Falling Tree Forces Us to Replace Our Old Gutters
A tree fell during the last windstorm we had here. It just caught the edge of the gutter on the front of the house and ripped the whole thing off. It looked like major damage, but it was not really that bad. The tree did not make contact with the roof or the wall. It just had one branch that grabbed the gutter on the way down like a falling man trying to right himself. We needed to replace our gutters anyway, so I looked online and found the gutter guys website. They have custom gutters they roll at your house. Each gutter is made to the exact length you need. I was going to buy gutter pieces from a home supply store and make a new gutter.
Restroom maintenance to keeping odors under control
Some facilities have purchased new equipment that is designed specifically for the task of cleaning restrooms, while others have purchased absorbent mats that are placed under toilets and urinals. Still others have installed odor-control products in each restroom, all in the hopes of preventing or masking odors.
Restroom odors can create major problems for housekeeping managers. Many institutional and commercial facilities carry out the basic tasks required to control odors, including performing daily cleaning.
But even with these methods, many restrooms have a distinct odor. And if a restroom smells bad, visitors and occupants alike will be perceive it as dirty. Successfully combatting restroom odor requires that managers understand the source of the odor and specify products to address it.
Conditions and Causes
Understanding the conditions that cause restroom odors will help managers devise a strategy to successfully remove them and prevent their return. Primarily, there must both be humidity and warm temperatures. The warmer the temperature and higher the humidity, the greater the likelihood that a restroom will have odors.
Since managers generally cannot control these conditions in restrooms, they must try to control the source of the odor, as well as mask and counteract the odor, if needed.
For the majority of restrooms, urine is the source of odor. This odor is actually caused by bacteria that have grown by using urine as a food source. As the bacteria grows, so does the odor.
How does bacteria grow? Warm, acidic urine makes a good food source for bacteria. The urine changes from an acid to an alkaline, and the alkaline salt attracts more moisture, which allows the bacterial growth process to renew. This process will continue and cause a stronger odor until the bacteria is destroyed.
Another potential source of odors that managers often overlook is the floor drain. If the trap in the floor drains dries out, it will emit sewer gas.
To prevent this from occurring, cleaning crews once a month should pour a cup of water down the drain to keep the trap full and stop the gas from escaping. Some managers also add enzymes to the trap.
Pouring a capful of vegetable oil down the trap also will help seal in the gas and stop the water from drying out and causing odors. But most often, pouring plain water down the drain regularly will prevent floor drains from contributing to restroom odors.
Chemical Considerations
Removing an odor means neutralizing urine salts. Then, crews can eliminate food source and counteract the odor.
Cleaners can use an acid neutralizer to break down alkaline salts. The neutralizer either can be mopped or sprayed on the affected area. After rinsing this area, cleaners can apply a disinfectant to destroy the bacteria. To ensure success, cleaners should allow the disinfectant to sit on the affected area for at least 10 minutes.
Cleaning crews should disinfect restrooms daily using an acid neutralizer to remove urine from floors. Grout, including floor and wall grout, is a perfect place for the bacteria to grow, so cleaning crews should pay close attention to these areas.
Managers also can specify the daily use of an enzyme-based product to destroy bacteria. Enzymes digests the bacteria’s food source, as well as the bacteria itself, causing the bacteria to die. Enzyme products can contain various types of enzymes:
- amylase, which converts starch to sugar
- cellulase, which digests bacteria
- protease, which digests protein.
Products that combine these enzymes tend to be the most effective treatment for restroom odors.
While using enzymes will help in destroying the bacteria and reducing the odor, this process might take several days to destroy all of the bacteria.
Managers should be aware of one caveat that goes along with this tactic:Cleaning crews should not use enzymes in conjunction with disinfectants because disinfectants can destroy the enzymes before they are able to digest the bacteria.
Managers also might want to instruct cleaners to apply a deodorant to these areas, which will serve to mask the odors until the bacteria is eliminated.
Once all the bacteria are destroyed and digested, the odor should dissipate. Thereafter, regular use of the enzymes should keep the bacteria away and prevent odor from returning.
Deodorizers
In restrooms where poor airflow is a problem — generally, most restrooms — a deodorizer can help. Choosing the right type of deodorizer, as well as the method of deodorizing, is an important part in addressing restroom odors.
Cleaning crews can apply deodorizers by mopping the floor or by spraying them into the air. Some deodorizers are timed-release sprays, others come in the form of blocks that are placed in toilets or urinals, and still others are enzymes and deodorizers that are applied with each flush.
