Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 92 of 903

September 1, 2012

I am looking at insulating my garage door (in LA so I am worried about heat and less about cold).  Looking at an R5 and an R8 solution.  R8 would…

August 25, 2012

I have a 100 yr old home with weighted windows and will be replacing the weights with Pulleys (see which type below).  What is the best way to seal the…

August 21, 2012

 What are my replacement heating application options for a tri-level home where some baseboard heating pipes are embedded in or below the grade level concrete slab, and the slab below…

August 16, 2012

I'm having to reroof my entire house do to a poorly ventilated roof with osb sheathing and rolled core vent on ridge.  It has two hole bird block intake vents…

August 14, 2012

I have recently used 4" thick rock wool to insulate a room of a cape cod (exterior walls) for the first time. When we went to buy the insulation, Depot…

August 12, 2012

i'm about to start a rehab of a rental properity i own. the dwelling was built in the 70's. it has a std. 2x4 walls with black celotex and 5/8"…

August 9, 2012

I bought my new HVAC system just over 2 years ago. The furnace is a high efficiency natural gas that vents through pvc pipe through the wall. The furnace is…

August 6, 2012

I want to insulate my walkout basement foundation (poured concrete). I live in Ilinois with heavy sun on the foundation in the summer and cold wind off a lake in…

August 5, 2012

On a recently installed mini-split system the contractor left the outside condenser lines with the black insulation exposed and not taped. I've seen installations taped and not taped. I would…

July 22, 2012

Added on a new family room has a crawl space only 3 ft from ground . I insulated in between the floor joist and screwed 2" foam to the bottom…