Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 61 of 903

January 7, 2015

 We are renovating an 1895 Late Queen Anne (prior to moving in). Forced air with a 2008 high efficiency furnace with low efficiency or lack thereof, ductwork. The upper floor…

January 5, 2015

Apologies if this question has been asked before but I am insulating my basement (Ottawa, Canada (Cold)), I am using 1" XPS glued to the block wall, XPS in the…

December 31, 2014

I read an article that I found on green building advisor and all the knowledge I though I knew about insulation went out the window. Keep in mind I live…

December 23, 2014

I have a 100 yr old home that has true 2x4 studs and I'm renovating a room where I will be taking the walls down to the studs.  I want…

December 20, 2014

Anybody know where I can get good information on sizing and installing a ground source heat pump? I posted over in "green building" but it doesn't look like that forum…

December 20, 2014

Anybody know of a good place to find information on sizing and installing a ground source heat pump? I'd like to figure out how to do this myself. Also, am…

December 11, 2014

I have a crawl space that has spray foam between the floor joists and spray foam on the inside of the concrete walls and footer. It has plastic sheeting over…

December 9, 2014

My large master bedroom has a cathedral ceiling with blown in fiberglass insulation at R30. I want to increase the insulation level, unfortunately there is only 3-5 inches of space…

December 4, 2014

Seeking input on building 2" x 10" vs 2" x 6" exterior wood wall stud system for ranch rebuild in PA.  Currently the wall is 1970's 2" x 4" construction…

December 2, 2014

I have just installed radiant tubing with plastic clips under a plywood subfloor. Looking for some common sense insight on one or more cost-efficient ways to insulate the joist bays separating the first floor…