Managers have several classes of deodorants from which to choose. Some mask the odor, and others eliminate the odor. Some absorb humidity and filter the air, and many add a fragrance to the air.
Deodorizers can be gels, solids or oils that are made with strong fragrances to cover unpleasant odors.
Many deodorizers are made from glycol, which makes the odor molecule heavier than the surrounding air, causing them to fall to the ground, where they are later removed by cleaning. A counteractant is a type of pairing agent. This chemical combines with the odor’s molecules to change its make-up and form a new, non-odorous molecule.
So to deodorize any odor, the key is to eliminate the source of the odor, then clean the contaminated area. The last step is to actually deodorize the area.
For urine, simply spraying the area is sufficient. Having a deodorizer in the mop water will enable it to penetrate that area, eliminating the odor. Mopping the floor daily with a disinfectant cleaner will also destroy the odor-causing bacteria, reducing odors.
Cleaning pointers
- Daily cleaning using the proper chemicals is the best way to prevent odors.
- Using new equipment like the no-touch cleaning systems, along with disinfectant or enzymes, also will help reduce bacteria. The no-touch system will clean grout and not leave any residue on the floor, as mopping would.
- A dirty mop and mop water often contributes to the the formation of odors.
- Mopping a grouted floor can leave dirt and bacteria in the grout, helping bacteria to grow.
- The use of the absorbent mats under commodes and urinals will help stop urine from contacting the floor and the mats can be changed frequently so that no odors occur.
For the restrooms that have a continuous problem with odors, managers might have to schedule intensive cleaning of grout, walls and ceilings using a neutralizer, followed by disinfectants, enzymes and a combination of odor-control devices.
Finding the right odor-control strategy can be time-consuming and challenging. A combination of different systems might be required in some cases. In general, however, daily cleaning with a disinfectant, combined an odor counteractant, will do the job.
Source : http://www.facilitiesnet.com
Rattan Furniture
Natural rattan is definitely a brilliant choice for your rattan garden furniture. It’s durable, comfortable, malleable and it looks great. There’s no wonder that it’s such a popular material for making fantastic furniture, for both indoors and out.
And yet you may have noticed in recent years that there has been more and more synthetic rattan furniture being sold in the UK. People interested in buying themselves some all-weather outdoor furniture (as well as comfortable, durable indoor furniture) are frequently deciding between natural and synthetic rattan furniture. This leads plenty of first-time buyers to wonder: why is there a need for synthetic rattan? There aren’t any obvious weaknesses to natural rattan… are there?
Well, the simple answer is: no, not really. But there are some advantages that synthetic rattan furniture has over natural rattan. Firstly, and foremost on many people’s minds, is the cost. With the growing popularity of rattan garden furniture, many manufacturers and suppliers are interested in providing great quality rattan furniture at a fraction of the price. Therefore, many use synthetic materials such as plastics to recreate the look and feel of natural rattan, which ends up being much cheaper to produce, and therefore much cheaper to buy.
What is the difference between Rattan and Wicker?
It is quite easy to get rattan and wicker confused since they are both weaving material that looks quite similar in appearance. However, while the look and feel of them might resemble each other to a certain point, there are some major distinctions that set them apart.
• Rattan is obtained from a jungle wine that is native to Asian countries. Wicker is obtained from the core of cane or rattan stalks, bamboo or reed.
• Rattan is essentially a material. Wicker is mostly used when referring to a specific type of weaving or products made with that particular type of weaving.
• A rattan chair is made out of that specific material, but a wicker chair can be made from a variety of material.
• Rattan is a natural material. Wicker can be synthetically produced as well.
Rattan is a very popular material for making furniture. The vine of the plant that is native to tropical forests of the Far East is highly flexible and extremely light yet exceptionally strong and durable. This along with its highly appealing look makes it ideal for all sorts of furniture with the exception of garden furniture. Unfortunately, rattan furniture does not perform well in outdoor settings and is vulnerable to the outdoor elements, most notably moisture and ultraviolet light. Protective finishes and coatings help extend its durability but even if treated, natural rattan furniture does not withstand the outdoor extremes particularly well nor long. Those beautiful pieces of rattan garden furniture that you can see in showrooms and online galleries are therefore made from synthetic rather than natural rattan.
Synthetic rattan looks and feels almost identical to its natural counterpart and it is woven in the same manner. But in contrary to natural rattan, the synthetic fibres are engineered to withstand the exposure to the outdoor extremes including the damaging ultraviolet light and moisture. Not all all weather garden furniture, however, is the same and not all all weather garden furniture withstands the outdoor conditions as well as its manufacturer promises.
