Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 81 of 903

April 15, 2013

I'm (almost certainly) insrtalling Bosch compact washer and a dryer in our bathroom.  Turns out the washer (as well as the dryer, of course) needs a 220 circuit.   Am…

April 8, 2013

Good morning, I want to introduce myself. I am brian and I am from Long Island New York, and I have a question related to insulation. Ill try to give…

April 6, 2013

 This is a photo of my current furnace exhaust.  I need to move it to the far left flue because the tile in the current one has collapsed.  The middle…

April 5, 2013

I'm buying a house in the San Francisco Bay Area with a vented earth-floor crawl space and a lot of rotten, termite-eaten floor joists (see pic). The crawl space access…

April 4, 2013

I just read an article published by the Vancouver Sun, Friday, March 29, 2013 entitled "Scientists aim to energize your house" The article reports about Calgary researchers' fuel device is…

April 2, 2013

I am redoing my shot through metal front porch roof with an EPDM glued roof. The porch walls are 2x6, tight, on 3 sides, and the house on the 4th.…

March 29, 2013

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March 18, 2013

Hello everyone,      I'm installing a Jotul propane fireplace and am using a Simpson wall thimble and Simpson 5/8 Duravent pipe.  Does anyone know what type of sealant can…

March 15, 2013

Does there exist a pink(owens-corning) sound deadening batt that is the same color as their regular insulating batt. If so - how do you tell them aparrt if you don't…

March 12, 2013

Planning a 2nd story addition to a 1940s house with CMU wall construction, plaster on the inside and stucco on the outside.  Thinking of some thickness of polyiso on the…