Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 209 of 903

April 21, 2009

Hello! I am building a house in Northern California, and am considering using electric radiators. They seem to offer many advantages: - each room can be its own zone -…

April 19, 2009

Is there a company out there that has good prices for PV panels?  Is there a good name? Just looking at six or eight 80w or more panels... Bill

April 18, 2009

My 2 story house does not heat well in the winter. The furnace is in the attic, both cold air returns are in the upstairs loft. All of the registers…

April 18, 2009

Anyone want to help with ideas for the Mighty Penobscot house insulation requirements  ? Thanks in advance. Walter http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=118277.447

April 15, 2009

Daughter's house has two A/C systems.  One has a return air plenum, the other does not.  The one w/ the return air plenum serves the master bedroom.  Unfortunately, the plenum…

April 15, 2009

I thought that attics needed a vapor barrier in contact w/ the conditioned space.  My daufghter's house has none.  Zero. Zilch. Nada. Am I living on the wrong planet? What…

April 15, 2009

This is the stuff science fiction books write about...be interesting to see it play out. From San Francisco, orbiting Solar Farms... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/13/MN7S171PSL.DTL Barry E-Remodeler  

April 14, 2009

On my last trip to Seattle I was told about a plastic film which could be applied to window glass.  It had no effect on the transparency but added to the…

April 14, 2009

Hello to All &.....Piffin should get a kick out of working through this one..... I'm still thinking outside of the box and need help with the obvious for a future house…

April 14, 2009

I have been doing some research on the Acadia cold weather heat pump and checking to see if anyone here knows about this. The energy savings stated by the company…