Our planet earth is pretty special, yet we take it for granted 365 days each year. Earth Day is meant to remind us how our planet takes care of us each and every day, and how we can do a better job of protecting the earth’s resources. There are so many creative activities happening to [...]
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Home Product Labels: Learning to Read Them
We’re used to reading labels on boxes, cans and other packaging at the grocery store. If you’ve bought any home products with an Energy Star label recently, we hope you read the “energy smart” labels as there’s lots of important information to help you make more informed decisions. When you’re buying a refrigerator, it costs [...]
Lightbulb (Incandescent, CFL & LEDs) Update
Can you remember when gas cost less than $1.00 per gallon? It wasn’t until the oil embargo in 1973 that Congress first set fuel efficiency standards and that forced dramatic improvements that started to take effect by the mid 1980s (read Time Magazine’s, A Brief History Of: Fuel Efficiency to learn more). We’re finding new [...]
Winter Home Maintenance Checklist
Like bears who hibernate through the winter, we tend to spend more time inside our homes during the winter months. We hope you were diligent in preparing your home for winter with our earlier checklist as this month we’re focusing on things inside your house, things we often forget about with the hustle and bustle [...]
Trends in Heating & Cooling
We’re used to buying new tires or even a new car but when it’s time to buy a new furnace or boiler… help! Tires are like furnace filters, needing replacement after filtering so many cubic feet but there’s no odometer to measure air flow so we change filters monthly. You might buy a new car [...]
Lightbulb Confusion: Incandescent vs ?XF#@C%*L#
Light bulbs? We’ve all got spare bulbs tucked away in our house somewhere. You may not remember when you last bought or changed a light bulb. You probably don’t think about much unless it requires climbing up a ladder. That’s because light bulb technology hasn’t changed for more than 100 years. The Energy Independence and [...]
Earth Day: 10 Tips for a Sustainable Home
Today is the 41st Earth Day and millions of people around the world are recognizing the day with different activities. If you want to join a local event, check earthday.org and their Billion Acts of Green! Moving closer to home, it seems appropriate to review some of the eco-friendly products that are being introduced for [...]
Energy Home Improvements by Year End
The federal energy tax credit will expire at the end of this month, December 31 2010. You must take action now as the rules say you not only have to buy the product or materials, but they must be installed and in service by this date so there’s no time to delay. Home professionals who [...]
Recycling Just Got Easier
Maybe your town doesn’t have it’s own recycling center but there must be places where you can get help? It just got easier to fin where you can recycle … paper and cardboard, plastic and glass, aluminum, steel and copper, computers, printers and cell phones, rechargeable batteries and CFL lightbulbs. It’s called Earth911 and you [...]
Green Groceries, Products & Resources
People are talking about green but what does it mean? Maybe you’ve heard about going green, living green, green homes, green building, green remodeling, green building materials, green architecture, recycled products, green cleaning products and the list goes on. The challenge is figuring out what these words mean and more important, how home owners can prioritize. [...]
Dave Provost
Bucks County Handyman
(215) 710-0446
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Serving these towns in Bucks county
Buckingham, Carversville, Danboro, Doylestown, Feasterville Trevose, Forest Grove, Fountainville, Furlong, Gardenville, Holicong, Holland, Jamison, Lahaska, Langhorne, Langhorne Manor, Lumberville, Mechanicsville, Morrisville, New Hope, Newtown, Penns Park, Pipersville, Plumsteadville, Point Pleasant, Richboro, Solebury, Southhampton, Upper Makefield, Warminster, Warrington, Washington Crossing, Woodbourne, Wrightstown, Wycombe, Yardley