Home Inspirations Magazine Spring 2014 - Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association by JB Systems, LLC

Spring 2014

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Contents

Editor Jennifer Johnson, NAC FD

Letter from the Editor

Creative Director Kristen Hartzel

repairs vs. rewards: what to do Prior to Selling Your Home

Graphic Designer Kristen Hartzel

Jennifer Johnson, NAC FD

Dawn Sonnentag, Woods and Water Realty, Inc. of Eau Claire

Patio Side Salad

36th Annual Home & Garden Show Revealed

Dean Carstensen, Chippewa Valley Growers

36th Annual Home & Garden Show Seminar Schedule

Sun Tunnels Brighten Up Spaces Naturally

2014 Homeowner Resource

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This publication is published three times a year by the Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association. No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. For information regarding advertising in an upcoming issue, please call 715.835.2526. Visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cvhba!

2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Lance Brunkow, Brunkow Builders, Inc. VICE PRESIDENT Glen Mills, My Next Home SECRETARY John Schwieters, ShredAway TREASURER Pat Sturz, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP PAST PRESIDENT Billy Bergh, Driftwood Builders of the Chippewa Valley DIRECTORS: Adam Ashley, Ashley Construction Jim Bechly, Bank Mutual* Frank Biermeier, Menards – East* Cody Filipczak, C&M Properties & Construction LLC Jane Gobler, All Title Services, Inc.* Neil Haselwander, Haselwander Bros., Inc.*+ Gregory Haselwander, Haselwander Companies, Inc.+ David Hopkins, Woita & Associates* Tom Kruse, Independent Flooring* Linda Machmeier, Signature Homes Paul Madsen, RainMaster Lawn Systems Mike Marthaler, Mike’s Custom Homes* Barb Oas, Royal Credit Union Dennis Pawlak, Pawlak Construction* Bill Pozarski, Pozarski Enterprises* Roy Rico, Rico Quality Homes, Inc.* Monica Sommerfeldt Lewis, Archer Lion, Inc.*+ Jason Steen, Steen Construction of Osseo, Inc.*+ Randy Tews, R. Tews Construction & Design, Inc.* *Also serves as a Director on the Wisconsin Builders Association Board +Also serves as a Director on the National Association of Home Builders

CVHBA STAFF: Jennifer Johnson NAC FD, Executive Officer Linda Luberda , Accounting Kristen Hartzel, Communications Manager Joe Luginbill, Member & Community Services Director Jodi Schleusner, Office Administrator

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Homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream, and in today’s do-ityourself culture where how-to advice for just about anything can be found on the internet, many people think they could save a lot of money by building their own home. But your home is likely the single largest investment you will make in your lifetime, and not hiring a professional home builder could be a costly mistake for many reasons - financial, emotional and physical. Getting financing is an important consideration. As a self-contractor, lenders have strict guidelines and limits on how much money they will give you, and they will require that you provide house plans, specifications and an itemized list of documented costs and bids beforehand. Even if you feel that you have enough cash to do the job, it is wise to get a loan to cover material or labor cost increases, upgrades or material overruns. Many mortgage companies will not lend money to cover unanticipated costs on a home when construction has already begun. There is a huge amount of bookkeeping if you act as your own general contractor. The IRS requires that you send anyone you hired to work on your home - subcontractors - who earned over a certain amount a 1099 form at the end of the year. You’ll have to be on site to document delivery slips, check for inaccurate billing and track material returns in order to stay on budget. Professional home builders are experts at the logistics and timing of building a home. It is an exact science to make sure permits are applied for, materials are ordered and delivered, subcontractors are hired, utility deposits are paid, and inspections are scheduled at exactly the right time. Even if you’re very organized, it is a process where many things can go wrong and a delay could cost you thousands of dollars and a lot of stress. Building your own home is a risky proposition from a legal standpoint, as well. Home builders carry Builder’s Risk, General Liability and Workman’s Compensation insurance on their building projects. As a self-contractor, you will have to assume most, if not all, of the same liabilities. You may want to consult with an attorney regarding potential liability issues, and with an insurance agent concerning appropriate insurance coverage. Home builders have staff to take care of all the details of building a home, and established relationships with other professionals to complete the job,which is why they can build a home in a relatively quick timeframe. To build an average 1,500 sq. ft. home, you need to be prepared to spend at least 35 hours per week for at least five to six months, and most people don’t have jobs with that kind of flexibility. You will also need the time to determine and order the materials, evaluate bids, and hire and schedule qualified, licensed, insured and/or certified subcontractors. Finally, if you sell the home you’ve built, you may be responsible for any defects that are discovered afterwards. As the home’s builder, you or your estate will be responsible for claims brought by subsequent owners of the home. 8

