Energy Saving Tips
Maximizing Home Efficiency During Long Island Winters
Winter on Long Island can be harsh, with strong winds and heavy snowfall. As such, ensuring your home is energy-efficient is crucial not only for comfort but also for managing heating costs effectively. Center Island Contracting is dedicated to helping homeowners make informed decisions about winterizing their homes for maximum efficiency. Understanding Home Energy Efficiency…
Read MoreTop 5 Tips for Maintaining Your Smart Home Devices
In the age of home innovation, smart devices have become integral to modern living, enhancing convenience, security, and energy efficiency. Whether you’re amidst a home remodel, or building a new Long Island home, maintaining your smart home devices is crucial. Here are the top 5 tips to ensure your smart home continues to operate seamlessly,…
Read MoreSave Money and Conserve Energy with Smart Home Upgrades
Saving money and conserving energy are key priorities for homeowners seeking to create a more sustainable and economical living space. Strategic home upgrades can help achieve both goals, offering long-term savings and reducing your environmental footprint. Here’s how you can save money and conserve energy through smart home upgrades. Discover the benefits of energy-efficient renovations…
Read MoreTop 10 Smart Home Technologies for Your New Home Construction
If you’re planning on building a new home or renovating an existing one, incorporating smart home technology can help you enjoy a more convenient, comfortable, and energy-efficient lifestyle. With so many smart home technologies available today, it can be overwhelming to decide which ones to include in your home. That’s why we’ve put together a…
Read More6 Ways to Build a House with Natural Air Ventilation in New Hyde Park
Boosting natural air ventilation in your new construction home brings many advantages to homeowners, benefitting both the environment and the home’s overall systems. Building a custom home with this in mind will help keep your home cooler naturally in the warmer months of the year, without as much reliance on cooling systems. If achieving more…
Read MoreUpgrade Your Home to Reduce Future Energy Costs
Adding energy efficient upgrades to your home remodel or new construction home will not only benefit the environment but save you money as well. For these reasons and many more, homeowners have been customizing their homes to be as energy efficient as possible when building new. Energy efficient upgrades will result in an overall more…
Read MoreHow to Winterize Your Home in One Weekend
We’re all crunched for time, so the goal in doing home maintenance tasks is to do them as quickly as possible. This rings true for winterizing our homes for the winter. Have you been putting off home winterizing? You’re not alone. The best contractors on Long Island can help! We have all the tips to…
Read MoreTransforming the Exterior of Your Home with Lighting
Once your home remodel or new construction home is complete, it’s time to add the finishing touches that will really make the home pop. One inexpensive way to upgrade the curb appeal of your home is to add exterior lighting that will illuminate your home once night falls. Lighting can completely change the exterior of…
Read MoreLighting Upgrades to Make your Home Remodel Dazzle in Centre Island
Your new construction or newly-remodeled home is not complete without lighting upgrades to make it dazzle. Upgrading your lighting can make a big difference in any room, adding the cherry on top of the interior design cake. Choosing the lighting for your home remodel or new build is just as important as furnishing the home…
Read More8 Home Energy Saving Tips for the Winter
Winter is just around the corner, which means our energy usage will start to skyrocket once the temperature outside begins to drop. Many homeowners today are adapting more eco-friendly home practices, but the winter makes saving energy difficult as we try to heat our homes to a comfortable temperature. Without sacrificing a warm house on…
Read MoreAdapt your Lighting to Enhance your Space in Every Season
Each season brings new weather and varying amounts of natural lighting. Because of this change, we encourage homeowners to adapt your lighting to enhance your living space for each season. Proper lighting can completely transform a room, making it feel warmer or even making it appear larger than it really is. When the dull winter…
Read MoreWinter is Coming: Safety Tips for Home Heating Systems in Plainview
Before we know it, fall will turn into winter and it will be too late for home winterization prep. Before it’s too late, carve out some free time to get your home heating systems ready for the chilly weather by identifying common HVAC issues. Knowing about the common problems with home heating systems before they…
Read MoreTips for Saving Energy on Long Island
Saving energy should be every homeowner’s objective all year round, but especially during the summer months when you’re A/C is working overtime to cool the house. Being conscious of conserving energy has many benefits, including saving money on energy bills and helping contribute to a cleaner environment. Regain control of energy usage in your household…
Read MoreTop 5 Energy Saving Tips for Summer
