If you are the owner of a ride on lawn mower in France you need to have insurance in place for the use of this machinery, even for use only on your own land. The French code of insurance “Article L221.1″ states that vehicles with an engine are obliged to have Public Liability Insurance cover.

With lots of exhibitors and a full two days of seminars all focused on the area of energy use and energy reduction this is an event not to be missed.  I have my ticket booked - which is free.  There is a cost to attend the seminars, further information can be found on the website. http://www.seai.ie/News_Events/Energy_Show/

Another great event organised by the SEAI, Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

If you know of any tradesmen who would be interested in signing up to the directory - please let them know, there is no charge for this service.  So if you have any friends or family who are tradesmen please pass our details on to them.

We are also interested in receiving articles from guest bloggers on topics that would be relevant to our visitors.

Daniel is managing director of Snughome.ie has worked on many major domestic residential projects for the last twelve years both here in Ireland and across Europe. It is from his experiences over the years that Daniel has developed this new and revolutionary service for the Irish market specifically.

Snughome.ie are a fully independent company with no affiliations to any property repair, maintenance or insulation companies. This ensures completely unbiased reporting on your behalf.

Our home inspection and energy audit reports will give an honest evaluation of any defects found in your home, giving you a clear view of the best way to deal with any problems found. Call the best Irish home inspection company today to see what we can do for you.

 0877781444

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Are you puzzled about your high energy bills? Do you often feel unexplainable draughts in your home?
If you answered yes to either of the above you probably need to assess where your home is losing heat. A large part of the expensive energy generated and used in your home can be wasted due to insufficient insulation and poor sealing around construction components
There is a brand new service being offered by Snughome.ie. They can give your home a comprehensive home energy audit, heat loss analysis and a quality assurance check of installed insulation.
Snughome use state of the art sophisticated infrared technology which will high light any heat or energy losses from your home and pin point areas where your home needs insulation or repair. These cameras can detect a change in temperature of as little as 0.02 of a degree Celsius. Infrared/Thermal Imaging cameras are used by NASA, CIA, FBI and Scotland Yard.

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E.g. of an Infrared/Thermal image showing missing Insulation in a sloping ceiling.

These state of the art cameras along with a desk top and custom designed software enable Snughome to produce professional non-biased report on the condition of your home. Although clichés the camera really doesn’t lie, and while a picture tells a thousand words an infrared/thermal image tells many many more.
The Infrared/Thermal imaging camera will pin point where your home is losing/leaking valuable heat energy. Snughome will help you slash the cost of your home heating fuel bills, helping you save money, energy and thus the environment
How Infrared Thermography works
Simply Infrared Thermography, enables us to see and measure heat. All materials on earth emit heat energy in the infrared portion of the spectrum. Unfortunately, the unaided human eye cannot see in the infrared portion of the spectrum, Thermographic or thermal images allow the user to see thermally revealing anomalies that the trained thermographer can identify as problems in buildings and their components. Points of possible concern show up clearly in colourful easy to understand images as hot or cold in relation to their surroundings   

Location of leaks.
Find and check tubes and pipes for leaks. Even when pipes are laid under floor or behind plaster, the heat of the pipes radiates through the surface and can be easily detected with an infrared camera. The exact location of leaks or cracks can be detected without damage to fixtures.

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Eg of an Infrared/Thermal image highlighting where heat is escaping.

Heat losses, and air leaks are instantly visible on colourful, easy to understand thermal images. By visualising areas of energy loss, faulty locations are easily located, allowing measures to be taken to remedy the problems

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E.g. of an Infrared/Thermal image showing missing Insulation in a sloping ceiling.

Buying a Home?
Ensure your prospective home is free of dangerous or potentially expensive defects, it could save you thousands. Infrared/Thermal imaging inspections by Trained Snughome inspectors are a powerful and non invasive means of monitoring and diagnosing the condition of your prospective home. We can help prevent costly mistakes in buying property with hidden problems. Infrared Thermography quickly identifies problem areas in a property that can’t be seen by the naked eye and eliminates older more costly inspection techniques that require lots of labour and destructive probing.
 
Building Inspection (BER) VS Thermal Imaging
Recently I was asked “what’s the difference between a building inspection (BER) and a thermal imaging inspection?”
Both a building inspector and a certified Thermographer play very important roles in the process of buying a home. The difference is that a certified thermal imaging camera operator can find a leak and see signs of what’s happening behind walls floors and ceilings.
The above picture is an example of what we mean: Thermal imaging cameras detect temperature differences on any given surface, we then know where the problem starts and finishes. Do you really think a building inspector is going to be able to visually see where the insulation starts and finishes behind plaster? With a thermal imaging camera, we can detect such problems very quickly.

Thanks to Daniel for this valuable information, to contact him his number is 0877781444 or check out

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If you provide a service which would benefit homeowners in any way and would like to contribute then leave a comment and we’ll be in touch.

The full list of nominations can be found here http://webawards.ie/2010-nominated-list/

While we have many items and systems checked and serviced like our heating boiler or intruder alarm system, we very rarely have a vital part of our home given an annual inspection. The vital part I refer to is the wiring and fuse board/consumer board.

Over time the installation deteriorates, the insulation becomes brittle and often falls away from the copper within the cabling, this causes arcing and in trun may lead to a fire.

Having the electrics tested and inspected will give you piece of mind that your installation is up to current standards and is safe.

RECI recommend that the electrical installation should be tested and checked about every five years. For more information from the RECI website about home safety check this link http://www.reci.ie/ConsumerServices/HomeSafety/tabid/58/Default.aspx
For further information about Pedreschi Electrical and Alarms Limited check out this link http://www.pedreschi.com/

Is there a blogger that you’ve come across who has shared an insight into the construction sector, be they a tradesman or other related trade or service provider.

If you have any queries or questions or have any topics you’d like to see covered just contact us and we’ll get to work on it.

This hard hat was used as our logo since the site went live in June 2000, our new logo which has recently been unveiled represents the network that is intertwined between tradesmen.  As many jobs around the home require a combination of trades working in co-operation with one another.

There are fifty two poems in this volume, one for each week of the year, the poems are based on time, there is one for each hour of the day, the most important factor,  each encompasses the heart in its message.

The collection is titled “Look Where The Talking Has Led Us”.

Books can be obtained directly from the Mater Foundation or can be purchased from Easons. http://www.materfoundation.ie

We caught up with Kieran in January of 2008 and were delighted to hear that this edition is selling fast, there are still copies left though so get your copy soon.

Having spoke to Kieran again in June 2008, the book has been available for one year and its still not too late to get hold of your very own copy!

Latest news - we met Kieran in July 2008 and have obtained signed copies of this book, Kieran is currently in the process of completing his next offering - we wish him well!

To obtain a copy at the cost of 10 Euro plus P & P please Contact Us for further information.  Full price is €16.50 available at the shop.