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	<description>Home Inspections &#124; Energy Ratings &#124; Construction Consulting &#124; Serving Central MS since 1974 &#124; 601.691.1496</description>
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		<title>Dryer Fires &#8211; How Safe is Your Home?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Statistics show that more than 15,000 residential house fires a year are caused by poorly maintained dryer vents. Here are some tell-tale signs of trouble ahead. The home I inspected had a vertical, schedule 40 PVC pipe installed in the wall that terminated through the roof. Peeking into the vent just behind the dryer, I noticed lent build-up. ]]></description>
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		<title>Power Use &#8211; If you can&#8217;t measure it you can&#8217;t improve it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you went to the grocery store each day or each week and at the end of the month the store sent you a bill for all the food you'd bought. No specifics details on how many gallons of milk or boxes of cereal, just a big bill and a thank you. Well, that's how we buy electrical power. One bill, you have no idea which room or appliance used the product or if your meter has made a math error. How can you effectively manage something you don't measure? It's simple...you can't.
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		<title>We Want to Sell and Want to Know the Value of a Home Energy Rating</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics show that lowering home energy usage directly improves value. This notion is supported by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, ENERGY STAR, FHA and VA financing instruments. When you increase the value through energy savings the increase is recognized in the new loan. A potential buyer will consider cost to operate the home, but only if informed. Information and education is the key to using the homes energy consumption as a sales marketing tool.]]></description>
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		<title>Why do the light bulbs in my house die so often?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three things to look into if your bulbs keep blowing. Your bulb supplier (cheap bulbs use thin filament), check the wire connections inside your bulb holder (loose wire in the fixture), and check to see ]]></description>
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		<title>Can&#8217;t I Perform the Home Inspection Myself?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Smith</dc:creator>
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