If you find your home is uncomfortable year round it may be time to look at your home's roof and attic as the culprit.

Heat from the sun is transferred to the earth via UV rays. These UV rays hit the roof of your house and when this happens the roof starts to reradiate the heat, transferring this heat into your attic. This is then absorbed by the insulation in your attic. This built up heat eventually makes its way into your home.

To help keep your home more comfortable you need to

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"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship." 

These wise words from Benjamin Franklin are as true today as they were when he spoke them more than a century ago.

Sadly, saving money these days is often easier said than done--especially when you can buy almost anything you want with the simple swipe across a smartphone screen.

But saving money is essential to creating a brighter financial future for yourself and your family. One of the most effective ways to begin building a nice-sized nest egg is to cut out the little expenses and then build toward bigger ideas. 

Here's a look at five simple money saving tips that can help you eliminate the little stuff and build a bigger savings account

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No one who lives in Las Vegas would ever knock air conditioning. But after a long spring and summer of breathing air conditioned air, there is something quite liberating about fresh outdoor air.

Make the most of this small indulgence at some of these fun activities near Las Vegas, including:

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Birds are to roofs what rabbits are to flowers and shrubs: pleasant to admire as they flutter or jump around but destructive when they want to be.

So even if you’re a proud, card-carrying member of an Audubon society who likes to take nature walks with a pair of binoculars around your neck, it behooves you to understand how birds can damage your roof – and also how you can deter them from wreaking havoc there. Birds really are called pests for a reason, especially when you consider these points from a roofing contractor in Las Vegas:

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Fall is on the doorstep and the cold winter nights will be dropping into the Las Vegas area before we know it. If you found that your heating bills were through the roof last winter it could be due to the lack of insulation in your attic. Your heating system could be pumping all the warm air it wants into the house but if your attic is not insulated then you are practically blowing money out of your roof.

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