The Minneapolis Convention Center is hosting this event
Dates: October 17-18, 2009
Event Hours: 10am to 5pm both days
Location: Exhibit Hall C
Admission:
Adults $6.00 at the Door!
Featuring 100s of unique exhibitors and new products with FREE speaker presentations, demonstrations and entertainment!
Contact Information:
MediaMAX Events & Expos, Inc.
(952) 238-1700
www.mediamaxevents.com
The Minnesota State Fair is a tradition for some, and those traditions are as varied as those who attend the Fair.
People go for the food, to see the animals, to ride the rides, to people watch, for grandstand shows, and for all the latest and most unique products.
You can find green living products to improve or build your home, new designs of old stand-bys, the latest machinary for just about anything, and oh so much more.
This year Absolute Construction and Remodeling will be at the Minnesota State Fair and we hope you’ll stop by our display.
To get all the information you could possibly want including when and where to buy advanced tickets, visit the MN State Fair Official Website.
You’ll soon learn that this year the State Fair runs from August 27th through Labor Day (September 7th), and the Grandstand is celebrating centenial with the following line-up:
Thursday August 27th
BonTaj Roulet, Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal
Performing Alone and Together
7:30 p.m. $36.50
Friday August 28th
Jason Aldean with special guest Eli Young Band
7:30 p.m. $29.00
Saturday August 29th
Kidd Rock and Leonard Skynyrd
7:00 p.m. $66, $56 & $41
Sunday August 30th
Kelly Clarkson with special guest Eric Hutchinson
7:30 p.m. $35
Monday August 31st
An Evening with Jackson Browne
8:00 p.m. $38.00
Tuesday September 1st
Randy Travis with special guest Joe Nichols
7:30 p.m. $32
Wednesday September 2nd
O.A.R. with special guests Slightly Stoopid and Brett Dennen
6:00 p.m. $27.00
Thursday September 3rd
Casting Crowns with special guest Barlowgirl
7:30 p.m. $30.00
Friday September 4th
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor
7:45 p.m. $28 & $23
Saturday September 5th
REO Speedwagon, STYX with special guest 38 Special
7:00 p.m $34
Sunday September 6th
2009 Minnesota State Fair Amateur Talent Contest Finals
8:00 p.m. FREE with price of admission
Labor Day, Monday September 7th
An Evening with Jeff Dunham
8:00 p.m. $38.00
I remember when regular gas was what you used in all your lawn mowers, boats, snow throwers, snowmobiles, ATV’s and other toys. These days unleaded gas is the new regular. From your engine’s perspective it isn’t as pure and has its own additives that can gum-up your carburetor.
You may know that you should winterize (or summerize) your gas engines with an additive like Sea Foam, but did you know that you should really be using these additives on a regular basis to help keep your carburetor clean and you engine running smoothly?
As you run any carbureted or fuel injected gas engine they build up carbon deposits. Adding a little Sea Foam to your gas will keep your engines running smoothly year around, even if they don’t run for months at a time.
If your lawn is like mine, and it has gone dormant, your lawn mower may be sitting for weeks before you use it again. If it doesn’t want to start, or is running roughly Sea Foam can help. You’ll need to clean out the gas line and possibly clean out the carburetor. If you can put new gas in that is best, and then treat that gas with Sea Foam. Otherwise add it to the gas in the tank and cross your fingers!
Better yet, check out this Sea Foam How To You Tube.
Sea Foam is a brand name, and one that I am most familiar with, but there are other’s out there that can provide the same benefit. I do know that Sea Foam is EPA-registered and will not harm engine components, gaskets, seals, oxygen sensors or catalytic converters. It is a pure petroleum product that liquefies gum and varnish deposits, removing carbon deposits and freeing sticky valves.
Most boating stores, ATV dealers and hardware stores will sell Sea Foam and other gasoline additives.
If you use E10 Ethanol, check out the cautions at the Fuel Testers website.
