Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 117 of 903

April 27, 2011

I have recently purchased a two story home built in 1998 located near Atlanta.  I have removed all the old carpet and padding, so the subfloor is now exposed.  The rim…

April 27, 2011

Our house has original wooden sash windows, and a previous owner added storm windows and screens. Are the storm windows intended to stay in place during the summer? The "storm"…

April 23, 2011

In November I posted a number of questions here re the proposed conditioning of (connected) crawl spaces under our small Bloomington, Indiana condo building. With the help offered here and…

April 23, 2011

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April 21, 2011

I have a house that was built in 1924 and the insulation is practially non-existent. 2 different questions/ problems:

April 21, 2011

We were considering a tankless water heater, until we came upon Rheem's Marathon Electric water heater.  Any comments? The tankless gas units might be high maintenance, because of potential build-up…

April 20, 2011

I know, I know, this topic is beaten to death here.  However, I searched and am still uncertain which options are best, so I thought I'd add another discussion. 1500…

April 20, 2011

I had to have a lpg furnace installed by a contractor because the guy that works for me injured his back, and couldn't do it.  I got estimates from the…

April 18, 2011

Does anyone have any experience with electric radiant heat ceiling panels?  I am converting my daylite basement into a small Mother-in-law apartment.  Our gas furnace does not have the capacity…

April 16, 2011

I'm curious what's the proper way to do this. I thought the order was branch, then outlet then inlet. How best to seal the overlapping vapor barrier so it's air-tight?…