These are just a few of the things you need to think about before building your own home. By hiring a professional home builder, you will get quality workmanship, building code compliance and an outstanding level of knowledge. To find a home builder in the Chippewa Valley area, contact the Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association or go to www.cvhomebuilders.com for a complete membership directory.

Jennifer Johnson, NAC FD Executive Officer Chippewa Valley Home Builders Association

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Repairs vs. Rewards: What to do Prior to Selling Your Home Which Home Repair Jobs are Most Important? Quick fixes before selling a home always pay off, but Paint Ceilings & Walls which home repairs bring the biggest return? Specific answers to this often-asked question largely depend on Buyers spend more time than you would think staring at ceilings. They are looking for signs of a leaky roof, a variety of factors such as: but what you don’t want them to see are stains from grease or smoke, and ceiling cracks. Same goes for • Time of year walls. Nothing says freshness like new paint, and it’s • Location of the home the most effective improvement. Don’t forget to patch • Market - is it a hot market? the nail holes and imperfections. Paint a neutral color • Competing inventory such as light tan. Paint stores are excellent resources There is no hard and fast rule. But there are general for paint colors and the different types of paints guidelines that apply to most homes. For example, the available. National Association of Realtors publishes each year the Cost vs. Value Report with Remodeling Magazine, • Wallpaper which features various home project cots and returns It’s not that all buyers hate wallpaper. Wallpaper is a personal choice - very often buyers look at it as a in four regions, including a national average. negative. If your wallpaper is dated - get rid of it. The easiest way is to steam it off by using an inexpensive Flooring Fixes wallpaper remover steamer, removers, etc. Consider the year your home was built - homes built • Wood Paneling earlier usually have floors that are original hardwood Even if your wood paneling is not real wood but oak. Wood floors are a hot item today, whether composite, you can paint it. Dated paneling must go. engineered wood or traditional hardwood. Preferences Older wood paneling such as walnut, mahogany, cedar change like colors and over the years flooring has also and pine, it’s all gone out of style. Paint it a neutral changed. Remember when carpeting became popular? and soft color after priming it. Around the 1960’s carpeting was the “in” trend. The • Textured Ceilings final movement away from hardwood happened when Older popcorn ceilings are also a thing of the past. It’s installing hardwood floors became too expensive. not expensive but it is time consuming to remove. Lay Plywood was easier to obtain and faster to install. Plus down drop cloths and scrape it off. You will need to choices like carpeting were plenty. It’s still relatively repaint. Determine if it’s worth the time and the mess that it creates. inexpensive to install carpeting vs. tile, wood, etc. • Hardwood Floors If your home has hardwood floors, it could pay to have Kitchen Improvements the carpeting removed and the floors refinished. Appliances and cabinets are typically the most • Carpeting If your sub-floor is plywood, then replace the carpeting expensive items to replace in a kitchen. If you don’t with light tan. Neutral carpeting is your best bet for have to replace them, you’ll save a ton of money. However, if your cabinets are dated and beat-up, your resale. house might not sell if the cabinets aren’t replaced. • Ceramic Replace chipped or cracked tiles. Clean or replace Kitchen remodels return nearly 100%. High-end grout. kitchens don’t return as much as the mid-range or 10

minor kitchen remodels. Most buyers won’t pay extra for a built-in Sub Zero refrigerator, professional 8-burner stove, undermount sink or travertine floors. If you live in the Midwest, your return will be less than for those who live in other parts of the country. • Cabinets Resurfacing is your best option. This involves attaching a thin veneer to the surface of the cabinets and replacing the doors and hardware. If your cabinets are painted, add a fresh coat of paint and new hardware. • Counter Tops, Sinks & Faucets Granite counters are not necessary. Simple laminates, newer faucets and sparkling sinks sell. Buyers don’t want leaky faucets or stained sinks. Bathrooms

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Patch cement cracks in sidewalks Resurface asphalt driveways Plant flowers to create curb appeal Caulk windows and doors Replace doorknobs and locks Fix or paint fences

Conclusion Overall, buyers want to buy a home that has no deferred maintenance, newer appliances, updated plumbing, electrical and heating (including a/c), modern conveniences and is ready to occupy. Article contributed by Dawn Sonnentag, Realtor, Woods and Water Realty, Inc. of Eau Claire. With offices in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Blue Diamond and Bloomer.

