Despite the opposing forces of tightening COVID-19 restrictions and the beginning of a long and cold season, restaurants are seeking ways to stay operational. Many restaurant owners are considering outdoor dining structures – such as yurts, pods, and tents – to keep customers warm while also limiting COVID-19 exposure. However, there’s the risk of numerous legal and safety repercussions should a restaurant neglect the proper precautions. It’s vital that business owners carefully evaluate the viability of outdoor dining and the overall safety considerations for restaurants. [Read more…]
Outdoor Dining: Safety Considerations for Restaurants
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4 Tips to Keep Your Home Warm and Safe This Winter
November 20, 2017 by
With the winter weather, this is the season you’ll be spending the most time in your home, especially if you’re hosting the holidays. With the weather outside so frightful, it’s important that your home is ready for winter, especially when it needs to beat back the freezing temperatures, ice, and snow. Put a little work in right now to avoid issues mid-holiday, as well as to nip any winter home damages in the bud. Here are four places to focus on keeping your home warm – and safe – this winter. [Read more…]
Preventing and Dealing with Frozen Pipes & Ice Dams
November 14, 2017 by
With the first snows already hitting New England, it’s time to get ready for the cold weather and the resulting freezes that cause ice issues. Preparing your home is more than just stocking up on firewood and salt for the driveway, it’s also about making sure your home is both protected from the cold and that you have the tools to remove any hazards before they further damage your home. This article will go over two major ice issues that spring up in the winter: frozen pipes and ice dams. [Read more…]
Home Safety: Winter Power Outage
November 9, 2016 by
Everything is harder in winter, and this holds doubly true for interruptions in your power. This is why planning ahead and acting quickly within the first hours of the power outage can do a lot to keep you comfortable in such a miserable time. While some of these instructions hold true for any time of the year, most are geared towards dealing with the cold and the weather that causes it. Be ready to react to a winter power outage by keeping these ideas and mind, and making some small purchases just in case. [Read more…]
Getting Your Home Ready for Winter: 4 Things to Buy
October 30, 2016 by
Winter is right at our doorstep, but it’s still easy to put off the work needed to be done before the snow hits after months of mild weather. However, putting these things off until the last moment can do more than just inconvenience you. The costs for a lot of these goods and services increase as demand for them grows, so beating the rush can save you a lot of money. At worst, not planning for these things now can put your home and family in peril as snow and ice suddenly rains down. Time to get your home ready for winter. [Read more…]
Fire Safety in the Home: 3 Cold Weather Firestarters
February 29, 2016 by
Winter is a time of togetherness, but it’s not always voluntary. The brutal cold and rugged weather keeps individuals indoors as much as the spate of holidays. As we spend more time indoors against the cold, we perform more activities indoors. Ordinarily safe activities can become dangerous as repetition causes laxness, and not just to the individual involved. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there are over 360,000 homes each year damaged by fire. Below you’ll find three of common causes of home fires, and at least one of them will probably surprise you. [Read more…]