Saving energy during summer benefits homeowners by lowering energy bills and helping the environment. While we all look forward to those warm summer months, it can be a summertime buzz kill when we see those increased electric bills. In the summer, your A/C works overtime, you take more showers and overall, the amount of energy…
Read MoreHow to Keep Your House as Cool as Possible in the Summer
Staying as cool as possible in the summer becomes top priority once those temperatures surge. Once you’re in the comfort of your own home, you want it to be a safe haven from the heat outside. In order to make that happen, homeowners should be efficient with their summer cooling plans. After all, efficient cooling…
Read MoreSmart Home Capabilities Homeowners are Actually Buying
Smart home technology is on the forefront of home design trends, and the last couple of years have seen an introduction of more smart home capabilities than ever before. Soon it will become standard to buy smart capabilities when buying a new home or remodeling, and these systems can range from one easy installation of…
Read MoreWinter Energy Saving Tips for the Holiday Season
The combination of colder weather, outside Christmas lights and a generously lit Christmas tree makes winter a poor time for energy saving. However, there are ways to save on energy during the holiday season, which also translates into saving money. The following are energy saving tips that help us all to be energy efficient during…
Read MoreLED Lighting
People are always looking for the fastest and simplest way to save a buck. Little do they know, something as easy as changing the light bulbs in their home can do just that. LED lights are a common household name that most people know, but aren’t as common as a household fixture.
Read MoreHome Remodeling
If you are moving to, or are already in the Long Island area and are looking to do a home remodel, our general contractors can help you with all of your home redesign needs. Whether you are looking to remodel your bathroom, kitchen, basement, or simply just looking for plumbing and electrical services, our general contractors are skilled in all fields. Here is a list of some of the services we provide.
Read MorePreparing Your Home for Fall
Many homeowners may think it is too premature to worry about preparing your home for Fall, but getting an early start on seasonal home improvement is a sensible idea. It’s time to think about what you can do to make sure your home is ready for the cold season that is quickly approaching. To help you better prepare for the season, we made a list of home improvement maintenance and repairs that should be handled long before autumn turns into winter.
Read MoreMore Energy Saving Tips
Energy efficiency is important to both our environment and to your budget. One of many energy saving perks is cutting down on electricity usage throughout your home. Home energy efficiency is a great way to be environmentally conscious, while saving money. While it may seem tricky to uncover new ways to save on energy, we can assure you that home energy efficiency is easy! For many of us, it can be hard to know where to begin when it comes to energy efficiency, so we have outlined some energy saving tips below.
Read MoreFive Ways to Prepare Your Home for Winter
Five Ways to Prepare Your Home for Winter Winter is a challenging season for your home, and that is why it is so critical to make sure that your home is ready for the harsh weather conditions ahead. Preparing your home for winter is not as difficult as it may sound. Here are five ways…
Read MoreChoice Energy Saving Tips
Energy Saving Tips Everyone wants to save a little extra money, especially this time of year, and the best way to do that is to go green with our energy-saving tips! Whether you want to lower your electric bill, or you simply want to take a proactive role in reducing your carbon footprint, our energy-saving…
Read MoreInsulated Siding
Insulated Siding Helps Energy Efficiency Insulated siding, when compared to traditional siding, is a far greater investment for your home. Not only does insulated siding offer the same great curb appeal, it also offers added value and energy efficiency to your home. Here are just some of the great reasons why insulated siding for the…
Read MoreSimple Ways to Conserve Energy
Simple Ways to Conserve Energy in Your Home Home energy efficiency is important both to our environment and to your family budget. Cutting down on electricity use throughout your home is a great way to be environmentally conscious while saving money. While it may seem tricky to uncover new ways to save on energy, we…
Read MoreEnergy Efficiency Improvements
Energy Efficiency Improvements for Your Home Home energy efficiency helps reduce our carbon footprint, and will help you save money on your electric bill each month, which adds up to big savings each year. For many of us, it can be difficult to know where to begin when it comes to energy efficiency. Let’s face…
Read MoreBenefits of Electricity Generators for the Whole House
If you’re like most home owners, you don’t think about electricity generators until you actually need them – and by then, it’s usually too late. But electricity generators offer a wealth of benefits to home owners even when the power is still on. If you’re on the fence about buying a generator for house or…
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