The national average of recouped cost is more than 100% for bathrooms. New floors, fixtures and lights payoff. Roofs & Exteriors If your home needs a new roof, bite the bullet and do it. Even though most roofing tear-off jobs take one to two days, buyers shy away from buying a home if the roof needs to be replaced.

Patio Side Salad We are living in the age of the side salad. Many meals of health conscious adults include or are made up entirely of a green garden salad. It’s a healthier choice for children rather than the usual fries offered with a kid’s meal.

Grow salad on your patio with a mixed greens lettuce bowl. Photo by Bill Hoepner for Chippewa Valley Growers

On average, most produce travels 1,500 miles from farm to table and lettuce has just a three to five day shelf life. Immediately upon harvesting lettuce and other salad fixings, they begin to lose some of their nutrient value. What better way to insure the most nutritious and fresh greens for a salad than to harvest them from a container right on your own patio? Growing your own lettuce, vegetables and herbs also helps alleviate worry of recalls and food safety. Lettuce is fairly easy to grow in a container on the patio. It also can yield for quite some time because lettuce grows from the center of the plant. That means that new lettuce leaves are produced from a central plant crown. If a person harvests only side leaves, the plant keeps producing leaves for a very long time. Harvest time does come to a halt when the plant decides to produce its seed. This phenomenon is called bolting. At this point, the plant quits producing leaves and concentrates on finishing it’s seed production. Choosing varieties of greens that are slow to bolt will ensure a long harvest period.

Compared to a number of other vegetables, leaf or head lettuce is one of the less nutritious vegetables. Nutritious conscious people often amend salads with other more nutrient rich leafy greens. These greens can be grown along with the lettuce in containers on the patio. For instance romaine lettuce is more nutritious than iceberg lettuce (head lettuce we see in supermarkets). There are even a couple of red leafed varieties of romaine lettuce that can be as attractive to the eye as it is to the palate. Recently some other leaf crops have become popular additions to salads because of high nutritional value. Watch the cooking shows on TV and you will see chefs using kale and spinach to increase the nutritional value of the once not very nutritious garden salad. Both these plants can be grown in containers on the patio and harvested as needed for a fresh from the patio side salad.

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Mixed greens patio container freshens up your choices for salads. Photo by Bill Hoepner for Chippewa Valley Growers

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Tasty and nutritious additions to your greens that can be grown in larger patio containers include cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers. Peppers and tomatoes have great nutritional value. Choosing a good variety for a container is important. Tumbler cherry tomato grows only 12 inches tall, but will produce 20-30 cherry tomatoes. Another variety, Sweet N’ Neat produces red cherry tomatoes and a Yellow Tumbling Tom produces yellow cherry tomatoes. Sweat Heat peppers grow 18 inches tall with a pepper that is sweet and just slightly spicy. The peppers can be eaten green, but

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will turn red about mid-summer, as Sweet Heat is one of the earliest peppers to turn to its ripened red color. Beyond nutrition everyone enjoys salad with good flavor. Salad dressings can add high amounts of calories and fat to salad. Chefs in high end restaurants turn to herbs to enhance salads. Many herbs lend themselves to patio containers. Basil, thyme, oregano (Greek for the most flavorful), parsley, rosemary, sage and arugula are a few herbs that can add lots of taste but keep the calorie count down. Select chives for a touch of onion flavor or try garlic chives to add interest to your salad. Watercress, which I call the secret ingredient for a high priced restaurant salad, adds a peppery flavor. All can be grown in a container on your patio. The most appealing salads look as good as they taste. Add beauty and flavor not only with colorful lettuces and herbs but a number of edible flowers as well. Bachelor Buttons have a mild and sweet flavor, dianthus a mild clove flavor, the gem series of marigold has a spicy citrusy flavor,

