Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 101 of 903

January 31, 2012

I was working in Architecture a number of years ago and found the NIBE exhaust air heat pumps that also serviced domestic hot water needs and space heating needs with…

January 30, 2012

I just finished thoroughly sealing my attic and am about to blow-in a thick layer of celluslose insulation. After reading a bit I've decided I don't to use cellulose with…

January 30, 2012

I live in the humid south and we have been renovation our house to be more energy efficient. We added a full length ridge vent to our roof when it…

January 26, 2012

Pardon the interruption,but if it wasn't for people like YOU (and the work crews of 50 years ago) I wouldn't have such fine examples on the shelves of my "man…

January 25, 2012

I recently purchased a 1986 modular home in Frisco, North Carolina.  The house has the original T1-11 sheathing that is beginning to deteriorate, with 3.5" of fiberglass insulation.  The inside…

January 24, 2012

Ok, I'd love some advice here.    I recently installed a hydronic heating system in my 800 sq. ft.  home here in Berkeley, CA.  I have a 1941, run-down, fixer…

January 22, 2012

I have a Weil-Mclain boiler for a hot water heating system.  Over the last two years, the water softener has failed, and a recent hydronic loop purge and recharge left the…

January 22, 2012

My aquastat is set at 180 and the boiler will not reach that temperature so it keeps running.  I just had it serviced.  Any ideas?  thanks

January 19, 2012

my condition is a brick structure with a skip-sheathed roof covered with metal roofing. there appears to be remnants of a layer of paper under the metal. the roof is…

January 18, 2012

I'm installing radiat tubing in the floor joist cavites of my first and second floor addition.