Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 230 of 903

January 27, 2009

This one is for the plumbers out there.  I recently remodeled a fixer upper and noticed the incoming cold for the water heater was piped into the hot on the…

January 26, 2009

Hi -- I'm curious if CFL's sold as "dimmable" can be dimmed with a normal incandescent dimmer (say Lutron's Diva) or if they require an electronic flourescent dimmer. I can't…

January 26, 2009

Anyone have any experience with this basement waterproofing product? It claims to seal out moisture & redon gas forever. Not cheap but might be worth it if it's a good…

January 26, 2009

I have 3 homes in the foothills of Boulder, Co, and all 3 homes are built on foundations with crawlspaces. In the mountains, basements are very expensive.(Is that why they…

January 25, 2009

Well I have been thinking about engery auids for a while now and since I am sure that I have low lying fruit I borrowed my fathers infrared gun and…

January 25, 2009

I'm in the process of converting a one car garage into an art studio for my wife. As part of the conversion I will be installing electric, insulating the walls…

January 25, 2009

We woke up this morning too a cold house, the furnace is not running, I tried reseting from a timeout, the first time the power vent kicked on but then…

January 25, 2009

I have a direct vent gas forced air furnace that currently has one of those PVC concentric pipe combination air supply and flue going horizontally thru my garage wall.  I am…

January 25, 2009

I have a 4-way switch I would like to remove leaving the light so it operates on only the two remaining switches.  The switch has four lugs with wiores connected to…

January 24, 2009

Here is the situation. I installed a solid fuel furnace and it came with a direct drive furnace blower. I do not like the noise of the motor that is…