Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 198 of 903

June 23, 2009

I have a hot water and heat oil furnace with beckett burner and Suntea oil pump. The tanks are inside and the 3/8 cooper tubing is under the floor in…

June 22, 2009

Simple air conditioning question: @5 years ago my ex replaced the outside air conditioning compressor. It was replaced by a 'friend' of hers that was starting a heating/cooling business. The…

June 22, 2009

Pedro... look your OSB is on the inside Check out this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgfgazrrSlw These guys are building Uber-Airtight and Uber-Insulated They are using OSB on the INSIDE as the primary…

June 21, 2009

Needed a washer to stop a pesky leak in the kitchen sprayer (found it, leak stopped, wife happy). Ventured over to the local HD and found the answer to Obama's energy…

June 21, 2009

I have 1600 sq ft house. Two furnaces where installed because, at the time, that is the only way I could get anyone to do proper heating in the 1st…

June 21, 2009

Anyone got any thoughts (backed up by data) as to the effectiveness of various insulations at blocking heat gain? (ie: through a cathedral ceiling in the summer) Is it strictly…

June 20, 2009

I am renovating a bathroom in my house, and we are capturing some previously unused space under the stairs for it.  At the top of the stairs, the last 3…

June 19, 2009

My Heil combo force air a/c-furnace unit started to leak gas. Gas company determined it was the 24volt gas valve inside the furnace leaking. Tech thinks it's the gasket inside…

June 19, 2009

I don't know if anyone has been following this: http://finehomebuilding.taunton.com/item/5872/is-the-leed-program-a-fraud but it's interesting to see what others think. I tend to be skeptical of most things that I think may…

June 19, 2009

No, this isn't actually a personal problem. Turned the a/c on for the first time this summer. The a/c is running outside but the blower won't run. It will however…