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NetOffer Dallas Home Repairs and Services SuperBLOG for January

Posted by NetOffer in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX on Jan 29, 2010

NetOffer Dallas Home Repairs and Services SuperBLOG for January

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Denton Pest Control Service offers advice on Trees. January 21, 2010

Denton Pest Control Service owner Blake Williams offers some advice about Trees. I am often asked questions about trees. Although I am not an Arborist I have learned a few things about trees over the several years I have been in the Pest Control and Lawn Care business. One of the most common misconceptions I hear about trees is when a tree dies and Termites or Carpenter Ants are found in the dead tree people will assume the the Termites or Carpenter Ants killd the tree. This is almost never the case. These insects only attack wood that is already dead. Termites do not feed on green or living wood material and Carpenter Ants only nest in the dead parts of trees. The fact is that when Termites or Carpenter Ants are attacking a tree [more info...]

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Frisco Fence Company Raises the Value of your Home with Cedar Fences January 17, 2010

Frisco Fence Company owner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., uses Cedar Fences to improve property values for home owners. [caption id="attachment_329" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cedar Stained Wood Privacy Fence"][/caption] The pace of change is accelerating and in these modern times fences have become increasingly popular. Back in the 1950s and 1960s many of the homes in urban communities did not have a fence in their back yards. There was nothing to separate neighbors from each other. Since the 1960s the number of homes with back yard privacy fencing has increased to become well over 90 percent in urban cities such as Frisco Texas. Texas State Fence Co. understands that the most popular styles of fenc [more info...]

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Frisco Fence Company provides an overview of wood fence types. January 16, 2010

Frisco Fence Company owner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., offers help in selecting the best wood fence for your home. [caption id="attachment_321" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A Cedar Stained Wood Privacy Fence"][/caption] Form vs Function in a Wood Fence Trying to select which of the many options available from which to choose when you select materials for a fence can be overwhelming. You will need to consider many alternative materials and styles then make a selection. The choices that you make will affect the cost of the fence installation and it will also affect your property's value for the long term. You basically have two decision that you must make, from which all other options w [more info...]

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Frisco Fence Company offers huge selection of quality materials January 16, 2010

Frisco Fence Company (Texas State Fence Company) has a wide selection of material to select from when you consider building a fence. [caption id="attachment_313" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cedar Fence with Top Rail"][/caption] Here is a list of the quality materials we use Steel Posts Galvanized 2-3/8" steel - designed to last a long time without any maintenance WAPO brackets with 1.5" lag screws - very strong. Post set approximately 30"-36" deep in concrete - for strength against winds. Post set approximately 6' apart - to support the fence solidly Concrete mixed before it is placed into the hole - the only way to insure quality (Wood posts available, but not recommended because wood posts eventually spl [more info...]

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Frisco Fence Company advice for dealing with slopes on fence lines. January 09, 2010

Frisco Fence Companyowner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., offers advice on how to deal with slopes when building a fence. Creating an elevation drawing prior to building your fence forces you to confront the fact that you fence line may traverse a slope. Fence lines are often forced to traverse terrain that has some degree of slope and dealing that the slope correctly can impact the quality, beauty, and strength of your fence for many years to come. There are three basic construction choices that you have for dealing with slopes when building a fence. Those choices are: Stepped Framing Sloped (Parallel) Framing Hybrid Framing Stepped Framing With stepped framing the fence is built in sections with ea [more info...]

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Allen Fence Company: How to build around trees and obstacles. January 09, 2010

Allen Fence Company owner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., provides some tips for building around trees and other obstacles. Obviously the best course of action is to plan your fence so that the fence line avoids obstacles such as trees, boulders, and other immovable objects. When that is not possible you can make some adjustments to minimize the impact of the obstacle. In some cases you can create a little bump-out in the fence line to pass around the obstacle. If you must include the obstacle in the fence line, and if the fence includes posts, then you may find it useful to tinker with the framing plan on a scaled elevation. If the obstacle is a tree you will likely be tempted to simply fasten the fence to the tr [more info...]

