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 October is National Fire Safety Month and heading into winter means an increase in residential fires according to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). The USFA cites home space heating as the second leading cause of residential fires during the winter season.

As temperatures cool off outside, most Americans move to indoor activities. Looming cooler temps also prompt homeowners to tightly seal any cracks in their homes, preventing cold drafts from entering. This, in turn, seals off a house from any fresh air and raises concentrations of both allergens and pollutants in the house.

The excessively hot temperatures we’ve been experiencing this summer has not only been uncomfortable and inconvenient, but also dangerous. Many people are unaware of how deadly heat can be. In contrast to the visible, destructive and violent nature of floods and tornadoes, heat is the “silent killer”.

The old saying goes... if March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. That certainly has not held true this year. Here in Northeast Ohio we went from the terrible ice and snowstorms of this past winter to torrential downpours this spring to the most recent unseasonably hot weather.

Low water pressure can make even the simplest tasks difficult and inefficient, from taking a shower to washing the dishes to using a sprinkler system this summer. There are a number of causes that can lead to this frustrating problem.

People are using the Internet more and more when deciding on purchases. However, for certain purchases like heating and cooling systems, Blind & Sons, warns homeowners against this practice. Purchasing heating and cooling equipment involves more than just “who has the best price” and “who carries the top brand”.

Power outages or blackouts can happen at any time, day or night, for any number of reasons - thunderstorms, ice and snow storms, fire, tornadoes, earthquake, high-energy consumption, accidents, overused power grids and human error - and can last for a few hours or even a few days.

In a recent turn of events, both Houses passed and the President signed into law an extension of the tax credits for homeowners who make qualified energy efficient retrofits to their homes.

Most of us can think of that “one moment” that forever altered our lives in some way.  That “one moment” happened for 22-year-old Quaid McIver of Akron, Ohio in July of 2010, when working as an automotive detailer at Lexus of Akron-Canton.

While preparing for your holiday dinner this year, remember not everything should go down the drain.  According to Bill Blind, President of Blind & Sons, Inc., a local heating, cooling, plumbing & electrical company, putting the wrong things down the drain can cause serious and expensive damage to your household plumbing system.