PEX tubing is the best friend of do-it-yourself plumbers, and professional plumbers once they experience how easy it is to work with. There are different brands including one named PEX, but PEX tubing is cross-linked polyethylene tubing that is increasingly being used for water supply lines in new home construction, and for renovation projects.
By sweating one fitting to your existing copper supply line PEX can easily be used to convert the rest of your water supply, or expand your water supply for a new bathroom, laundry room or exterior faucet.
Sweating copper pipe involves the use of an acetylene torch, and should be done by a professional. It can be dangerous, especially in close quarters.
Sharkbite fittings offer a tool-free connection option that many do-it-yourself plumbers prefer (click ’sharkbite’ and check-out the YouTube video to see how easy it is).
In addition to being easy to work with, PEX offers a much more affordable solution to plumbing than traditional copper.
I’ve always found Menards to have a better PEX selection than Home Depot, but all major home building stores carry some type of PEX product.
Be sure to check your local building codes and permit requirements before undertaking any do-it-yourself project.
Did you know that a metal roof is considered green construction? Green home maintenance or green construction does not mean using green treated wood or bio-degradable products (that is not to say that bio-degradable isn’t green, it is).
The three most common categories that are reviewed when talking about green building are:
1. Energy Efficiency
2. Non-toxic materials
3. Reduced consumption (fuel and resource conservation)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
This category applies to everything from the car you drive to the roof over your head. If you look at your monthly budget a good portion of it goes to gas for your car and your utility bill that cools and heats your home. 
The price of energy, regardless of its form, is not going to go down significantly any time soon. The only way that it will go down is if we explore alternate energy sources (wind power, solar power, fuel cells and the like).
In the meantime green building practices can help us reduce the amount of energy we need.
Energy Star ratings are a great place to start when you are looking at doors, windows, appliances and even roofs because they meet government standards for energy conservation. Although, if you are looking for tax credits associated with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (or the ‘Stimulus Bill’) beware that some windows with the Energy Star rating will not qualify after June 1, 2009.
Metal roofs are super energy savers, and may offer you reduced insurance premiums on your home owner’s insurance as well. The metal roof we most often recommend is a Metro Roof Products GLAVALUME ® Steel. These stone coated steel roofing systems create a strong, weather-tight, energy efficient cap to your home.
How? Metro Roof metal shingles have a shape that creates an insulating air barrier between the shingle and the “roof deck.” This barrier insulates the home both from summer heat and winter cold penetrating your home, thereby reducing your cooling and heating costs.
NON-TOXIC MATERIALS
We haven’t known, and are still learning, what can hurt us. We used to paint everything with lead based paints, we’ve learned our lesson there. However, there is arsenic in many treated woods that we use to build decks, and formaldehyde in OSB board which is used for everything from furniture to cabinets to insulation. Many people suffer needlessly due to allergies associated with these and other products every day. Roofs are not the first place most people look when alergic reactions strike, but metal roofs are generally well tolerated by sensitive people.
Toxins also enter our waters and lands through landfill leaching. Just like old tires, asphalt shingles are petroleum based products that ultimately 
ends up in a landfill.
Using a metal roofing product that will last the life of your roof and can be completely recycled if/when replacement is ever required is a great way to keep your new roof from contributing to landfills in the future.
If desired and no repairs are required to your roof deck, you can often install metal roofing systems over existing asphalt roofing material saving some labor and not polluting landfills or the environment now.
REDUCED CONSUMPTION 
You’ve heard the mantra ‘Reduce, Re-use, Recycle.’ Reducing consumption is a big part of the green movement. Whether you buy your materials locally to save on transportation costs and reduce pollution, use recycled or reclaimed building materials, or even build a home from completely natural materials like straw, you are contributing to reducing consumption. Another way to reduce consumption is to use materials that will last and won’t require replacement like metal roofing products.
Metal roofing products are cost competitive, most have 50 year warranties, are non-polluting, and are recyclable.
If you’d like to learn more about installing a metal roof like the one pictured below, contact Absolute Construction and Remodeling Inc.
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