Jim Hicks' Blog

Have you voted for Summit Christian Academy, Lower (Yorktown VA) in the Kohls Cares campaign? If we can make it to #20 or better by Sep 3rd, we will win $500k, which could be put to VERY good use. Our school immerses kids in a Christ-centered environment for grades K4 through 12th. We have only  [ Read More ]

According to Yahoo news, web searches on “hurricane earl tracker” have soared an astounding 1,505% in the past 24 hours.  Wind speeds have increased to 135 mph and all of us that lived through Isabel in 2003 are starting to get migranes. The real scary part is Isabel was barely a Catagory 1 Hurricane when  [ Read More ]

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Water Pipe Burst, damages roof in Newport News

If so, you may be paying too much in cooling costs.  Here’s a comparison of regular asphalt shingles to Timberline Cool Series.

This house fire was due to an electrical wire from the hot tub located in the back of the house (the big black spot). Below are a few pictures of inside the house: More than 3,500 Americans die each year in fires and approximately 20,000 are injured. An overwhelming number of fires occur in the  [ Read More ]

To see the QUIZZER for the 10Apr2010 Radio Show, scroll to the bottom of the page.  Answers will be posted after the show. Kitchen Remodel & Encapsulated Crawl Space CLICK ON PICTURES TO ENLARGE Before Kitchen Remodel After Kitchen Remodel Pete Johnson The Remodeling Company 757-867-6800 www.remodelco.com Before Encapsulated Crawl Space After Encapsulated Crawl Space  [ Read More ]

Speechless This home in Virginia Beach is worth over a million Dollars and a home inspector just noted there was  moisture problem.  A moisture problem, yes, only that it’s slight understatement. The insulation is dripping, the wood is dripping, sever wood destroying fungus, ducts damaged and contaminated. This is not only a home/structure problem but a real health  [ Read More ]

If so, you may be paying too much in cooling costs.  Here’s a comparison of regular asphalt shingles to Timberline Cool Series.