home improvement
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Home improvement: Keep your home warmer with window inserts
This year, you could consider installing window inserts, a crafty alternative to cranking up the heat or throwing on an extra layer.
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Home improvement: Gas co. giving away electric heat pump
Vermonters who want to upgrade their home water heater have a chance to win a brand new, highly-efficient electric heat pump water heater installed at their residence thanks to a contest held…
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Compost using the lazy lasagna method
While doing your fall yard clean-up, envision and decide on an area for a new flower or vegetable garden or a space to relax.
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Time to move houseplants back indoors
Did you know that many houseplants sold in stores are actually tropical perennials?
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Home improvement projects get bigger
A sustained boom in home sales has seen many homeowners eschew minor or cosmetic renovations to enhance the value of their abodes, and instead focus on major overhauls…
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Free energy kits help you take steps toward a low-carbon future
Energy efficiency is the gift that keeps on giving, and Efficiency Vermont encourages Vermonters to treat themselves to some savings.
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Service is linking energy efficiency and equity in Vermont
Capstone Community Action this month launched GreenSavingSmart, a new service connecting financial coaching with energy savings for low- and moderate-income Vermonters to ensure that a cleaner, greener Vermont…
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The house vacancy rate is high in Vermont
The 2020 Census counted people where they were on April 1 of that year but it also counted where they were not.
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Get some home repair help in Vermont
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published the following list of programs and resources to help homeowners with home repairs and improvements.
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Address lead paint in your house; seal it in or take it out
The Vermont Department of Health urges everyone living in older housing to seal in or get rid of old lead-based paint that may be coating walls, ceilings, window…