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Whether you live in Jasper, Dubois County, or anywhere else in Southern Indiana, chances are you’ve grappled with black mold problems in your bathroom before. It’s ugly, hard to get rid of, and hard to keep it away in the first place. But given the choice, doesn’t it make sense to put a little time…

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A Winter Season Advisory for Home Owners in Jasper & Dubois County A power outage is never a fun experience. But a winter power outage can be especially difficult to deal with. Prolonged loss of heat and electricity during times of extreme cold can pose serious health risks – including hypothermia and electrocution, just to…

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Lead poisoning is one of the most frustrating health problems in the U.S. and abroad, and for one primary reason:  it is 100% preventable. Lead poisoning is not genetic or hereditary.  It’s not a virus or bacteria.  It has to be physically ingested to be contracted.  Unfortunately, that’s still far too easy to do despite…

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Water Filtration News for Home Owners in Jasper & Dubois County Iron is essential to our health and well-being as an iron deficiency can cause extreme fatigue, headaches, irritability, shortness of breath, and dizziness, among other symptoms. Luckily, iron occurs naturally in our drinking water, whether that water is sourced from a well or a…

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Taking a shower in Jasper may not be as water-efficient as you’ve thought, at least when you compare that to the amount of water it takes to fill your tub. Here’s the math.  The average bath uses approximately 40 gallons of water. Older, inefficient showerheads can dump out up to 5.5 gallons per minute (gpm).…

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It’s not often that we think of cleaning things that always appear to be clean and whose very purpose is to make other things clean.  Take your trusty dishwasher, for example.  It’s filled with soap and hot water on a fairly regular basis. Doesn’t that alone clean and keep it clean? In short, no. You…

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Unless you’re in the throes of potty training your toddler, discussing what goes on in the bathroom is often a less than socially appropriate conversation here in Jasper and neighboring communities. While custom cabinetry and imported tile can make a bathroom look like a relaxing oasis, they do nothing to combat the myriad of odors…

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Few things can make Jasper and Dubois County home owners freeze in their tracks like an overflowing toilet, sink, or bath tub. Maybe it’s because spilling water is difficult to contain right away. Or because the thought of water mixing with your floors, rugs, and furnishings evokes images of your hard earned dollars going down…

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The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970 in response to growing concern over our impact on the environment. Today, over 1 billion people join forces around to make our planet a more sustainable place to live and, every year, Earth Day helps give new life to the new movement. You can do…

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It’s no secret that electric bills continue to skyrocket. While the latest appliances and electronics are more energy efficient than ever, our demands for electricity have done little to bring down our monthly bills. But don’t just take those higher prices lying down!  Fight back now by grabbing a flashlight as we’re going to show…

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