We are always looking for ways to live more sustainably. There are numerous ways to reduce our carbon footprints, specifically the amount of plastic waste we produce in our everyday lives. Here we will...
We had a lot of rain this past summer and we’re seeing a lot of crawlspaces that are still wet. And this is the time of year when the dryer wintertime air should have absorbed the excess moisture from the torrential rain we experienced over the summer. So if you...
It’s that time of year again. Cold nights and cooler temps during the day. New River Valley area residents are remembering the arctic freeze that took place last winter and thinking about preparations needed to prepare for the winter to come. Yes, this is our...
This is a very interesting topic to me, and furthermore, this is a subject that may be of great interest to the many Virginians who own homes with crawl space foundations. Conditioned crawl-spaces have their exterior walls insulated instead of an average home that has...
I’ve loved the look of log homes since I was a kid, and I always wanted to build one. And when I learned about cordwood construction a few years back, I knew a time would come when I would be stacking those logs up and admiring the beauty that this construction...