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March 11, 2009

I'm looking for any info an quality LED lights.   I was at a green building products store and they had these LED lights from a company called Cree that…

March 11, 2009

We just bought our first house, a 1958 3 story cape, in December. I was poking around in the attic after reading Insulate and Weatherize by Bruce Harley, looking for…

March 11, 2009

The recent article in FH#202 on HVAC efficiency (Is your heating system an energy beast?) addressed air leaks as a major source of waste, but offered no insight into the…

March 10, 2009

next to the furnace fan, our clothes dryers move a ton of air; unfortunately, they move air conditioned air (cooled or heated) out of the house!  Why don't we build…

March 10, 2009

I am assisting with a remodle in atherton ca and am wondering if anyone can recommend a really good contractor with good sub connections in the area. Please let me…

March 10, 2009

First, we (my husband and I) are NOT electricians but have as homeowners (& one time ownerbuilders) taken on a few little electrical things, like, old light switches, installing under…

March 8, 2009

I've been looking for a whole house fan that I can mount vertically in one of the side walls of an 8'x 9' cupola on our house. Ideally it would…

March 6, 2009

Hi Bruce, I'd like your opinion on this. I had two visits from electricians this morning. The first looked at the box, and verbally quoted me $1000 to replace the…

March 6, 2009

I am in need of a whole house air exchanger, however, I'm concerned that when it's 20 below zero I will still be dumping lots of cold air into the…

March 5, 2009

Thermotech, a Canadian window manufacturer based in Ottawa, makes fiberglass-framed high-performance windows and patio doors. They claim some remarkable thermal performance for units made with triple glazing and super spacers.…