Can Smart Water Sensors Help Prevent Flood Damage?

Home flooding can be expensive. From a broken appliance to a leaky roof or burst pipe, a situation can quickly go from a minor problem to a serious incident. In a recent survey, Ooma found that 74 percent of Americans have had flood or water damage in their homes. The following infographic explores whether smart water sensors can help prevent flood damage.

Discover America’s Dream Home

Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. Cute saying, but what’s with the humble part? When it comes to where we hang our hats, and spend most of our lives, people want to think big. The team at Northshore Fireplace surveyed 2,000 Americans to see how they envision their dream homes in 2018. The results are contained in the following infographic.

Edible Flowers: 15 Blooms that You Can Eat

The idea of eating flowers may strike you as something bizarre. You would even probably ask yourself: why eat a rose petal? As it turns out, ingesting flowers isn’t so weird after all. In fact, you have probably been eating blooms your entire life without realizing it. This infographic will never leave you clueless on which flowers you can eat, listing 15 of them.

Carpenter Ants – All You Need to Know to Deal With Them

Carpenter ants are nuance insects that can invade your home and establish a colony fairly quickly. These ants burrow into wooded materials to create their nests which can cause a lot of damage to wooden elements of your home and compromise the structural integrity of the building. The following infographic will help you identify this type of ants and provides information on how to prevent damage and eliminate a possible infestation.

Why Everyone is STILL Moving to Austin

Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the US, and for good reason. The economy is booming, the culture is fantastic, and the weather can’t be beaten. Roughly 50 people move to Austin every day. In the following infographic, Blue Whale Moving Company looks at why everyone is still moving to Austin.

Best Pipes For Plumbing? PEX-a Pipes vs The Rest

When it comes to ensuring water safety and ease of installation, preventing wastage and saving on costs for your next building project or home, there is simply no equal to PEX-a pipes. Learn how this premium made plastic stacks up against other plastics and traditional metal materials within this infographic by Uponor.

Time-Saving Cleaning Hacks

The average person spends approximately 7.74 years cleaning their homes. That’s the equivalent of sailing around the world 23 times or completing the Tour de France 805 times. Surely this time can be put to better use. Cleaning hacks can give you more time to do those things that are enjoyable to you (unless cleaning is your cup of tea). The following infographic includes several hacks that utilize common household items that you probably have laying around your house.

How to Grow Weed in Your AeroGarden

Miracle Grow AeroGarden™ is a fun and small hydroponic system. This infographic, courtesy of Aero Weed highlights important information you need to know to grow medical marijuana in an AeroGarden. Learn from experimented growers the best AeroGarden light settings, nutrients, solution pH, and how to maximize yield.

Top 10 Perennial Plants

From April to November, perennial plants are bright additions to any garden and attract a fantastic range of pollinating insects and wildlife. These easy-to-grow plants and flowers are incredibly versatile and can be grown in a variety of places – from containers to ground cover beneath trees. Take a look at this handy infographic about their top 10 perennial picks and get inspired.