Keep the House Comfortable

If you are a homeowner, it is important that you have your heating and cooling systems checked out at least once a year. This ensures that your units are working at peak efficiency and are saving you as much money as possible on your heating and cooling bills.

The optimal time to have your heating and cooling unit checked out is during the spring months or during the fall months. Scheduling a service appointment during those times of the year allows a technician to make repairs prior to a season when you are going to use your furnace or air conditioner on a regular basis.

You can also take steps to ensure that your HVAC unit is as clean as possible and working at peak efficiency. If possible, clean as much of your duct work as possible to get rid of excess dust that could be causing fan blades to work harder than they need to. All you need to do this is a clean rag and a mask to cover your mouth with.

Talking to a Virginia HVAC dealer is the first step toward heating and cooling your home for less money. While others are too hot or too cold throughout the year, your home will always be at an optimal temperature.

A Clean Space

When building a cleanroom, there are some things that you might need that you might not be able to find on a hardware store shelf. These cleanroom products can be used whether you need a new room or if you need a room that you currently have updated to include a new HVAC system. It is ideal to start with the floor and the walls so that you can later add any furniture and other items that you might need in the room. You can create walls that are made of glass and steel so that you can see what is going on in the room.

After you have the basics of the room established, it’s time to add the other details. Biosafety cabinets can be placed on the walls to store all of the important items that will be used in the room. HEPA filters and fans are typically placed in the ceiling to provide ventilation while in the room. The furniture in the room will depend on what the room is used for such as a room in hospital or a lab. Tables can be added so that experiments can be completed, and carts can be put in the rooms to make it easier to transport materials from one location to another.

A Street Sweeper

This afternoon I waited for my husband inside our car. He’s buying some medicine at a hospital’s drugstore. I saw a street sweeper doing his job nearby. Thanks to him and all street sweepers to keep clean the city streets.

Monday Mellow Yellows

Simple Lock

Our home has a left-side steel door with a hinge lock that leads straightly to the front yard. My first time to capture it. I guess it looks nice in B&W.

 The Weekend in Black and White

House Cleaning Tips after the Flood

House Cleaning Tips after the Flood -Lately some of us are affected by flood, especially people who are living in areas prone to flooding. Cleaning house after the flood is certainly exhausting work. Do not give up; here are some house cleaning tips that may help you:

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1. Put off electricity

Electricity-supply company usually decides to cut the power lines in the flood-stricken areas. But when the power of your home is still on, you must immediately turn off it to avoid short circuit or an electric shock hazard.

2. Use clean  water

Flooding would make mud into houses. Spray the house with clean water using a long hose and rubber drain to remove the mud from inside the house.

3. Wear gloves, footwear and masks

The spread of respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases after floods could be very fast. To avoid getting affected by the diseases, there is no harm if you use gloves, footwear and a mask when cleaning the house.

4.Disinfectant sprayer

Still related to the post-flood diseases, disinfectants are essentially required when cleaning the house. Spray the disinfectant onto the wall, floors or difficult to reach spots such as beneath cabinets and sidelines of desks.

5. Drying damp items

Drying out using solar light is the most effective. In addition to remove the moisture, it may also kill germs and repel odor. Small stuffs such as clothing, blankets or towels can be washed in the normal way or soaked it first using hot water. While carpets or mattress, after being cleaned and dried, each should also be sprayed with disinfectant to kill the nesting germs. And then you must dry out them again.

6.Boil the tableware

Digestive diseases most easily spread after flooding. To avoid it, boil the metal tableware for 5-10 minutes, or at least watered them using boiled water.