RESIDENTIAL ROTTEN WOOD – Part 1

Given enough time and the right conditions, rot can completely destroy wooden building materials. Knowing the cause, how to find it and how to prevent it can be extremely useful for all homeowners!

AFTER WINTER MAINTENANCE

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After a long, dark winter, spring’s bright sun and warm winds are, well, a breath of fresh air. The only downside? All that sunshine spotlights your leaf-filled gutters, cracked sidewalks and the dead plants in last year’s flowerbeds. How to prepare your house for summer? Here’s a small checklist inspection you can preform at home to ensure your house is summer ready!

ROOF KNOWLEDGE – PITCH/SLOPE

Want a taste of what it is to be an Urban Studies student? Today’s blog entry is a copy/paste of our PITCH/SLOPE page from our program. In our “Roofing Knowledge” chapter, we give our students all the information they need before climbing up to preform an inspection; pitch or slope being one of them.

eLearning, Here to Stay!

As technology is rapidly changing the world around us, many people worry that technology will replace human intelligence; educators worry there will be no students to teach in the near future. The thing is: Education will never disappear. It will just take up different forms.