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Frisco Heating Company: Is your home making your family sick? January 09, 2010

Frisco Heating Company owner Steve Lauten, President of Total Air and Heat Co., asks... Could Your Home Be Making You Sick? Written by Steve Lauten-Total Air & Heat Co. Plano, TX Impact of Heating and Air Conditioning system and your health. This is Part 5 in a series of articles I am writing that covers issues that impacts your health and comfort in your home or office. In my last article I discussed some of the more common methods to remedy a sick home. Read: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 and Part 4 of this series. Allergens: I consider allergens to be just about anything organic that cause the human respiratory system to be irritated. The methods of controlling and preventing allergens are basically the same as Particu [more info...]

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Plano Heating Company: Is your home making you sick? January 09, 2010

Plano Heating Company owner Steve Lauten, President of Total Air and Heat Co., asks... Could Your Home Be Making You Sick? Written by Steve Lauten-Total Air & Heat Co. Plano, TX Impact of Heating and Air Conditioning system and your health. This is Part 4 in a series of articles I am writing that covers issues that impacts your health and comfort in your home or office. In my last article I discussed some of the more common methods to remedy a sick home. Read: Part 1 and Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Particulates: Particulates are generated during new construction, remodels and even normal daily activities. Somehow all of this dust and particles need to be removed from the structure; otherwise you will be breathing it f [more info...]

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Dallas Heating Company: Is your home making you sick? January 09, 2010

Dallas Heating Company owner Steve Lauten, President of Total Air and Heat Co., asks... Could Your Home Be Making You Sick? Written by Steve Lauten-Total Air & Heat Co. Plano, TX Impact of Heating and Air Conditioning system and your health. This is Part 3 in a series of articles I am writing that covers issues that impacts your health and comfort in your home or office. In my last article I discussed some of the more common methods to remedy a sick home. Read: Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. VOC's: finding and eliminating the source of the VOC's is what we try to do as our first choice. However eliminating all sources of VOC's is not possible in most cases. A good example would be when you clean your home. In most cas [more info...]

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Richardson Heating Company: Is your home making you sick? January 09, 2010

Richardson Heating Company owner Steve Lauten, President of Total Air and Heat Co., asks... Could Your Home Be Making You Sick? Written by Steve Lauten-Total Air & Heat Co. Plano, TX Impact of Heating and Air Conditioning system and your health. This is Part 2 in a series of articles I am writing that covers issues that impacts your health and comfort in your home or office. In my last article I discussed some of the more common methods to remedy a sick home. I discussed the best way to begin was by placing an IAQ monitor in area of the structure that is frequently used such as the den, family room, master bedroom, or reception area, or a common office area. Once we get the report back we have a better idea as what type of iss [more info...]

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Denton Pest Control Service offers advice on Starting the New Year Right. December 29, 2009

Denton Pest Control Service owner Blake Williams offers some advice about Starting the New Year Right. January and February is the time people begin thinking about their service providers for lawn care and pest control. Remember the best way to keep your lawn green and weed free is timely and consistent applications of fertilizer and herbicides. It is generally cheaper for the home owner to hire a licensed applicator to take care of the fertilizer and herbicide. By the time the home owner purchases the required products and equipment he has spent more than the service provider would charge. In addition, most home owners do not make the required applications at the right time and end up frustrated with weeds and thin turf. The sam [more info...]

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Plano Fence Company owner talks about wood a a fence material. December 28, 2009

Plano Fence Company owner Sean Eubanks, President of Texas State Fence Co., talks about wood as a fence building material. Mention the word fence and most people conjure up an image of a wood fence. While you can build a fence out of many materials other than wood the most common material, especially for residential properties in urban areas, is wood. Wood is a beautiful material that can be easily worked and manipulated to form a nearly unlimited number of styles. Wood is a material with which most people have some experience and which, at a basic level, requires virtually no experience to work with. People have been building fences out of wood for thousands of years. It is very likely that the first fences were made with either wo [more info...]