Most pieces of all weather garden furniture are made from PE which is abbreviation for polyethylene. It is the most widely produced plastic and is used for all sorts of products including packaging, bottles and bags, plastic films, etc. but it is also a popular material for making outdoor furniture because it is weather-proof. However, there are different types of polyethylene and their ability to withstand the exposure to the outdoor extremes, most notably ultraviolet light varies greatly from one type of PE to another. But how can you tell which PE rattan furniture is a good choice and which is not?
First of all, it is important to be aware that polyethylene can generally be categorised into three types – high-, medium- and low-density polyethylene. The higher the density the better the resistance to the outdoor conditions as well as to the everyday wear and tear. Why? Because low-density PE (LDPE) has more branching, and weaker intermolecular forces and strength than high-density PE (HDPE). At the same time, HDPE is also harder and can withstand higher temperatures than LDPE. As a result, all weather weave garden furniture which is made from HDPE performs much better in harsh outdoor conditions than that made from LDPE. Every PE rattan is a better choice than PVC for instance, however, pieces of furniture which are sold simply under the name “PE Rattan” are typically made from low quality polyethylene.
Factor of road construction damage
Public facilities that exist around our environment is sometimes not groomed properly, so that when it is no longer new, be looked dull and often broken. The streets were crowded around us if it is the passage of time, and the influence of the weather begins to disintegrate, so it was very uncomfortable if passed.
This time we will discuss about the damaged asphalt road, there are several factors that affect the asphalt road was damaged, including:
- The quality of the asphalt is not good, the use of asphalt outside of the technical provisions make quality bituminous materials decreased
- Work on the asphalt road at the time of unfavorable weather conditions, eg wet weather. So that asphalt can not be attached perfectly to the paved road
- The charge that passes through the streets excessive, the heavier the load through the pavement, the faster the damage to the asphalt.
- Poor drainage systems, water that is flowing smoothly on the streets do not even tend to stagnate or worse if no sewer. It also further accelerate the process of asphalt damage
- lack of proper planning factors
- Especially for dense residential area, usually asphalt damage is affected by the surrounding environment. For example the lack of light or less exposed to the sun, humid and rainy weather.
- The kind of ground movement, we know that the soil is always dynamic, and therefore when soils are movements then lead to power tie between the constituent particles decreased. And in the end we find the existence of a crack on the side of the road.
From the above explanation better before we make our way or a better fix we made plans to mature. We take the example in the city of Minneapolis, residents there rely on a Minneapolis concrete contractors are professional and experience in the field of construction.
Installing a good infrastructure and quality have a very long durability. Surely offset by regular maintenance. Maintenance costs are much cheaper compared to infrastructure improvements. By entrusting the job to the experts, we will get the maximum results.
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As a criminal litigator, Mr. Jarabek worked in the Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio, where he developed legal arguments and drafted motions in limine, motions to suppress evidence, other trial motions, and appellate briefs on issues concerning criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence and constitutional law.
Subsequently, Mr. Jarabek worked as an attorney at Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, a major international law firm, where he gained a wide array of experience in all phases of litigation, including pre-trial discovery, trial and appellate practice in cases involving white collar crime, toxic tort, business litigation, securities fraud, anti-trust, and other areas.
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Doing routine roof inspections rather than waiting for big trouble coming
Unlike the interior of a house, it is sometimes difficult to know when the shingles and structures on top need work. A big water spot on an interior ceiling is the incident that often leads to a call for a roofing contractor to come out and assess the damage. Your home is an investment that requires constant maintenance to protect its value. Maintaining a home means keeping it clean, making repairs when needed, and giving the structure periodic “facelifts” by painting and updating components such as windows and doors. A home will show signs of wear and tear that will let you know when it is time for some upgrades. When walls get dirty, you might decide to paint the interior with a new and updated color. Likewise, if your carpet is old and out of style, you may choose an easy-care carpet in a color that complements your new paint. These are not just aesthetic improvements-they may add value to your home, especially if you are considering putting it on the market soon. There is, however, one part of a house you may accidentally overlook when it comes to maintenance and repair. That part is the roof.
Instead of waiting for a major problem, it is a better idea to work with a roofing contractor before you notice water leaks or other signs of damage. By performing an annual inspection, the contractor can identify issues and repair them immediately, which can help you avoid costly damage to your attic and ceilings. You might think that you can inspect your own roofing maintenance needs, but if you do not have experience in this area, you would be wise to leave the inspection to a professional. First, you could injure yourself by falling from the top of the house. Second, you may not be aware of all of the issues that you need to look for to make a sound assessment of the structure.
