Did You Know?

Roofing companies are not supposed to install a new layer of roof shingles if there are two previous layers of roof shingle already on the house? Lead paint chips are sweet to the taste, which is why many babies in tenements in the 1960's and 1970's got lead poisoning from tasting and eating paint chips? Many oil burner servicemen should, but don't perform an efficiency test to maximize efficiency and make sure all the oil introduced into the firebox is being burned? Gas appliances like hot water heaters are not supposed to have the exhaust vented to the same chimney as an oil heating system? Some houses built between the mid 1960’s and the mid 1970’s have aluminum wiring in them which has been known to sometimes cause fires? Oil tanks made of steel located underground may rust and leak oil into the soil or groundwater, causing expensive cleanup costs? A leaky faucet leaking one drop per second will use 2400 gallons of water per year? Chimneys in older homes sometimes have no clay flue liner? Galvanized pipe in water supply lines at the water meter and elsewhere is sometimes the cause of low water pressure at faucets? Central air conditioning systems can emit moist cool air instead of dry cool air thereby causing mold to grow? Proper gutters, downspouts and grade of the soil around the foundation prevents most water seepage problems into the basement?