Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 228 of 903

February 1, 2009

This guy thru a bunch of research decides to super insulate his two family house. Because no preexisting home has ever been super insulated he is getting all the materials…

February 1, 2009

My house is a side split. The Kitchen / front room side has a 3'crawl under it. The Kitchen is vinyl and the front room is 3/8 hard wood. I…

February 1, 2009

I am gutting my kitchen and considering putting pex radiant heat in the new tile. Only problem is is that it the house is an open floor plan and the…

February 1, 2009

i got email today that my bank will not be sending out 1099 this year, they are going "GREEN" and email it too me. Dont they relise I still have…

February 1, 2009

I have a crawlspace that could use some insulation. I barely fit between the dirt floor and the joists (can't if I forget to take a long screwdriver out of…

January 31, 2009

What should I be looking at for my over-cycling furnace? I have already changed the thermostat setting which controls how far below temp setting the system needs to wait before…

January 31, 2009

Anyone ever see any of this snake oil? I took this pic maybe 10 years ago, I'm thinking. Had this outfit trying to sell this stuff right on the street…

January 31, 2009

This is driving me (and my wife) crazy. We keep having light bulbs burning out in our home, all too frequenly.  House was built in 1941. K&T wiring for light…

January 30, 2009

Hi All, I recently had a home audit done, blower door, IR camera, the whole deal. The company is well respected here in our somewhat hippie town. One of the…

January 30, 2009

I wanted to think out loud a bit and open discussion based on the current cost of becoming sustainable versus doing nothing. Although I dream of a day when codes…