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Why Are My Energy Bills So High in Wichita?

If your utility bills seem to climb higher every year, you’re not alone. Many Wichita homeowners are searching for ways to reduce energy costs, especially during Kansas’ hot summers and cold winters. While rising utility rates can contribute to higher monthly bills, your home’s energy efficiency often plays a larger role than you might realize.

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Does Window Film Reduce Heat and Energy Bills?

If you’ve noticed certain rooms in your home getting unbearably hot during the summer, you’re not alone. Many Wichita homeowners struggle with excessive solar heat entering through their windows, leading to uncomfortable indoor temperatures and rising energy bills. One of the most common questions homeowners ask is: Does window film actually reduce heat and help

Benefits of Window Film for Homes: Is Residential Window Tint Worth It?

Benefits of Window Film for Homes: Is Residential Window Tint Worth It?

Many homeowners love natural sunlight but don’t love the heat, glare, fading furniture, and higher energy bills that often come with it. If certain rooms in your home feel too warm during the summer or you’re constantly adjusting blinds to reduce glare, residential window film may be the solution. Window film is a thin, professionally

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Homeowner’s Guide to Upkeep and Improvements

Whether you are a homeowner, looking to buy a home, or an investment property owner doing your own (DIY) maintenance and repairs — this guide is for you. Repairs to a house can be costly if regular inspections and maintenance are not performed. Not only will this guide assist you with knowing what to look

Home Showiness: Our experience at the 2018 WABA Home Show

Home Showiness: Our experience at the 2018 WABA Home Show

Every year, for as long as I can recall, we have had a booth at the Wichita Home Show. Sometimes, we’ve had large, stand-alone booths. Other times, we’ve just had a 10×10 or 10×20 space in a row with other vendors. We’ve done giveaways of promotional items of all sorts; from balloons to bags, pens

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Homeowner’s Handbook: The Instruction Manual

There are many steps when it comes to buying, selling, or owning a home. Should I get a professional inspection done?

Re-insulating Your Attic

Re-insulating Your Attic

Sometimes, the usually unseen elements in your home can be the most important when it comes to saving money on your energy bills. When it comes to insulation, for instance, re-insulating your attic with new insulation, or by adding more, can save you between 10 to 20 percent on your energy bill every month. If

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Questions to Think about When New Home Shopping

With the Fall Parade of Homes underway, I thought it might be worth some time to address some things you might not consider when shopping — or even just window-shopping — for a new home. What’s behind the sheetrock? I know it’s thoroughly predictable that an insulation contractor would start with wondering ‘what’s

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Attic Ventilation and Sizing

Fair warning: I am not an engineer. I’m not a scientist, either. I do make informal hypotheses and then use observational results to determine their merits, but using the scientific method does not make an expert. The truth is most contractors, builders, and even architects aren’t either of these things either. In fact, the whole

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How Insulation May Help Sell Your Home to Millennials

Unless you’re already in your ‘forever home’, you’ll probably be looking at putting your current home on the market. And if you’re reading this, you probably know insulation is important for energy efficiency, lower bills, and improved comfort. insulation may also be important to selling your home to the largest group of home buyers out

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