Comfort Main Concern for Most in Building a Home
Her Home Magazine Offers Steps to Comfortable, Safe Home
OMAHA, NE, (August, 2005) – Consumers who want a safer, healthier
and more comfortable home can obtain their goal if they plan carefully
during the construction process. Her Home magazine’s summer
issue provides some basic hints on how to have a safe, healthy home
in the “Let Comfort Be Your Guide” article.
“Most people are interested in comfortable homes as much as
they want beauty,” said Linda Reimer, president of Design Basics
and editor of Her Home magazine. “They want homes that are quiet,
have even temperatures throughout and require low maintenance.”
Reimer recommends spending time with your architect and contractor
to make certain your wishes are known. Consumers should review this
list of some areas to consider when constructing a “comfortable”
home:
Temperature: Make certain the home will be well-insulated with tight-fitting,
energy-efficient windows and doors to allow even heating and cooling
temperatures throughout the home.
- Sound: Have radiant floor heating, Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF)
walls and quality windows
and doors installed to reduce noise from outside the home.
- Energy efficient: As energy costs continue to rise, ICF walls,
low-energy windows and radiant heat will reduce monthly energy bills.
- Safety: Homes that are safer and protected from severe weather
also may qualify for reduced home insurance premiums. (See a detailed
list of recommended measures on the insurance industry’s website:
www.IBHS.org.)
- Low Maintenance: Look for low-maintenance or maintenance-free
products such as vinyl windows that can be easily cleaned and stand
humidity changes.
- Healthy: A comfortable, tight, energy-efficient home reduces the
infiltration of allergens and mold from outdoors to make air in
the home much healthier.
Reimer said to learn more about the many aspects of building a stronger,
safer home, visit www.HerHome.com/safer.
Design Basics, the nation’s largest home plan design firm to
the building trade, offers nearly 1,500 home plans that are marketed
to 98% of the national home publications and in lumber yards and featured
weekly in newspapers across the country. The company produces a variety
of home plan catalogs and publications which are distributed via direct
mail, consumer and newsstand publications and on the Internet. Design
Basics’ publishes Her Home magazine, a quarterly full-color
magazine that is the first of its type with editorial based solely
on critical decisions female consumers need when building their home.
For more information see: www.HerHome.com
and www.DesignBasics.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joyce Brown, 402-331-9223
