The Greater Boston Voice

Turn off your Outdoor Water Spigots

Just a thought about cold weather...Ifyou have outdoor facuets for the hoses to water the lawns and wash the cars...you may want to begin thinking about turning those off from inside the building. The temperatures are getting a little colder at night. This will prevent you from having a costly repair or even worse water damage to the inside of your home. 

Thermostats, Batteries and a Way to Save Some Money by Not Having to Call a Plumber

With the change in the seasons here in New England comes the need to have to have to turn on the heat. Many homeowners will go to turn on the heat and find out that nothing happens when they do so.

A few weeks ago, I was at a BNI meeting in Boston. BNI is Business Networking International.
Dave Barry, the plumber in the group mentioned that he gets a ton of service calls on "no heat" during this time of year. He mentioned that if you are using a digital thermostat to change the batteries.

Fastforward, last week I was on a home inspection in a property in Dorchester. The inspector could not get the heat started. He tried the boiler switch, the breaker box, the thermostat. Then I remembered Dave's advice. The client happened to be a nurse who had batteries with her because of the meters she uses with patients. I asked her for batteries and put them into the thermostat. Voila. We made a call on the thermostat for heat and we go it!

Thanks to Dave Barry for the tip. We save ourselves a lot of frustration.