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Quickly Lower Energy Bills Santa Clarita Residents

1. Switch to Compact Florecent lighting
Why? Bulbs pay for themselves in 6 months. Over 1/3 of your energy usage is lighting, CFL bulbs reduce that usage by 75%!
Bulbs now look like regular bulbs, come in Warm inviting light (2700K) best of all they don’t flicker now !
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2. Seal Heating and Air Ducts
Why? $20 worth of sealant will save you $100.’s ! Dept. of Energy says “Average home leaks 35% of your Conditioned air”
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3. Put Additional Insulation in attic
Did you Know? Goverment tax credit will pay 30% of the cost? Yes up to 1500.00 in cash tax credit. Insulation will pay for itself in 3 years in energy savings. Immediatly reducing your electric bills.
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Carl Reese is Santa Clarita’s #1 Home Inspector and Valley's Most Respected Handyman. Our clients are span the Santa Clarita Valley, from Movie and TV personalities (who will remain anonymous) to our 15 Year steady clients ….we cherish each one of you. These tips for energy savings are the items that pay you back the quickest. You can also sign up for the summersavings program from Southern California Edision that will pay you 200. Each year in energy savings. Carl Reese is Santa Clarita’s Only Energystar partner. CR Construction strives to lower your energybills. These simple energy saving tips will change they way you look at your electric bill. If your looking for the easiest way to lower your electric this is it. We Serve Valencia, Saugus, Canyon Country, Stevenson ranch and more. CR Construction offers Certified Home Inspection service, Energy Audits, Thermal Imaging, General Contracting Services. When it comes to a house we have you covered.

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Certified NACHI© Home Inspector • EnergyStar© Partner • Certified Mold Remediation & Testing • Certified Thermographer • Energy Consultant • Licensed General Contractor #B878946

Toxic waste disposal for Santa Clarita Residents is avaliable almost year round.

Santa Clarita real estate agents and residents ask me from time to time ”Where can I get rid of this old paint?”. Often when people are moving, they realize they have a ton of old paint. As you may know, you can’t throw it in the trash. This old paint is consider toxic waste. Here in Santa Clarita Valley we have the “Toxic Round up” twice a year. But what if you missed it?

Santa Clarita’s #1 Home inspector and Licensed Contractor has the answer below.

Keep harmful substances out of the environment with the annual Household Hazardous Waste (HHD) Pick up program. City households may receive free door-to-door collections of anitfreeze, car batteries, latex and oil based paints, motor oil and filters. Households have one free pickup every 12 months. For a FREE collection of these items contact Curbside Inc. at (800) HHW-PKUP or (800-449-7587)

BULKY ITEMS

Effective April 17, 2006, all City of Santa Clarita households, who have trash service, are entitled to four bulky item pickups per year with a maximum of three items per pickup at no charge. Please provide Waste Management/Blue Barrel Disposal with at least 48 hours notice in order to have the items picked up on your regular collection day. Waste Management can be reached at (661) 259-2398.

City residents may also drop off unlimited bulky items at Waste Management’s facility located at 25772 Springbrook Road, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at no charge.

“Bulky Items” means solid waste that cannot and/or would not typically be accommodated within a trash, recycling or greenwaste cart: furniture (including chairs, sofas, mattresses, and rugs); appliances (including refrigerators – with or without Freon and with the doors removed, ranges, washers, dryers, water heaters, water softeners – with salt removel if applicable, dishwashers, plumbing, small household appliances, and other similar items commonly know as “white goods”; electronic equipment (including stereos, televisions, computers, monitors, cellular phones, VCRs, microwaves, and other similar items commonly known as “brown goods” and “e­waste”); residential wastes (including wood waste, tree branches, scrapwood, limited debris from building remodeling, rocks, sod and earth, in the aggregate not exceeding one cubic yard per collection); clothing; and tires. Bulky items do not include car bodies, construction and demolition debris or items requiring more than two persons to remove.

Santa Clarita Home Inspector Carl Reese is posting this information for all residents that wish to know more about Water Softners and the Rebate program. If you want to install a Water softner system that is approved contact our office or check out our website at www.carlreese.com for more details.

To obtain an application for the Automatic Water Softener Rebate Program, please click the link below. Be sure to complete the application, and sign it prior to mailing. Incomplete applications cannot be processed. The application can be mailed or faxed to (562) 908-4224.

• Rebate Application Form (PDF) (DOC)

Take the Rebate and Run: Up to $2,000 for your Automatic Water Softener

The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District (Sanitation District) offers an automatic water softener rebate program. If you have an automatic water softener, you can get a rebate for the reasonable value of the unit—from $206 up to $2,000—and free removal by a pre-selected licensed plumber.

