Owners Notebook

A design / build residential and light commercial construction company.

Here is the link to the old "home owners guide" We are rebuilding and making the
information more extensive, I'm presently writing articles that interest me and hopefully
you as a home owner or tradesman so at the moment we are under renovation.

Check often I'll be adding the articles as I complete them

Rebates from ENERGY STARŽ Partners To encourage customers to buy energy efficient
products, ENERGY STAR partners occasionally sponsor rebates on qualified products. Here is a
link to a zip code search if you are about to renovate or replace products for your home.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are presently redesigning & updating our site

Try the menu links for the older pages

we'll be completed very soon!

Plenty of new projects,

tips & new owner information

The Owners Notebook

Tips and interesting information for Home Owners & the Trades

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In the U.S. homeowners spend approximately $1,329 per
home each year to operate their appliances. The graph to the
left represents their average energy usage. Kitchen appliances
for example use about 20% of the energry consumed in an
average home. If you are purchasing new appliances for

your remodel the appliances operating costs could exceed the intial price several times over during it's lifetime.

How to read and use energy guide labels, appliance payback & lifetime estimates

The Owners Notebook Articles

Articles written for home owners, the trades and the handyman

A new series by Gordon of Alter Eagle, using the internet as reference.

How to calculate FHR to read the energy guide & size a heater for your home on peak water consumption.

How to size a water tank based on number of bdrms & bathrooms

Hot water heater Maintenance, how they work and facts you should know.

How to read the energy guide labels.

How to calculate the payback period on a more expensive energy saving appliance

A formula so you can use the energy guide label to get the life time costs of a unit

The occupational analysis of a general carpenter.

Traits and Attitudes a carpenter should have.

The career path of a carpenter

Lush green grass may grow over the absorption field, even during dry weather, which indicates that an excessive
amount of liquid from your system is moving up through the soil, instead of downward, as it should. (With due
respect to Erma Bombeck, the grass in a healthy lawn shouldn't be greener over the septic field.)