Episode 248
Week of Dec. 22, 2007
A warning from scientists offers an opportunity for builders. Good design enhances the view and protects a home on the beach. Saving money by reusing water. The click takes some of the guess work out of stringing pipes.
Business Tip:
Why Build An Outdoor Room
- Place to relax
- Adding home value
- Extending living space
- Place to entertain
Source: Propane Education & Research Council
Old Castle Pavers
Segment 1:
In the News:
- World's top climate scientists issue dire report about global warming. UN Council says human activity is causing the earth to warm and warns that if it isn't slowed there will be more famine, water shortages, droughts and fierce storms. About 20% of greenhouse emissions come from homes.
- First Mold Safe Model Home opens in New Hampshire .
- Building in Wildfire Hot Spots: ICC offers building materials recommendations. Fast-Growing-Trees.com recommends plating a smart landscape.
- Smart design and building techniques can help protect homes built on the coast.
Resources:
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Mold Safe Model Home Opens Its Doors
Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
International Code Council/Wildfire Safety
Fast Growing Trees Nursery
Dream Home Central
Building the HGTV Dream Home 2008
Segment 2:
It's All About Building Products: handy products to make a home more accessible for anyone who lives there. And hind the tank that fuels the HGTV Dream Home is bath an aesthetic and a safety decision.
Resources:
Propane Education & Research Council
Editor's Choice Universal Design Products
Hansamurano E Faucet from Hansa
Hansacanyon Faucet from Hansa
Safety Tub
Product of the Day Sweepstakes
Segment 3:
The Best Practices for doing business better: give your customers a free option to water their landscape.
Resources:
Build IQ
Segment 4:
A home spa can be a nice selling point plus a manufacturer offers online installation advice that you can tap into right from the jobsite.
Resources:
Moen
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