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Don Ames's Blog – March 2011 Archive (2)
How North Dakota Learned to Weatherize Manufactured Homes
How Oil Pointed the Way to Home Energy Savings
Don Ames
When the oil fields began to be developed in places like North Dakota, manpower was an immediate need. Manpower was needed in remote places where the oil was hiding and having enough ready housing was a problem. The cheapest and quickest solution was manufactured housing. Pull it in, set it up, and your done.
Manufactured home communities began to sprout up over…
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How Does Your Dishwasher Measure Up?
How to Shop for a New Dishwasher
Don Ames , March 20, 2011
The dishwasher is one of the major appliances in a home. When a new dishwasher is needed it pays to know how to shop for a new one. There is a little more to it now that the Energy Star efficient program got involved. Things like…
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