We are launching our blog page for the consumer to use to discover information pertaining to your home. We will be publishing information about energy efficiency , green building, home maintenance, new construction and remodeling. We hope you find this site interesting and will participate to help Santanni Custom Homes to help in making our company a stronger more viable organization. We will be looking forward to receiving your questions and comments. If you have any topics you would like us to discuss, please let us know. Thank You

Women Centric is one of the many items that has been talked about over the last couple of years. Like Green Building it has come to the forefront of subjects regarding home construction. As a Custom Home Builder and  Custom Remodeler, Santanni Custom Homes has been constructing Women Centric for years. Studies show us that 91 percent of home construction is fueled by women.  We have known this for many years and have listened to what women want to  help them create their families dream. Our women clients are very specific and are very helpful to us in the design process as they usually have been researching specific areas of the home for a long time. They will bring with them to our meetings the books, articles and pictures from magazines, that  fuel their ideas. This has been a very useful tool for us as it allows our clients show us or tell us what they want  and then we can produce that end product for them. As we are asked about our experiences in these specific areas of the home, we can also assist our clients with Design service and a Professional Decorator Services. This we have found has been very useful to us and our clients. Again I am looking for input on this subject, please send us your ideas.  We will be talking about this more in the future!

We will be talking about how important care and maintenance of the home is vital to proper performance. I will look forward to your questions in this area or any ideas that you have as a homeowner:

Change furnace filters as required:

Clean and Change Humidifier filter yearly

Clean all drainage hoses or replace off of furnace , air exchanger, humidifier , ETC.

Keep all Exterior Intakes and Exhaust for Furnace, Air Exchanger ETC Clear and Clean

Clean out dryer vent yearly .

Clean out Air Conditioner unit free and clear of all debris especially, leaves, cotton from trees, Clean as necessary, can be washed out with water.

Keep air exchanger clean and wash filters as necessary.

Change batteries yearly in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors once a year. Also press and hold test button to make sure all units are working as designed.

Seal your Granite Tops once a year, you can purchase sealer from Home Depot or Lowes to properly seal. This is a very easy process and will help maintain the beauty of this natural Stone.

Clean out central vacuum tank as necessary and wash filter at bottom of unit. 

These are just a few of the items we will mention at this time: A good website to follow for tips on use and care is as follows:    www.home-smart.org

We will in the near future talk about ways to save energy which will help reduce our dependence on imported energy. A lot of these items will overlap with Green Building ideas. We will look forward to your participation with questions and ideas in this area. I will be posting  some different ideas and processes in the next couple of weeks.

We feel one of the most important pieces of the puzzle is having a highly efficient heating and cooling system in your home. We have been the last few years using high efficient heat pumps for heating and cooling is some of our projects. We are finding great success with helping to keep energy costs down with these new improvements. The new high efficient heat pumps  are much better than what was used years ago. So we are very excited about the new innovative products that are out there for heating systems.

Insulation; This is another area we have seen vast improvements over the last few years. We use icynene open cell foam insulation and have had great results. As part of the push for green building it is important for the home to be tight. We will talk more about this in future articles.

We are in the process of of putting together packages for our remodel projects that will be as follows:

New energy efficient windows, Updated heating and cooling system, Energy efficient water heater , with solar as another option;

Environments for Living :  Energy Efficiency

Tight Construction: Special Framing Techniques to help the home perform to its optimum:

Improved Thermal System: Achieved Thru Proper Insulation

Right Sized Heating and Cooling Systems for occupant comfort

Efficient Lighting; LED LIGHTING OR CFL along with optional Dimming

Energy Star Appliances

Low Flow Toilets

Engineered Plumbing Systems

Combustion Safety : Carbon Monoxide detectors

Fresh Air and spot ventialtion: Source Point certain areas of the home: Fans that exhaust in Kitchens and all Baths:

Air Presure Balancing as part of the air handler system: Proper sized duct work that has been properly installed and Sealed: 

Internal Moisture Management: We use ERV’S Energy Recovery Ventilators as well as a whole house Dehumidification and a whole house Humidification:

We are describing a few of the areas that we use as part of our constuction techniques: We would like your questions or responses ,or other ideas: We will be talking about other parts of Green Building in the Future: Your participation will be greatly appreciated;