A qualified roofing contractor will know what to look for when evaluating your home’s roof. He or she will inspect with a keen eye, finding problems like damaged shingles, small holes that might allow water to leak into the attic, and flashing that is loose or missing. Additional problems that the inspection might uncover include evidence that bats or squirrels have entered an attic, problems in and around chimneys or smoke stacks, sagging areas, and damaged gutters.
Imperial Golden Yellow Topaz – Brilliant Substitute for Yellow Sapphire
Royal Golden Yellow Topaz of 3.78 carats for Jupiter Vedic Energies
The Royal Golden Yellow Topaz is a class apart in itself, despite the fact that it is considered to be a substitute gem. A picture speaks a thousand words and the talisman featured today speaks for itself.
Take a look at this loupe-clean octagonal imperial golden yellow topaz from Brazil set in a Sterling Silver Men’s ring. This 3.78 carats gem has a great lustre and superb clarity. It is a complete natural, treatment free, radiation free – and this is what precisely makes a jyotish gem a very potent agency for bringing tangible changes in life.
Brilliant like the golden mellow yellow rays of the early morning sun, the imperial golden yellow topaz is used as a substitute gem for yellow sapphire. The benevolent energies of Jupiter , symbolizing eternal wisdom and intelligence can be harnessed through this endearing gem that has many benefits.
Breastplate of the High Priest (Book of Exodus)
Topaz is the second gem at first row is one of the twelve breastplate stones of the High Priest referred to in the Book of Exodus. The priestly breastplate was a sacred breastplate worn by the High Priest for the Israelites, according to the Book of Exodus.
In the mineral world, Topaz is well liked especially for its ability to grow huge gem grade crystals, unlike other gemstones making the size a prime factor in determining price.
Imperial topaz crystal and a faceted gem at the Smithsonian institute
The Imperial Topaz is usually an intense golden to reddish-orange color and is found primarily in Brazil. The imperial topaz crystal and the faceted gem that are on display at the Smithsonian Institute and presented for you here are of 875.4 and 93.6 carats respectively.
Take a look at high quality natural untreated Yellow Topaz a superior alternate gem to Yellow Sapphire. Gemstone Universe
Changing your custom curtains, changing the overall environment of your room
Unfortunately, more than handful people seldom think about changing their custom curtains for various reasons. However, changing your custom curtains play a big role in changing the overall environment of your room. Try various textures and colors to give your room a facelift.
Additional of a new custom curtain is a great way to spruce up your room. There is a variety of color shades on the market to choose from depending on the effect you want the custom curtains to bring to your room. Darker curtains will make your room look smaller, while the lighter colored curtains will make your room to appear bigger. Whichever you choose you can be assured of a great change to your room.
Not only does the lighter color make your room look bigger, but they also make it brighter since they allow a lot of light in. However, if your room is so big and does not have a lot of furniture you may consider investing in the dark-colored curtains as they will make the room look smaller than its actual size by blocking most of the light from getting inside.
When choosing colors for your new custom curtains there are two main factors that you ought to consider; what you want to change about the room and the things that you already have in the room. For instance, if you only want to change the custom curtains while maintaining the current theme of your room, you should go for a curtain that will match with the current theme of decoration.
If your aim is to create a distinctive look that will make your room brighter and livelier, it is recommended to try out various materials in order to come up with your individual custom curtains. Let your imagination lead you in choosing the most suitable custom curtain for your room. The curtains should not be too heavy even though custom curtains made from such materials can be awesome.
When making adjustments to the style of your room with the custom curtains, you should not rush to interfere adversely with the current theme. For example, if you have a modern room you may need to add waverly curtains that feature geometric designs. Such designs are ideal complements for a modern room.
Textured custom curtains will make your room to look extremely different from its current appearance. Avoid the silky curtains and instead go for those with real texture on them. Go for a material that is finely textured so that by just looking at it you almost get the feel of that texture on your finger tips. Therefore as you set out to buy your custom curtains ensure your get those with the right texture and color.
You should be bold enough to try out different colors and textures to make great changes to the look of your room. Ensure that you go for the custom curtains with the right color and texture that will complement your room.
