornings are starting out a bit nippy . Hovering in the low 30s makes for lively stepping across hardwood floors at dawn’s early light. Although not necessarily “gentle,” the falling temperatures are a reminder that it’s time to get the house ready for winter. Here are a few tips ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s that time again …

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 437
  … autumn is in full swing and winter isn’t far behind. If you haven’t winterized your home, now is the time. Depending on where you live this could be a quick afternoon of mild chores, or an entire operation to get your house ready for worst Jack Frost can bring. The first step should be checking out the heating ...
  3 weeks ago

• Easy Lawn Winterizing Tips

  
  Life and Lawns — Authority: 92
  Now that it is November, many of you are thinking that your lawn care for the season is over. Trust me, I understand you are looking forward to putting up Christmas lights and getting all snug by the fire, but don’t let that lawn go to bed just yet! Winterizing your lawn is pretty easy guys, and very very ...
  3 weeks ago

• Passionflower, Fuchsia, Lemon Verbena and More – Tender Plants are now in for Winter. Except the Fig

  
  Leslie Land — Authority: 119
  It’s a ‘Chicago Hardy’, reputedly among the toughest, this year’s shot at zone denial. The goal is to have it live outdoors all winter,  without dying down to the roots. But our part of the Hudson Valley is still zone 5b, though teetering on the edge of 6, and figs are not hardy north of zone 7.  So what ...
  3 weeks ago

• More Electrical Outlet Sealing

  
  Garden Gnome at Home — Authority: 112
  Electrical outlets can result a considerable source of air leakage and infiltration. A couple of posts ago I discussed sealing and insulating electrical switches on outside walls. This is necessary to eliminate as much air infiltration as possible thus reducing drafts. If you take a good look at the actual metal or ...
  4 weeks ago

• Recovery Act Tax Credits Help Homeowners Winterize and Advise from IRS

  
  Huntsville Alabama | Mortgage loans | Credit cards | car loans | Apartments | Rent | Real estate — Authority: 130
  People can now weatherize their homes and be rewarded for their efforts. According to the Internal Revenue Service, homeowners making energy-saving improvements this fall can cut their winter heating bills and lower their 2009 tax bill as well.The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), enacted ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cold Busters

  
  Garden Gnome at Home — Authority: 112
  My childhood home was definitely not energy efficient! It was a small 2-story home with dirt floor walk-out basement. The gas hot water tank was in the basement. My Mom kept bushels of apples, potatoes and home canned foods down in the basement aka dungeon. The main level was heated by 2 natural gas space heaters ...
  4 weeks ago

• Cut Back on Home Heating Costs this Winter with a Portable Heater

  
  Saving Gas — Authority: 161
  Although some natural gas customers are receiving a bit of relief in home heating costs this winter, it’s still expensive to very expensive to heat a home for 5 or 6 months out of the year regardless of what source of fuel you use. American Consumer News has previously discussed some strategies to cut back on home ...
  4 weeks ago

• Winterize Before the Snow Flies

  
  Used Semi Trailers — Authority: 107
   Winterizing a Trailer No matter what type of trailer you have, it’s important to keep it updated for the winter. Trailers that are not properly winterized are liable to receive damage and be unable to work properly. In addition, it may have a much shorter lifespan if you do not winterize. Preparing your trailer ...
  4 weeks ago

• Quick Fall Home Improvements For That Extra Daylight Savings Hour

  
  Home Improvements Depot — Authority: 107
  Most of the United States will be turning their clocks back one hour for “Daylight Savings Time” this coming Sunday, and I thought it would be a good time to mention a few quick and easy home improvement projects you can with that all that “extra” time you have!We’ve been taught for years to replace [...]
  4 weeks ago

• 28 Cash-Saving Ways To Get Your House Winter Ready [Home]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 797
  Brrrr! Its getting cold and its time to get the ol homestead ready so Jack Frost isnt picking your pocket through your unsealed windows and faulty furnaces. In the comments section on the popular " 9 House Fixes To Save $ Before Winter Starts " post you guys left lots of great ideas on how youre getting prepared this ...
  4 weeks ago

• 28 Cash-Saving Ways To Get Your House Winter-Ready [Home]

  
  Consumerist — Authority: 797
  Brrrr! Its getting cold and its time to get the ol homestead ready so Jack Frost isnt picking your pocket through your unsealed windows and faulty furnaces. In the comments section on the popular " 9 House Fixes To Save $ Before Winter Starts " post you guys left lots of great ideas on how youre getting prepared this ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Ultimate in Winterizing Water Pipes

  
  Garden Gnome at Home — Authority: 112
  Sometimes winterizing involves closing up a house or cottage for the winter months and this is typically the time for doing that winterizing. When it comes to dealing with winterizing there really are two options available. The first is to leave some type of heat source on or use a pipe heater and hope there is no ...
  5 weeks ago

• Five quick tips to get your home ready for Winter

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 441
  These are five easy things you can do to get your home ready for the chill of winter.  Being proactive winterizing your home can result in substantial savings in the cost of heating your home. Roof repairs : If you can safely get onto your roof to inspect for missing shingles or other factors that may lead to a ...
  5 weeks ago

Comments about winterizing