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You can easily plant a variety of lettuces, herbs and other leafy plants in a single container with a multiple seed pellet. These single pellets contain seeds from several varieties of leafy greens and herbs. Plant a couple of pellets in a container to harvest a fresh, colorful, healthy and tasty salad. Perhaps you could enjoy it patio side. Dean Carstensen, co-owner of Chippewa Valley Growers of Eau Claire, has more than 45 years of gardening experience. Send your questions to cvgrowers@hotmail.com. To learn more about Chippewa Valley Growers, see their website www. Summer salads with dianthus hint of cloves and give a nice pop of color. ChippewaValleyGrowers.com, like them on Facebook or call Photo by Bill Hoepner for Chippewa Valley Growers 715-839-8448. The greenhouse, 3.5 miles east of the Highway 53 Bypass on Highway 12, is open from mid-April to mid-October.

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A lens in the ceiling interior diffuses the tube’s light to allow a soft natural beam to come in to the space. With an appearance that at first might seem like an artificial light apart from its natural brightness, these skylights can provide light to dark spaces during the day while also protecting rugs, furniture, and clothes from fading by absorbing 99% of UV rays.

Also known as a sun tunnel, the tubular system uses a solar-lens roof dome to gather sunlight even during low-light hours in the early morning, late afternoon or winter. The small bubble-like structure on the roof then passes the light down adjustable reflective tubing that magnifies and directs the sun’s light to the room.

In addition to the skylight itself, buyers can add the solar powered dimmer that allows for a remote controlled cover to help reduce light even during the daytime in rooms like bedrooms, nurseries and media rooms. An optional electric light kit can also be installed so that when there is little to no natural light each skylight can convert into a conventional fixture for seamless illumination in each room.

These lights can also help builders meet green certification standards by meeting requirements for daylighting in Now, however, there are merged solutions to help rooms without windows, making it one of the Home these spaces get some sun and reduce energy use. Innovation Research Labs’ Certified Green Products. Tubular Skylights work in places where traditional Each light is easy to install between the roof rafters in skylights could never go. Just one 14-inch light can many homes, requiring no framing, dry walling, painting equal up to five 100 watt light bulbs and light up or construction and is low-maintenance with leak-proof to 300 square feet of space - using no energy at all. flashing and a dome that keeps out debris and grime.

Each tubular light requires a small bubble-like structure on the roof of the home. This picture shows an example of a severe-weather skylight, built for increased durability.

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Asphalt Contractors Oium Asphalt, Paving & Well Drilling.....................(715) 287-4678 Senn Blacktop...............................................................(715) 723-8527 Attorneys Ruder Ware LLSC........................................................(715) 834-3425 Audio/Video Installation Hometech Innovations LLC.......................................(715) 330-4663 Sound Installations Inc...............................................(715) 831-6029 Auto Sales/Service Eau Claire Ford Lincoln Quick Lane.........................(715) 852-1028 River States Truck & Trailer........................................(715) 874-4732 Banks Agstar Home Mortgage...............................................(715) 236-5222 AnchorBank, FSB.........................................................(715) 852-1664 Associated Bank...........................................................(715) 831-2244 Bank Mutual.................................................................(715) 833-7722 Bremer Bank.................................................................(715) 552-5557 Charter Bank Eau Claire.............................................(715) 852-2307 Citizens Bank of Cadott and Chippewa Falls...........(715) 289-4253 Northwestern Bank......................................................(715) 723-4461 Peoples Bank of Wisconsin.........................................(715) 832-8333 Royal Credit Union......................................................(715) 833-8282 Sterling Bank................................................................(715) 736-6150 Time Federal Savings Bank........................................(715) 229-2434 United Bank..................................................................(715) 835-6865 US Bank.........................................................................(715) 839-6308 Basement Waterproofing A Breeze Construction LLC.......................................(715) 831-8577 Badger Basement Systems Inc....................................(800) 262-1880

