Tag: habitat for humanity
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Habitat for Humanity builds home for veteran family in Colorado Springs
The word “home” may only have four letters, but for Willie and Barbara, it is a huge word, weighted with gratitude and hope for the future. “It means everything,” said Willie, an Army veteran who was stationed at Fort Carson in the 1980s. “It means the world.” Willie and his wife, Barbara, are about to…
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Around the House: Turn to attic fan to cool off overly hot attic
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save I’ve been conducting an experiment over the last couple of weeks at my house to see how hot the attic gets in the daytime. I was somewhat surprised to see temperatures routinely in the 120s and 130s during the middle part of the day. And,…
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Around the House: Turn to attic fan to cool off overly hot attic
I’ve been conducting an experiment over the last couple of weeks at my house to see how hot the attic gets in the daytime. I was somewhat surprised to see temperatures routinely in the 120s and 130s during the middle part of the day. And, on one of the hotter days, I was stunned to…
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Around the House: Turn to attic fan to cool off overly hot attic
I’ve been conducting an experiment over the last couple of weeks at my house to see how hot the attic gets in the daytime. I was somewhat surprised to see temperatures routinely in the 120s and 130s during the middle part of the day. And, on one of the hotter days, I was stunned to…
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Colorado contractor teams up with home-improvement initiative to replace roof free of charge for Colorado Springs veteran
One of the country’s biggest roofing materials companies teamed up with a veterans’ nonprofit and a Colorado contractor last week to provide a new roof for a Colorado Springs veteran, free of charge. In partnership with the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project and Purple Heart Homes, Cenco Building Services completely replaced a roof and gutters…