Resources and Referrals from Winding River Home Inspection Services LLC offering Residential, Home, and Commercial Property Inspections including Fort Collins, Loveland, Longmont, Berthoud, Estes Park, Boulder, Broomfield, Greeley, Livermore, Red Feather Lakes, Severance, Wellington, Windsor and the Northern Colorado Front Range.

WindingRiver

Home Inspection Services LLC

Phone: 970-222-2104 * 303-774-1104

Email: Winding River Home Inspections, LLC

ENERGY SAVINGS INFORMATION

    Do It Yourself - Energy Audit - EERE Consumer's Guide

   Free Home Energy Audit - Touchstone Energy Coop

    Home Energy Savings Tips - James Dulley's Column

List of Articles on How to Reduce Home Heating Costs

Air Duct Systems for Heating & Cooling - Make sure your warm air ducts are properly installed, not crimped, leaky, missing insulation, or contaminated.

Heating Fuel Costs Compared: A Comparison of Current Energy Costs: Heating Oil, Natural Gas, Firewood for a table comparing the cost per BTU of different heating fuels.

Heating Cost Reduction Advice: How to Save on Home Heating Costs - Book Review & Actual Heating Savings and Energy Savings Tips for homeowners and service technicians, gas & oil heat money saving tips, thermostat tips, tune-up tips.

Heating System Inspection & Repair Procedures for Oil-Fired Heating Boilers and Furnaces Detailed step by step approaches for inspecting, servicing, repairing, and tuning up heating systems for economical performance

Heating Loss Diagnosis: How to diagnose loss of heat, when the oil burner, boiler, or furnace won't run, or when the system runs but heat is not delivered to the living area

How to Calculate Heat Loss in a Building - guide to calculating the rate of heat loss for different areas, insulation, materials

NO HEAT - Boiler & Furnace Diagnosis Guide - where to start in figuring out why the heating system is not working

Radiant Heat Floor Mistakes to Avoid - don't let these foolish installation errors ruin your radiant heat floor system

Thermal Tracking & Stains & Signs of Heat Loss how to recognize thermal tracking or thermal bridging & how to diagnose Stains on Ceilings & Walls, Building Air Leaks & Insulation Defects, as well as other indoor air quality or building concerns

CONSUMER INFORMATION

Aluminum Branch Circuit Wiring
Defective Water Heater Dip Tubes

Federal Pacific Electric Panels

Fiberglass Asphalt Shingle Failures Information and Claims Website

Forced Air Heater Alert/Recall

Lennox Pulse Furnace Safety Inspection -Warranty Program-Carbon Monoxide Warning
Plastic Heating Vent Pipe Safety Recall Notice Polybutylene Plumbing
Radon - EPA's Main Radon Page

Radon - Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon
Wood Destroying Fungus
GENERAL INFORMATION

Realtor.com

Home By Owner 101
HGTV
Do It Yourself

REFERRAL SOURCES

My company has no ties with any other business and does not perform any repair work. Therefore, I am providing a list of referral sources of people and companies that through my experience have found to be fair, have a good reputation, and/or that provide high quality services. I do not wish to imply that I am specifically endorsing any particular product, service, and/or company.

Builders/Contractors/Handyman/Trim:

American Classic Barns - John Macfarlane - (970) 669-0777 / (970) 215-2001
Cory Childs Construction - (970) 587-2703/(970)371-4008
J&B Homes (Red Feathers area only) - Jeff Hill (970) 214-9814

JMC - Trim Work - (970) 215-0570
M&H Construction Services LLC - (970) 218-5034

Paul Lundgren - Interior/Exterior Painting, Trim Work & Tile - (970) 219-2146

Carpet Clean/Restoration:

Serv Pro of Fort Collins - (970) 493-6335

Concrete Foundations & Flatwork:

ICS - (Insulated Panels) - (970) 461-FOAM - (303) 4-PANELS

Primos Concrete & Flatwork - Lupe Vargas - (970) 566-4594

Electrical:

G B Electric, LLC - Tori Tomasino (970) 481-7961

Higher Ground - (970) 679-0285

Engineering:

Advanced Engineering, LLC - Structural Engineer - Jason Baker, P.E. - (970) 278-1909

EDM Engineering - (970) 204-4001

TW Hartmann, Inc. - (970) 593-6223

Excavation:

K & D Excavation - Doug Wood - (970) 482-0866 / (970) 567-7147

Nicholson Building - Randy Nicholson - (970) 227-2876

Spears Excavating & Pipeline, Inc. - Davon Spears - (303) 589-1004

Gas/Chimney:

Steve's Tree & Chimney Service - (Chimney Sweep) - (970) 498-0156

The Gas Connection, Inc. - Karl Gallant - (303) 466-4206    www.thegasconnection.com - gas lines (installation/repair/re-routing) www.rockymountainthermocrete.com for chimney flue restoration and repairs

Heating & Air-Conditioning:

Air Comfort Heating & Air - (970) 490-1458

Air Flow - Manny Pereyra (970) 669-3569

Air Waves Heating & Air - Dennis Lujan (970) 669-7900

Aztec Plumbing & Heating (Radiant Heat) - Scott Walkowicz - (970) 663-0233

BC Plumbing & Heating - Chris Barker - (970) 412-7463

Insulation:

Thermal Concepts - (970) 223-7090

Kitchen Cabinets:

Schroll Cabinets - (970) 226-2717

Mold & Asbestos Detection & Removal:

Mold & Asbestos Detection & Removal - Mick Gallagher - (970) 988-5052 / (970) 232-9186

Mud-Jacking:

Cracker Jack Mudjacking Inc. - Dan Johnson (303) 410-7787

Pests/Critter Control:

Critter Control - Ron Douglas - (303) CRITTER
Soper Pest Control - Phillip Soper - (970) 484-0752

Plumbing & Sewer:

A-1 Sewer Pumping - (970) 223-6803

Aztec Plumbing & Heating (Radiant Heat) - Scott Walkowicz - (970) 663-0233

BC Plumbing & Heating - Chris Barker - (970) 412-7463

Backflow Protection Service - (Backflow Prevention Only) - (970) 443-5522

Madden Plumbing - (970) 282-8001

Roto-Rooter (Sewer Scope) - (303) 651-7767

Pump Installation & Repair:

GNC Pump Service - (970) 484-6006

Pro Well & Pump Systems - Tim Davis or Ray Spurgin (970) 221-5410

Wayne's Pump Service - (970) 484-8588

Radon Remediation:

BC Plumbing & Heating - Chris Barker - (970) 412-7463

B-Wise Radon - Bryson Weiss - (970) 420-9470

Radon Engineering Consultants - Curt Nelson (303) 741-1100

Roofing:

Atlas Roofing - (970) 484-7777

Partners Roofing - (970) 407-9007

Siding:

By The Book Stucco - Bruce Tibboel - (970) 266-9514 / (970) 218-5741

MH Construction Services LLC - (970) 218-5034

Tile Installation & Repair:

Bad Grout - (970) 407-0008

Crews Custom Tile - Wayne Crews - (970) 412-0673

Windows - Repair/Replacement:

Black's Glass - (970) 484-1505

Pella Windows - Jorge Vargas - (970) 266-1083

Any link found on this site does not constitute endorsement of a particular Product, Service and/or Company

List of Articles on How to Reduce Home Heating Costs

Builders/Contractors/Handyman/Trim:

Carpet Clean/Restoration:

Serv Pro of Fort Collins - (970) 493-6335

Concrete Foundations & Flatwork:

Electrical:

Engineering:

Excavation:

Gas/Chimney:

Heating & Air-Conditioning:

Insulation:

Kitchen Cabinets:

Mold & Asbestos Detection & Removal:

Mud-Jacking:

Pests/Critter Control:

Plumbing & Sewer:

Pump Installation & Repair:

Radon Remediation:

Roofing:

Siding:

Contact Information: Electronic mail General Information: Winding River Inspection Services, LLC

Telephone 970-222-2104 303-774-1104 -- Postal address 952 Skinner Gulch Road, Loveland, CO 80537

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