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December 4, 2013

I am doing a non-vented roof on my house in Nashville Tennessee.  It has large 3' 6" overhangs. Should I vent them even though the roof is not?

December 4, 2013

I am finishing a non- vented cathedral ceiling in Nashville Tennessee and using  open cell spray foam. The local contractors are saying to use only 6" in the roof that…

December 4, 2013

Hi All I'd like to know if anyone has recently used closed cell foam to insulate your house in Michigan?   1   What was your experience (did it perform…

December 4, 2013

Hello.  I have a furnace that's 41 years old.  I haven't seen any identifier of the brand name, except for the letters 'GH'.  Anyone know what this may stand for?…

December 2, 2013

What is/are the benifit(s) of a Leeds Certification.  Can't someone just build to the standards and forego the expense of certification?

November 30, 2013

(Sorry, this is a repost--I originally posted in wrong forum.)   Hi,  My first post here--did some digging, but didn't find *exactly* what I was looking for in terms of…

November 25, 2013

Hi All, Working up a design for a 28 x 40 shop for working on cars.  The plan is to heat the building so I can work in the winter…

November 24, 2013

I have a Lennox Pulse 21V Furnace (C26-51FC-10 which i had installed about 15 years ago.  a few years ago i replaced the motor (in the depths of a cold…

November 24, 2013

I have a proposal fro a high-effiency, gas-fired Lochinvar boiler (with indirect HW) that will be used for radiant floor heat. The proposal includes a Boiler Buddy tank that adds…

November 11, 2013

We have a large bedroom above a crawl space. Air is leaking from the crawl space into the bedroom around the bottom of perimeter walls. There are apparently gaps between…