Bathtub Refinishing Perma Glaze of Western Wisconsin..........................(715) 839-8822 Builders Andy Stanley Construction LLC...............................(715) 552-1588 Ankeny Builders LLC..................................................(715) 271-1843 Ashley Construction....................................................(715) 271-6504 Briggs Brothers Construction....................................(715) 828-3341 Brunkow Builders Inc.................................................(715) 835-6744 Bungalow Point Homes...............................................(715) 225-8473 C&E Wurzer Builders LLC.........................................(715) 271-4828 C&M Properties and Construction Inc....................(715) 874-4225 Chwala’s Construction Inc..........................................(715) 644-2777 Clear Creek Log Homes & Trading Co.....................(715) 579-9635 Country Home Construction LLC............................(715) 632-2788 Craig Moe Custom Homes.........................................(715) 456-8775 Creative Construction of Eau Claire LLC.................(715) 836-7332 DK Construction.........................................................(715) 797-3656 Driftwood Builders of the Chippewa Valley.............(715) 577-6838 Durand Builders Service Inc......................................(715) 672-5941 Frazer Construction....................................................(715) 828-4969 Glaus Bros Contracting Inc........................................(715) 672-8496 Hainstock Homes LLC................................................(715) 556-0627 Haldeman Builders, LLC............................................(715) 829-4107 Haselwander Bros Inc..................................................(715) 834-9997 Heartland Contractors................................................(715) 830-7830 Hong Construction LLC.............................................(715) 597-3272 Irwin Construction.....................................................(715) 726-1280 J. Theisen Inc................................................................(715) 835-6191 Jacob Maas Builders LLC............................................(715) 559-6911 JW Custom Homes Inc...............................................(715) 577-6834 Kent Homes Inc...........................................................(715) 829-5518 Landstar Builders Inc..................................................(715) 834-3411 Legacy Homes..............................................................(715) 877-1880 Liberty Exteriors Inc....................................................(715) 926-4444 Mike’s Custom Homes.................................................(715) 839-8858 Mill Creek Builders/Enercept.....................................(608) 685-4557 My Next Home.............................................................(715) 894-7477 Northland Buildings Inc.............................................(715) 874-4200 Northwood Builders....................................................(715) 514-1752 Paul Prince Construction LLC...................................(715) 967-2504 Paul Schneider Construction.....................................(715) 829-9850 Pawlak Construction...................................................(715) 858-0827 Peterson Custom Homes LLC....................................(715) 838-9868 R. Tews Construction & Design Inc..........................(715) 834-1628 Reiter Construction.....................................................(715) 835-2584 Richard Lien Homebuilders.......................................(715) 723-4130 Rico Quality Homes Inc..............................................(715) 835-5704 Royal Construction Inc...............................................(715) 832-1986 Scheppke Real Estate...................................................(715) 833-9625 Schumacher Bros. Construction................................(715) 839-0826 Signature Homes..........................................................(715) 579-6916 Special T Siding & Construction...............................(715) 835-3556 Steen Construction of Osseo Inc...............................(715) 597-3120 Storybook Custom Homes LLC.................................(715) 456-3670 Timber Ridge Homes..................................................(715) 505-0782 Varpness Construction................................................(715) 556-1298 Wayne Hanson/Home Builder Inc........................... (715) 839-7995 Wurzer Builders Inc.....................................................(715) 828-3430

Building Centers ABC Supply Co............................................................(715) 726-0411 Arrow Building Center................................................(715) 723-4716 Building Hope..............................................................(715) 838-2084 Carlson Systems...........................................................(715) 835-4849 Charlson Building & Design Center..........................(715) 835-5144 Gulfeagle Supply...........................................................(715) 874-4555 Lampert Lumber Inc...................................................(715) 286-2271 Lyman Lumber Company...........................................(715) 835-5119 Menards.........................................................................(715) 858-2009 Midwest Manufacturing.............................................(715) 876-3246 Northern Crossarm Co. Inc........................................(715) 723-4100 Pro-Build of Eau Claire...............................................(715) 834-5351 United Products Corporation....................................(715) 831-0855 Building Material and Supplies Dealers K-Craft Cupolas...........................................................(715) 723-0514 Cabinetry Sales/Installations Abby’s Custom Woodworking...................................(715) 874-6370 Cor Furniture...............................................................(715) 855-8310 Dorig Designs LLC......................................................(715) 514-4279 Kitchen Koncepts.........................................................(715) 267-7639 Larson’s Custom Cabinets...........................................(715) 239-6812 Pahl’s Kitchen & Bath Collection...............................(715) 552-3225 Red Wing Custom Cabinets & Flooring LLC..........(715) 667-3008 Thorcraft Custom Kitchens LLC................................(715) 669-7557 Central Vacuum Systems Aerus Electrolux...........................................................(715) 832-3566 Andy Central-Vac........................................................(715) 835-5538 Ceramic Tile Sales/Installation Design Tile LLC...........................................................(715) 644-5243 Korger’s Furniture & Decorating...............................(715) 723-8852 R & L Tile Co................................................................(715) 832-8775 Chambers of Commerce Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce..................(715) 834-1204 Chiropractors Health4Life Chiropractic LLC...................................(715) 598-4954 Stucky Chiropractic of Eau Claire.............................(715) 835-9514 Cleaning Services Clean Works.................................................................(715) 830-5008 CleanPower LLC..........................................................(715) 830-0881 Clear Vision Cleaning LLC.........................................(715) 538-3307 Steamatic of Western Wisconsin, LLC......................(715) 834-8822 Closets/Shelving Systems/Installation Not Just Closets LLC...................................................(715) 831-2119 Community Organization Chippewa Valley Habitat for Humanity....................(715) 833-8993 Computer/Telephone Charter Business........................ (715) 831-8940 x290

