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Top Bay Area Remodeler Announces Launch of Special Promotion, Offering Free ...

California Home Improvement Solutions offers free estimates so customers can discover for themselves what distinguishes this company from other home improvement firms.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 12, 2011

Once someone asked Leo Shneyer, founder of California Home Improvement Solutions , if he received all the money in the world, would he continue to work? He didn't hesitate a second. "Yes, I would continue to work," he said emphatically.

"I say this from the bottom of my heart, and I'm not making this up," Leo adds. "I love when a job is done well and the customer is happy. This is my biggest reward."

Now homeowners can experience the sincere dedication to customers for themselves with the company's offer of a free estimate for any remodeling work. California Home Improvement Solutions has 35 years experience, is on the honor roll with the Better Business Bureau, is a five star rated Certified Contractor, named Best of City Search in the Bay Area, and has been rated 9.6 out of 10 by two construction magazines. His company is literally a one-stop shop for customers offering everything from new construction, remodels, additions, drawings, plumbing, electrical, cabinetry, flooring, landscape design and installation, decking, and much, much more.

"We do all the work ourselves," Leo explains. "For example, when we do a kitchen remodel we don't need to hire plumbers and electricians or depend on subcontractors. We do everything ourselves."

But what really makes this company so successful is their commitment and devotion to customers. "We are there for the customer's interest and to protect their financial interests," Leo says. "We are there to share, to understand, to listen to their needs, and accomplish their vision of the project. We have always made it our goal to be professional and courteous, but what really distinguishes us from other home improvement firms is that we enforce very basic but important business principles.

Pool Safety | Southern California Home Inspections

Swimming pools should always be happy places. Unfortunately, each year thousands of American families confront swimming pool tragedies, drownings and near-drownings of young children. At InterNACHI, we want to prevent these tragedies. These are guidelines for pool barriers that can help prevent most submersion incidents involving young children. These guidelines are not intended as the sole method to minimize pool drowning of young children, but include helpful safety tips for safer pools.

Each year, hundreds of young children die and thousands come close to death due to submersion in residential swimming pools.The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimated that each year about 300 children under 5 drown in swimming pools. Hospital emergency room treatment is required for more than 2000 children under 5 years who were submerged in residential pools. The CPSC conducted a detailed study of accidents of the pool, two drownings and near-fatal submersions, in California, Arizona and Florida - states where private swimming pools are very popular and used for much of the year .

California, Arizona and Florida, drowning is the leading cause of accidental death in and around the home for children under 5 years. Sixty-five percent of children involved in accidents in the pool submersion or drowning were between 1 and 3 years. Boys between 1 and 3 were the most likely victims of fatal drownings and near-fatal submersions in residential swimming pools. Most victims were in the presence of one or both parents when the accident occurred the pool. Nearly half of child victims were last seen in the house before the accident the pool. In addition, 23% of the accident victims were last seen on the porch or patio, or in the yard. This means that 69% of the children who became victims in swimming pool accidents were not expected to be in or at the pool, but were found drowned or submerged in the water. Sixty-five percent of the accidents occurred in a pool owned by the victim’s immediate family, and 33% of the accidents occurred in pools owned by relatives or friends. Fewer than 2% of the pool accidents were the result of children trespassing on property where they didn’t live or belong. Seventy-seven percent of the swimming pool accident victims had been missing for five minutes or less when they were found in the pool, drowned or submerged. The speed with which swimming pool drownings and submersions can occur is a special concern: by the time a child’s absence is noted, the child may have drowned. Anyone who has cared for a toddler knows how fast young children can move. Toddlers are inquisitive and impulsive, and lack a realistic sense of danger. These behaviors, coupled with a child’s ability to move quickly and unpredictably, make swimming pools particularly hazardous for households with young children. Swimming pool drownings of young children have another particularly insidious feature: these are silent deaths. It is unlikely that splashing or screaming will occur to alert a parent or caregiver that a child is in trouble. The best way to reduce child drownings in residential pools is for pool owners to construct and maintain barriers that prevent young children from gaining access to pools. However, there are no substitutes for diligent supervision. Young child can get over a pool barrier if the barrier is too low, or if the barrier has handholds or footholds for a child to use for climbing. The guidelines recommend that the top of a pool barrier be at least 48 inches above grade, measured on the side of the barrier which faces away from the swimming pool. Eliminating handholds and footholds, and minimizing the size of openings in a barrier’s construction, can prevent inquisitive children from climbing pool barriers. For a solid barrier, no indentations or protrusions should be present, other than normal construction tolerances and masonry joints. For a barrier (fence) made up of horizontal and vertical members, if the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is less than 45 inches, the horizontal members should be on the swimming pool-side of the fence. The spacing of the vertical members should not exceed 1-3/4 inches. This size is based on the foot-width of a young child, and is intended to reduce the potential for a child to gain a foothold. If there are any decorative cutouts in the fence, the space within the cutouts should not exceed 1-3/4 inches. If the distance between the tops of the horizontal members is more than 45 inches, the horizontal members can be on the side of the fence facing away from the pool. The spacing between vertical members should not exceed 4 inches. This size is based on the head-breadth and chest depth of a young child, and is intended to prevent a child from passing through an opening. Again, if there are any decorative cutouts in the fence, the space within the cutouts should not exceed 1-3/4 inches. Above-ground pools should have barriers. The pool structure itself can sometimes serves as a barrier, or a barrier can be mounted on top of the pool structure. Then, there are two possible ways to prevent young children from climbing up into an above-ground pool. The steps or ladder can be designed to be secured, locked or removed to prevent access, or the steps or ladder can be surrounded by a barrier, such as those described above. For any pool barrier, the maximum clearance at the bottom of the barrier should not exceed 4 inches above grade, when the measurement is done on the side of the barrier facing away from the pool.If an above-ground pool has a barrier on the top of the pool, the maximum vertical clearance between the top of the pool and the bottom of the barrier should not exceed 4 inches. Preventing a child from getting through a pool barrier can be done by restricting the sizes of openings in a barrier, and by using self-closing and self-latching gates.

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