Applying for the rebate is simple:

1. Submit the one page rebate application to the Sanitation District (forms can be obtained by clicking on the Rebate Application Form link above).

2. After receiving your authorization to proceed, which will identify your rebate amount, schedule an appointment with a plumber on the list that accompanies the letter.

3. Watch the mail for your check.

As you may be aware, automatic water softeners release a salty waste into the sewer system. Though the wastewater is thoroughly treated before discharge into the Santa Clara River, the treatment process does not remove salt. The salty waste may be harmful to downstream aquatic life and/or agriculture.

If all automatic water softeners are not removed, the Sanitation District will be forced to build an advanced treatment process to take the equivalent salt loading out of the water. These treatment costs have been estimated to be $74 million.

In 2003, the Sanitation District banned the installation of all new automatic water softeners, but four percent of homes in the Valley still own one. This rebate program responds to citizen concerns about losing the capital investment in their softener by reimbursing the reasonable value of the unit based on age, purchase price and model retail rates. The rebate program provides reimbursement for 75 percent of the reasonable value of the automatic water softener.

To qualify for the Automatic Water Softener Rebate Program, the automatic water softener, the kind to which you add rock salt or potassium chloride, must be owned by the rebate program applicant(rentals are not eligible). Portable exchange tanks, which are rental units where the softening tank is exchanged periodically by a service provider for a new softening tank, are legal to use and are not eligible for a rebate. The automatic water softener must be installed in a residential unit (house, multiplex, condominium, apartment, or mobile home) that is served by the Sanitation District. Residences outside of the Sanitation District or served by septic tanks are not eligible. If the residence has more than one automatic water softener, all must be removed to qualify for this rebate program. The program is limited to one rebate per site address (location where the automatic water softener is installed).

As a condition of the Automatic Water Softener Rebate Program, a Sanitation District’s representative is authorized to visit the residence to verify that the automatic water softener is installed prior to removal.

If you would like to dispose of the salt or potassium chloride yourself, it must be disposed of as household hazardous waste. Residents of the City of Santa Clarita may call Curbside Incorporated at (800) 449-7587 or (800) HHW-PKUP to schedule a free household hazardous waste pickup. Residents of unincorporated Los Angeles County may dispose of salt for free at the Saugus Water Reclamation Plant at 26200 Springbrook Avenue in Santa Clarita. At the Saugus Water Reclamation Plant, salt is collected at the Liquid Waste Disposal Station. Enter the station by driving through the railroad crossing located opposite Saugus Suzuki at 26081 Bouquet Canyon Road in Saugus. The station is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and is closed Sunday and major holidays.

All residents may also dispose of salt for free at the annual Santa Clarita Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events and at the East San Fernando Valley S.A.F.E. Collection Center. The East San Fernando Valley S.A.F.E. Center is located at 11025 Randall Street in Sun Valley and is open Saturday, Sunday, and Monday from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. except on major holidays.

If you have additional questions, please call 877-CUT-SALT.

Here are the results of the measure voted on Nov 4th 2008 to remove exsisting Salt based water softners. So now if you have one in your house , even if you were grandfathered in before…you must remove it.

Measure S Removal of Residential “Salt-Based” Water Softeners — Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 55,502 / 64.02% Yes votes …… 31,192 / 35.98% Novotes

NOTE: If you do not live within the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation

District, Prop S will NOT be on your Official Ballot. If you are in doubt, please see district map.Prop S will continue to pop up on Smart Voter lists all over L.A. County until the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District has been properly defined in Smart Voter’s database.

Meanwhile, we regret any confusion that has been generated by this oversight. To reduce chloride levels in the Santa Clara River as required by the State of California and minimize future rate increases for the customers of the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District of Los Angeles County, shall an ordinance be adopted requiring the removal of, and providing a compensation program for, all installed residential “salt-based” self-regenerating water softeners within the District’s service area?

Concerned about unhealthful air in the SCV ? Mold inside your Home? Do you have Allergies or Asthma? Well your Santa Clarita’s Best Home Inspector is here to answer questions about Air Quality.

Fact: The EPA studies show the air in our homes is 4 to 5 times more polluted than the outside air! (see video below)

We cannot control the air we breath when we are outside the home. However, We can clean and control the quality of air we breath inside the home. Santa Clarita air quality is moderate to unhealthy the majority of the year! Frankly, majority of us, are breathing unhealthy air in our homes.

Carl Reese Construction of Santa Clarita California can test your home for Mold & Air Quality. CR Construction is Valencia's #1 Mold Remediation Service. We have a complete line of mold testing options. Certified by IAC2 we are Santa Clarita Mold Qualified Contractor. See www.carlreese.com for more details.

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