Concrete Contractors Buesser Concrete LLC.................................................(715) 720-1962 Chippewa Concrete Services......................................(715) 723-5004 Concrete Connections.................................................(715) 829-8624 Glaus Bros. Contracting Inc.......................................(715) 672-8496 Haas Sons Inc...............................................................(715) 669-5469 Harms Concrete Inc....................................................(715) 568-1977 Jaenke Concrete & Excavation Inc............................(715) 832-6338 Pozarski Concrete & Masonry LLC..........................(715) 832-9816 Swim’s Concrete Construction LLC..........................(715) 720-1611 Construction Loans Agstar Home Mortgage...............................................(715) 236-5222 Construction Management Driftwood Builders of the Chippewa Valley.............(715) 577-6838 Heartland Contractors................................................(715) 830-7830 Legacy Homes..............................................................(715) 877-1880 Cookware Kitchen Craft................................................................(352) 483-7600 Countertop Sales/Installations Cambria.........................................................................(612) 751-5661 Granite Tops By Johnson Monument LLC...............(715) 723-5576 Hillcrest Granite & Marble.........................................(715) 835-2035 Lifetime Countertops..................................................(715) 226-1718 Pahl’s Kitchen & Bath Collection...............................(715) 552-3225 Selective Countertops, LLC........................................(715) 833-8711 Viking Sink Co. LLC....................................................(715) 289-3540 Disposal Services/Recycling Advanced Disposal......................................................(715) 858-9115 Cooley’s Statewide Scrap and Salvage.......................(715) 832-7163 Express Disposal Inc....................................................(715) 669-3868 Johnson Roll-Off Service............................................(715) 577-3594 Docks A & D Docks and Service LLC...................................(715) 239-3818 Document Destruction Services ShredAway....................................................................(715) 835-0811 Doors/Hardware Builders Millwork Inc.................................................(715) 926-3833 Drywall Contractors Premier Drywall LLC..................................................(715) 644-2794 Electrical Contractors/Suppliers B & B Electric...............................................................(715) 832-1676 Chippewa Valley Electrical Contractors Inc............(715) 713-0123 Richardson Electric Inc...............................................(715) 672-3357 Viking Electric Supply.................................................(715) 834-7786 Elevators All Star Elevator LLC..................................................(715) 877-1665 Energy Consultants 32 on Energy...........................................................(608) 513-1332 Focus