The best way to hire the Best Concrete Contractors
You may do multiple jobs but you may not be good in everything. One such job is large scale concreting. For getting some major upgrades for the exterior surface, you may need a professional concrete contractors. This particularly happens when your surface gets damaged and you can see cracks all over this. Deterioration of the surface means that the surface has some problems and this may happen more on the base area. This requires serious reconstruction and you may need expert to be at your side always. The good thing is that modern concreting is very different and it is very superior compared to the old style of concreting. The modern ones are fast, economical and can make significant change to your home.
For hiring a good concrete poring contractor, you should consider some points like:
Licensed contractor
Local contractor of your area
A reputed firm
Prefer a member of Better Business Bureau
Check the previous work of the contractor
Consultancy service so that you can manage some specific problems.
The designs if you want to upgrade the looks of your home
A full range of construction services and this may include paving and exterior upgradation service.
All these factors seem to be very important to get a good contractor. It really doesn’t matter if you want t create any foundation, swimming pool or a walkaway. Concrete can improve the value of your home and help you to enjoy your own living space. You should get some new features designed and built for all the homeowners. Concrete work is not considered to be good if you dont find a reliable contractor and this can be very challenging. Before selecting any good contractor, you should check different aspects.
Check for references and accreditation
While dealing with the home building slab pour contractor, you should check if you are hiring a competent and trustworthy firm. You should also ask recommendations from friends and family who have experience in doing concrete work from the starting point. You may also ask a construction inspector for recommendations also.
Interview a few contractor
Speaking to a contractor before making any decision is very important. By taking interviews, you can judge the prospects and conduct of the contractor to get the most valuable suggestion or feedback. A positive impression should not be your reason for hiring any person and you may also get through some negative feeling about any person. You can ask some questions also in the interview to determine how pricing is done to select the most professional concrete patio construction contractors. Some kind of warranty and insurance is also provided for a successful business.
Want to Have the Good House Look? Here is the Deal
Do you have any favorite place that you like to spend when you are in your leisure time? I believe that you like to spend most of your time in the home, right? Many people consider that spending the time in the home will make you have the good condition for your life. As the normal people, they will say that they love to spend most of their time in the home. We can do all of the things that we want to do in our life in our home and we can relax do it. We do not have any kinds of burden when we want to do any kinds of things that we want in our life.
If we consider that house is such a nice place to spend our leisure time, we need to make sure that we can prepare the best space for our home. There are many kinds of ways that we can do in order to make the good look of the home. One of the best ways is by choosing the right concept for the home. When we can prepare for the best look for the home, I believe that you will not have the bad concept for our home.
For making the best concept for the home, maybe we can try to have the swimming pool too in our home. The swimming pool will make the good look for the home. When you choose to have the swimming pool in your home you can ask swimming pool construction wildwood missouri to have the best concept with them. You will have such a good style of the swimming pool and you will find out that your home has the good and great style for your home. They can make many kinds of style that you are asking for.
For High Quality, Bespoke Shelves, Choose Shelfdirect
Shelves are a good example of something that most of us have a very real need for, but which we rarely spend much time thinking about. Look around your house right now, and there will almost certainly be an abundance of shelving on your walls, holding all manner of small and larger items alike. But how much of that is truly high quality shelving, of the kind that Shelfdirect can provide?
Here at Shelfdirect, we aren’t just another company offering just another standard range of shelving, while claiming to be the best. After all, if that was the case, why would you choose us over the bigger-name retailers? What we’re very much about, is the highest quality, bespoke shelving – the kind of shelving that is lovingly created to your exact specifications and finished in impeccable oak, beech, cherry, maple or walnut veneers, or ready for you to paint in your own desired finish.
Our company – a family-owned firm in Hove, East Sussex – really does believe in high quality shelving, which we can manufacture on a bespoke basis and deliver to you within 7-10 working days. Although you can appreciate all manner of shelving types on our informative and easy-to-navigate website – from alcove shelves and floating shelves to picture shelves and gallery shelves – even this range is not the limit of what we can provide, having arisen largely in response to specific customer requests and feedback.
Our ‘main man’ is Richard, who established the company in 2010, after many years as a joiner. Highly experienced in making furniture as well as in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke wooden kitchens, Richard realised that many customers required the creation of high quality shelving to their exact specifications, right down to finish. The rest, as they say, is history!
Today, we continue to make such shelving of the highest order from our Hove workshop. We may be a relatively small team, consisting of Richard himself as well as Rhoda and eldest son Stanley, but the excellent products that we produce – together with a responsive, customer-centred customer service – speak for themselves.
The bottom line is that when you require genuinely high quality shelving that will cut a dash in your home while also fulfilling your every practical requirement, there’s ultimately only one choice: Shelfdirect.
