Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 205 of 903

May 11, 2009

We installed a tankless water heater in our remodel to serve two bathrooms. It works great, except for the amount of water wasted out of the tap while the heater…

May 11, 2009

I'm curious about preheating domestic hot water, if anyone does that for efficiency. For example, if your rural home's well needs a holding tank in order to provide for high use periods, would it…

May 10, 2009

I'm planning a new super-insulated home for a 2 acre lot I own in rural NY State and I'm wondering where, in theory, we're headed for heating fuel in the…

May 10, 2009

I have a 1 1/2 story, 90 year old bungalow. I am removing the 1x wood attic floor so I can lay in fiberglass batts. There is existing knob and…

May 9, 2009

FUN WIRE PULL - got ideas... The inspector would really like to have me pull a ground wire in this old feeder. I bonded the conduit and hoped. Nope. Aside…

May 9, 2009

119994.1  Home (built in 94) is in Texas and attics tend to get a bit warm 6 months out of the year.  2 HVAC units for 3300sf home are in attic,…

May 8, 2009

I am going to be gutting the interior of an uninsulated home with lap siding (no housewrap) and would like to primarily a) stop air infiltration, and b) install insulation.…

May 8, 2009

I'm in the process of having a complete hvac system installed in a house being remodeled. A geothermal heat pump was installed in the attic and flex duct was used.…

May 5, 2009

I've lived in my house for 9 yrs. and have never had my air ducts cleaned because I have a large air furnace filter (Safe Guard) which I replace every…

May 5, 2009

I have a rural property on which I would like to build a shed. I would like to build the shed about 250-300 feet from an existing utility pole that…