When it freezes

I know the rain is back and this may be a little dated but here is a tip. When the weather is so cold, in the twenties, getting your carpets cleaned is not a bad idea. Why? Because when the air is as dry as it has been carpets dry faster. Who'd a thunk.
Another tip. When it is as cold as it has been there is a major risk of broken pipes. Outdoor faucets freeze up as well. Don't do what a client of mine did. He wanted to thaw out the outdoor hose bib so he poured warm, not hot, water over the faucet. It was a good idea but not effective enough. So, he went right for the big guns and struck up the propane torch and began to carefully heat the faucet. He was a distance away and warming around the fixture but it happened anyway. The heat in the metal pipe transferred to the little plastic relief valve and it went down in a dripping mass of flames. Hindsight said-- a hair dryer would have been a better choice. I have not heard a lot of good outcomes from extreme heat so be careful, be safe.

The Fresh Sheet is Born

Welcome to the inaugural post of "The Fresh Sheet" The name is an amalgam of my two lives as business owner and amateur chef wannabe. The business name is A Fresh Clean Look and the 'fresh sheet' is a concept borrowed from my years in the restaurant industry. I hope to mix enough of both to be practical in two admittedly diverse subjects. The intent will be to create a friendly atmosphere where with a cup of coffee and a cruller you'll be served up information from my viewpoint that improves your life. I am not intending to be political or controversial. I ask my followers if they comment on the blog to employ the Golden Rule and remember what Flower said to Thumper in Bambi "If you can't say something nice about somebody, don't say nothing at all."