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How Often do You Change Your AC Filters?

By |2013-05-23T21:39:04-07:00May 23rd, 2013|CTA Consultation|

We have had a cool spring but that is soon to be over and your air conditioner is probably going to be running a good deal of the time. Do you know how often you should change your air filters?  It is a good idea to change them once a month, when the unit is

Tile Layout

By |2013-04-30T20:12:58-07:00April 30th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

 Tile is a finish that many homeowners are willing to tackle on their own as a remodel project.  While getting tile down is not difficult, a quality tile job requires a lot of attention to detail and a fair amount of finesse.  Most of our clients who have laid tile in the past are happy

TILE SURFACE PREPARATION FOR TILE

By |2013-04-30T19:34:20-07:00April 30th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

CONCRETE  SLABSYou have a layout of your tile project on paper now it is time to prepare the surface to receive the tile.CLEANINGIf you are setting tile to a concrete slab, you will want to make sure that the surface is clean and dust free. In new construction concrete is seldom covered to protect it

SITING A HOUSE

By |2013-04-09T20:20:47-07:00April 9th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

It is easy to get caught up in all of the new building materials and technologies that are available and lose sight of the important fundamentals such as properly siting a house.  There are few things that will make more difference in terms of energy use than this.  The predominant paradigm in what some refer

Life cycle Assessments

By |2013-04-09T19:03:33-07:00April 9th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

One of the key tools in Green building is the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA.) LCA is a technique to assess the environmental impacts associated with each product, process, or service, by:Compiling an inventory of relevant energy and material inputs to a project;Assessing the aging process associated with the input;Evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with

Time To Clean Your Rain Gutters

By |2013-04-08T14:28:17-07:00April 8th, 2013|CTA Consultation|

We recommend gutter cleaning twice a year if you have trees near your house, once a year if not.  While we recommend gutters on most roof eves, the fact is that poorly maintained gutters cause more damage than not having any gutters.  Luckily if you keep up with gutter maintenance it is usually not a

Our Local Businesses and Nonprofits

By |2013-03-28T17:28:12-07:00March 28th, 2013|Community, CTA Consultation|

Stearns Design Build As our underwriting on NPR says, at Stearns Design Build "we are committed to the goals of environmental and community stewardship."  One way that we want to work toward the goal of providing community stewardship is by offering a blog post every Friday on a different locally owned and independent

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