Archive for November, 2011
Cost to clean air ducts
As part of our “How much does it cost?” series, we recently had our air ducts cleaned. The whole project ended up costing $500 with a NADCA (National Air Duct Cleaners Association) certified HVAC company in Delaware county, Pennsylvania.
As always, standard disclaimer applies as costs vary based on your location, project requirements, permits and other fees.
The company we ended up using is called Interior Maintenance Company (IMC) in Lansdowne PA. We selected the company because it was based in Lansdowne and we wanted to support our local town in some way. The company provided an estimate based on the number of registers we had in our home. Their current breakdown of costs based on registers:
- 1 – 6 registers – $295
- 7 – 9 registers – $385
- 10 – 12 registers – $440
- 13 – 15 registers – $490
- 16 – 18 registers – $540
- 19 – 21 registers – $590
- 22 – 24 registers – $650
- 25 – 27 registers – $710
Harvest Festival at Newlin Grist Mill
For a free event, history in any form is worth every moment. For a harvest festival at Newlin Grist Mill it’s a whole other experience.
As described on the Newlin Grist Mill site:
Historic demonstrators and craftsmen arrive at Newlin Grist Mill to demonstrate the sights sounds and smells of 18th century life. Smell the first of a wood-burning bake oven with Blue Hen Bakers, watch open hearth cooks work over an open fire, hear the sounds of iron pounding in the blacksmith shop, and have your own silhouette made. Enjoy the sounds or period harp and mandolin music or catch a performance of 18th century acapella music by The Colonial Revelers.
We enjoyed all of this thanks to Nathaniel and Mary Newlin, who in 1704, built a water-powered grist mill along the West Branch of Chester Creek.
Arnica Gel After Vaccination
Has anyone used Arnica Gel to soothe pain from vaccination shots? We picked up a tube from Whole Foods after hearing friends talk about how they loved the product, especially since it was considered to be a homeopathic medicine.
From the Arnicare website,
Arnica montana is the Latin name for a perennial that grows 1 to 2 feet tall with bright, yellow daisy-like flowers that appear in July and August. It is found on the moist, grassy upland meadows in the hills and mountains of northern and central Europe and Siberia. It is also found sparsely in the northwestern United States. More common names for Arnica are Mountain daisy, Leopard’s bane and Mountain tobacco. Arnica is toxic when ingested at full strength, but it can be used as an ointment, gel or cream on unbroken skin or taken internally when it is diluted homeopathically.
Thoughts? Comments?