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Dec, 2015
Does keeping your furnace functioning and efficient require maintenance? With Winter weather coming, now is the time to take a look at how you are going to stay warm, while the temps drop outside. There are a number of things you can do to stop heat loss; add insulation, external caulking, and weather stripping. But the most important
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Nov, 2015
Why Winterize your Irrigation System When winter comes, you do not want to wait until it is too late to winterize your Irrigation/Sprinkler system in cold weather states. The last thing you want to be dealing with is broken underground pipes and the expense of fixing your sprinkler system. Many times you will not know until spring that
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Oct, 2015
Crawl Space Inspections Let’s face it, crawl spaces are creepy and that is why HOCOA, your Home Repair Network, recommends yearly inspections. It’s easy for anyone to develop the “out of sight, out of mind” mentality, especially when you never see them. Filled with tight spaces, no lighting, moist air, creepy critters, and spider webs thick enough to
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Jul, 2015
king your Kitchen Functional Our Home Repair Network, can add shelving, hang racks or add slide out drawers to make your small kitchen more function. Whether you’re a dedicated gourmand or an occasional frozen-pizza baker, if you have a small kitchen, then you know how frustrating it can be to try to find a place to store your
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Jun, 2015
HOCOA Testimonial Terry from San Diego recommends the Home Repair Network Terry is a rental property owner from San Diego and uses the Home Repair Network from HOCOA. Here is her story, "My name is Terry, and I am a homeowner and a rental property owner. I would definitely recommend whether anyone who owns property, whether they live
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May, 2015
What are the best improvements for your Bathroom? Usually, I like to highlight all the ways a person can save while they take on bigger home improvement projects. Renovations can be pricey, after all, and we could all use some fresh ideas for beautiful-but-bargain updates for the various rooms of our homes. The truth is, though, that sometimes
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Apr, 2015
Would you like an explanation of how the Home Repair Network - HOCOA works from start to finish? This explainer video tells all.
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Apr, 2015
Is Green really clean? There are two ways we could answer this question – are the cleaners labeled as “green” truly eco-friendly and/or do these “green” cleaners really work to clean your home. In this article we are going to cover the latter topic, do the“green” cleaning products really clean. To get some answers, we went to Joe
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Mar, 2015
It is every homeowner’s nightmare, you go downstairs to your basement and the floor is wet or worse the entire area has flooded. Well, you are not alone, the American Society of Home Inspectors, based in Des Plaines, IL, estimates 60 percent of U.S. homes have wet basements, and 38 percent run the risk of basement mold. But
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Feb, 2015
HOCOA Energy-Efficiency Home Repair Network Energy Savings During a long winter like this one, HOCOA saves on energy efficient appliances. A lot of things start to get really old really fast: shoveling the driveway, scraping ice off your windshield, lacing and un-lacing those stiff rubber snow boots, and, of course, paying an arm and a leg to keep
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