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Garage Doors Sales/Installation Chippewa Valley Door Co. LLC................................(715) 723-0742 Overhead Door Co. of the Chippewa Valley............(715) 874-4565 Garden Centers Down To Earth.............................................................(715) 833-1234 Green Planet Rain Barrels LLC..................................(715) 835-4080 Greener Grass Systems................................................(715) 832-0800 May’s Floral Garden.....................................................(715) 836-8220 McKay Nursery.............................................................(715) 834-0993 The Potting Shed Garden and Gifts...........................(715) 831-4000 Gas Companies Chippewa Valley Energy.............................................(715) 876-6400 Lakes Gas Co................................................................(651) 464-3345 Geothermal Equipment/ Supplies/Installation Glen Pelke Plumbing, Heating & Well Drilling Inc(715) 926-3848 Hovland’s Inc................................................................(715) 832-1691 Hurlburt Heating Plumbing & Electric.....................(715) 283-4422 Indoor Comfort, Inc....................................................(715) 835-6869 Glass and Glass Product Manufacturing Glass Doctor of Eau Claire.........................................(715) 737-9563 Greenhouses Chippewa Valley Growers Inc....................................(715) 839-8448 Greener Grass Systems................................................(715) 832-0800 Grocery Gordy’s County Market...............................................(715) 726-2505 Gutter & Downspouts Liberty Exteriors Inc....................................................(715) 926-4444 Hardwood Flooring Blade Millworks...........................................................(715) 695-3418 Heating & A/C 1st Call Mechanical......................................................(715) 828-3057 Cedar Falls Heating & AC Inc....................................(715) 235-7166 Erv Smith Services Inc./ The Hearth Shoppe...........(715) 836-8360 Kelly Heating & Electric LLC.....................................(715) 832-6909 Water Source Heating & Cooling, Inc.......................(715) 833-9001 Heating & Cooling Glen Pelke Plumbing, Heating & Well Drilling Inc(715) 926-3848 Hurlburt Heating Plumbing & Electric.....................(715) 283-4422 Indoor Comfort, Inc....................................................(715) 835-6869 Kurth Sheet Metal Inc.................................................(715) 723-2211 Home Automation & Entertainment Sound Installations Inc...............................................(715) 831-6029 Home Improvement & Remodeling Contractors Asher Lasting Exteriors..............................................(715) 832-7282 Chippewa Valley Restoration Services Inc...............(715) 833-8031 Gustafson Remodeling................................................(715) 215-1471

Kitchen Solvers of Western Wisconsin.....................(715) 831-6314 Minnesota Rebath........................................................(651) 459-3284 Ruppert Construction.................................................(715) 829-6724 Wood Wright Inc.........................................................(715) 743-2251 Hot Tubs & Swimming Pools Swimrite Pools & Spas Inc..........................................(715) 834-7946 Insulation Contractors Eau Claire Insulation LLC..........................................(715) 832-6927 Green Builder Insulation LLC....................................(715) 210-6914 Home Town Insulation...............................................(715) 833-8562 Insurance Services Indianhead Insurance Agency....................................(715) 723-0274 The Insurance Center..................................................(715) 836-7675 Interior Design/Decorating Classics Furniture........................................................(715) 835-4500 Dorig Designs LLC......................................................(715) 514-4279 Imagine That Design...................................................(715) 834-1044 Korger’s Furniture & Decorating...............................(715) 723-8852 Lydia’s.............................................................................(715) 552-0400 Internet Providers Charter Business.................................................(715) 831-8940 x290 Internet Virtual Vision Computing LLC.................................(715) 675-9194 Irrigation Systems Premium Lawn Service LLC......................................(715) 514-1409 RainMaster Lawn Systems..........................................(715) 839-8484 Land Development Cottagewood Group....................................................(715) 379-2309 Driftwood Builders of the Chippewa Valley.............(715) 577-6838 Heartland Contractors................................................(715) 830-7830 Kent Homes Inc...........................................................(715) 829-5518 Landscape Contractors A Breeze Construction LLC.......................................(715) 831-8577 All Season Landscaping..............................................(715) 287-3544 Circle M Nursery Inc...................................................(715) 723-4247 Distinctive Edge, LLC..................................................(715) 829-1338 Down To Earth.............................................................(715) 833-1234 Ever-Green Services....................................................(715) 832-7181 Green Thumb Landscaping & Excavating................(715) 832-4553 Greener Grass Systems................................................(715) 832-0800 Natural Touch Landscaping.......................................(715) 556-2817 Northwoods Unlimited LLC......................................(715) 830-0998 Premium Lawn Service LLC......................................(715) 514-1409 RB Landscape...............................................................(715) 235-3434 S & K Landscaping.......................................................(715) 382-5223 Landscape Suppliers County Materials Corporation..................................(715) 834-7701 Down To Earth.............................................................(715) 833-1234 Green Planet Rain Barrels LLC..................................(715) 835-4080 Versa-Lok......................................................................(800) 33 770-4525

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