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Using electronic whiteboards has been shown to bring a number of benefits. One benefit is that using the board increases your productivity. If you are in a conference or in a meeting, you are able to easily engage with your clients or other participants and as a result your meeting becomes very productive.

For example, if there are some audio files in your phone or computer that you would like to present to your clients, you don’t have to worry of whether they will be audible.

This is because the whiteboard comes with stereo speakers which are audible enough; therefore, all you need to do is to connect your phone or computer to the board and all the participants will hear what is in the audio file.

Another benefit of the board is that it’s user-friendly. Since it runs off of the computer, you can easily operate it as long as you have basic computer skills. Modern whiteboards come with the touch technology which further makes them more user-friendly.

The boards also allow you to easily share and plan your work. This is because you are able to easily create and save your files and as a result you stay organized.

For you to continue enjoying the above benefits, you need to know how to take care of the whiteboards. One of the best ways of taking care of the boards is by ensuring that they remain clean. Here you should regularly spray window cleaner on a paper and wipe down the board’s surface.

Before you clean the whiteboard, you should ensure that you shut down the computer.

To clean the pen and eraser trays, you should dampen a cotton swab and clean the sensor and all corners of the tray. To dry the tray you should use a soft cloth.

If you find permanent markers on the board, you should use a dry-eraser marker and trace over the mark. While the ink is still wet, you should wipe it with a soft cloth. If traces of the permanent ink are left, you should spray the area with glass or whiteboard cleaner and wipe the board clean.

When removing the permanent marker ink, you should use high-odor dry eraser markers. This is because these markers contain the right solvents that easily remove the ink.

Why Is Pipe Freezing a Problem?

Water expands as it freezes. This expansion puts tremendous pressure on whatever is containing it, including plastic and metal pipes. No matter the “strength” of a container, expanding water can cause pipes to break. Pipes that freeze most frequently, are those exposed to severe cold like: outdoor hose bibs, swimming pool supply lines, water sprinkler lines and water supply pipes in unheated interior areas like basements, and crawl spaces, attics, garages or kitchen cabinets. Also, pipes that run against exterior walls that have little or no insulation are subject to freezing.

To avoid frozen pipes and repair costs, please follow these precautions:

Outside Your Home:

1. Shut off and drain your irrigation system. This may seem obvious, but sometimes people assume that their landscaping company or lawn maintenance company has done it for them. This task only takes a few minutes and can save you hundreds of dollars in repair costs and water bills.

2. Disconnect and drain outdoor hoses. Disconnecting hoses from their spigots allows water to drain from the pipe. Otherwise, the ice formed from a single, hard overnight freeze can burst either the pipe or the faucet. We have seen numerous instances where spigots lines froze over the winter and until a customer notices a high bill in the summer (from hose use) is the broken pipe found.

3. If you have a swimming pool, drain water from pool and supply lines following the manufacturer’s or installer’s directions. Do not put antifreeze in these lines unless directed. Antifreeze is environmentally harmful, and is dangerous to humans, pets, wildlife, and landscaping.

4 Close foundation or exterior vents around the house during the cold months. This will help keep cold air out of crawl spaces.

5. There should be an insulating blanket inside the water meter box on top of the meter. If the blanket is missing, call your local and have the blanket replaced otherwise, the water meter may freeze in extreme cold weather. Please do not replace this specially designed blanket with any other insulation, as this may cause a health hazard. Another type of insulation may not be able to withstand water and other conditions present within the meter box.

Inside Your Home:

6. Insulate pipes or faucets in unheated areas. If you have water pipes in an unheated garage or crawl space under the house, wrap them before temperatures plummet. Hardware or building supply stores offer appropriate pipe wrapping materials.

7. Seal off access doors, air vents and cracks. Repair broken basement windows. Cold winter winds whistling through overlooked openings can quickly freeze exposed water pipes. Avoid plugging air vents that your furnace or water heater needs for safe operation. Keep garage doors closed if there are water supply lines in the garage.

8. Know the location of your master water shutoff valve. In many homes it’s where the water line comes into your house from the street. If a pipe bursts anywhere in the house — kitchen, bath, basement or crawl space — this valve turns off all water and will save your home from damage. So, find it now and paint it a bright color or hang a tag on it. Be sure everyone in the family knows where it is and what it does.

9. Open kitchen and bathroom cabinets to allow warmer air to circulate around the plumbing. Be sure to move any harmful cleaners and household chemicals up out of reach of children.

10. Keep the thermostat set to the same temperature both during the day and at night. By temporarily suspending the use during lower nighttime temperatures, you may incur a higher heating bill, but you can prevent a much more costly repair job if the pipes burst.

11. If you will be going away during cold weather, leave the heat on in your home, set to a temperature no lower than 55ºF.