Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 85 of 903

January 23, 2013

Weekend worrier here - actually, retired guy finally getting around to all the stuff the house needs.

January 19, 2013

sorry, initially posted this in construction techniques

January 18, 2013

I've been reading about adding rigid insulation to the exterior of a house to increase R-value. The discussion seems to focus on ensuring the sheathing is warm enough to ensure…

January 16, 2013

I have a 24 x 36 gambrel cape with a pellet stove in the basement.  I currently heat the basement plus the two floors above with my Harman P61 pellet…

January 12, 2013

I am having a house built in which I planned to heat primarily with RFH using mini-splits to supplement the heat when needed as well as providing A/C. The GC…

January 7, 2013

I have am considering putting up 1" foam on the interior side of rafters on a cathedral ceiling, very bad ice daming going on and very difficult access to attic.…

January 7, 2013

Hello All, I'm going to be stripping the terrible old siding off of my house and wrapping it with rigid insulation and finishing with strapping and vicwest steel cladding.  Here's…

January 6, 2013

 As the landscape around our building site disappears under a blanket of snow, the sheathing on our houses has been disappearing under a thick layer of exterior insulation. Known as…

January 5, 2013

Does a 20lb propane bottle hold 20 lbs of propane? Is that 20 lbs just a generic term? I weighed an empty 20 lb bottle on an electronic scale at…

January 4, 2013

What are your thoughts on the viability of a radiant floor system over an existing, uninsulated slab.  Is it a good idea?  Will it be hopelessly inefficient? Would the following…