Hidden Valley Maintenance

I'd like to talk a little about lighting today. One of the easiest ways to save money around the house is to reduce your house hold expenses. That being said, I'm constantly surprised when I walk into peoples homes in Muskoka after being asked to perform an energy audit to help combat an ever increasing hydro bill, and one of the first things I find is outdated lighting technology. Maybe its because I come from the commercial sector that this appalls me so much, seeing as som...e of this tech is so antiquated that the commercial sector stopped using it 20 years ago because it was too expensive to operate. Incandescent lighting was being phased out 15 years ago with mandatory wattage reductions and government incentives making way for compact fluorescent lights. Now, about 5 years ago cfl's started going the way of incandescents in favour of light emitting diodes. Today we have 4 watt led bulbs with close to the same efficacy of old 60 watt incandescent bulbs, with 20 times the life expectancy, and next to zero thermal loading. Thermal loading is the heat being emitted by your lights, a by product of lost electricity not being returned to the grid, resulting in your air conditioner operating at a higher level just to satisfy your cooling load. If your still using old incandescent technology, or if you retrofitted your home with cfl technology a few years back...then its time for another upgrade. Don't let the high price of led technology, which now costs about 25% of what it did 5 years ago, discourage you from making the responsible decision by ordering an led lighting retrofit today. Realize real savings on your hydro bills with affordable lighting choices that benefit the environment and help keep money in your pocket. See more

I'd like to proudly announce the launch of our new advertising campaign for the 2018 season. We think the fresh new look better represents our corporate identity and will help us achieve all of our goals under our new branding. We'd like to thank Logojoy for the ergonomics of their graphics program, and Go Daddy for their awesome website builder. Don't get fooled into thinking you need to pay big bucks to a marketing company for doing something that you can easily, and cheaply do yourself...cheers!