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About Bill Hutson
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Founder and President of Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc. a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged. I have extensive expertise pertaining to cost effective rehabilitation and repair in older homes as well as all phases of newer residential construction.

Experience
Remodel and rehab contractor from 1979 to 1993 specializing in restaurant remodel and home restoration. Jobsite troubleshooter assisting residential contractors through KA Components, Mid America Truss, and Kerkhoff Associates from 1993 until 2002. Contractors' consultant 1990 to present. Used as a construction expert in the local court system. Registered contractor with The Fedral Government, FEMA and several insurance companies. Master Carpenter at Table Talk Ministries a non-profit organization aimed at making free home repairs for those who could not ohterwise afford to have them done.

Organizations
Table Talk Foundation for Better Living Inc. www.tabletalkministries.org Founder/President.

Publications
Features have been published in Fleet Owner's Magazine, Trucker's News Magazine, The Daily Clintonian Newspaper, The Hoosier Topics Newspaper, and The Banner Graphic Newspaper several times. We have also done features on WKJK and WREB radio stations. WXIN 59 Indianapolis, WTHI 10 Terre Haute

Education/Credentials
Northwestern State University

Awards and Honors
"Make a Difference Award" from WTHI channel 10 in Terre Haute Indiana. We have recently received the Fueling Good prize from Citgo where we won free gas for a year, that will help us in our efforts to make homes warm, safe and dry for our elderly and disabled neighbors. We were recently featured on WXIN 59 in Indianapolis on their "Paying it Forward" segment, mainly because I pay for 90% of the repairs that Table Talk makes from my own pocket.

Past/Present Clients
We focus our attention to the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged. We are receiving clients from 1 Federal and 5 State Agencies, 9 different public and private organizations plus multiple churches and hospitals.

 
   

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Home Improvement--General - Improvements to lower electric bill


Expert: Bill Hutson - 6/21/2009

Question
Hello, my name is Jordan and I have a bit of a problem that maybe you can assist me with.
I currently live in an older (not very well kept) rent home within south/ central Oklahoma that faces south. My problems is that I am a college student that recently rented this house and now am getting an electric bill that is almost $200. On a student budget I cannot afford it. I turned off the air the other day to save money (I was going to do it for a few days), but the temp got well into the 90s WITHIN THE HOUSE. Do you know have any affordable suggestions to cooling my VERY non-energy efficent house and keeping it cool, so that I do not have to spend my entire summer at the campus library, because I cannot afford air conditioning?

Answer
Jordan,
Here is a link with a lot of good tips for enegy savings,
http://www.energy.gov/summer.htm it is the US Department of Energy website.

Also try using a ceiling fan if you have one, running it constantly on low will help pull the warm air out.

Since it's a rental, theres probably not a whole lot your gonna be able to do. Sealing all possible air leaks is key.  

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