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How to Insulate and Ventilate Knee Wall Attics
August 23, 2012Have you struggled to find good information about how to insulate and ventilate the knee wall attics of your home? Struggle no more. Plus an eBook is coming on it…
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7 Fall Tips to Save Money This Fall – And They’re Cheap to Free!
August 12, 2012Fall Is Coming! Be Ready! Here Are 7 Tips to Help. BRRRR! The crazy hot weather that has been with us in Cleveland and most of the US since March has finally broken. I’m wearing a hoodie as I write this for the first time in months. We will probably see 90 again, don’t worry, but […]
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What Do I Do First to Make My Home More Efficient? The Conservation Pyramid Part 1
July 22, 2012The Conservation Pyramid Energy conservation, on top of being boring, is confusing as well. That sucks – it shouldn’t be either! It’s like the History Channel. I too nearly nodded off in history classes in school, but man, the History Channel is fascinating! I wish I had cool videos for you, but part of what […]
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Why I Don’t Like Spray Foam In Existing Home Walls
July 12, 2012Foam insulation can be really good. But it depends on what kind. If you are thinking about putting it in the walls of an existing home, read this first. A cautionary tale from my own home.
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Why won’t my air conditioning keep up on hot days? Why is upstairs so hot?
July 9, 2012It was almost 100 degrees here in Cleveland on Saturday 7-7. (That’s hot for us Midwesterners, folks in Lousiana probably think we’re wusses.) Most of us, including me, cowered in our houses like there was a blizzard outside. I sweated just thinking about going outdoors. Meanwhile, was your air conditioner cowering as well? Did it […]
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Halogen Bulbs Are REALLY HOT! LED ones aren’t. A comparison.
July 9, 2012While I am a home performance guy by trade (or insulation contractor, if you must call me that), I am actually an energy geek, interested in all things that conserve energy cost effectively. To that end, for diagnosis purposes, I just bought a little infrared gun that tells you the temperature of a spot you […]
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Why You Will Replace Your AC In The Next 5-10 Years
July 6, 2012Have you heard of R-134a refrigerant? No? Well, that’s the new freon in your car’s air conditioner. Freon has been phased out and is getting more expensive. Fortunately, cars can be converted. Why do you care? I just learned some bad news from Angie’s List – the same thing is happening to your house’s air […]
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Changing Incandescent Under Cabinet Lights to LED
July 5, 2012I try to practice what I preach. I tell homeowners all the time to switch to CFLs and LEDs from their old school heat lamps, I mean light bulbs. I put my money where my mouth is on July 4th, and changed out my kitchen under cabinet lights. These lights are on 6-8 hours/day pretty […]
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Recessed Lights Suck – A Love/Hate Relationship
June 23, 2012High hats, can lights, recessed lights, pot lights, there are a lot of words for the same thing. Demystifying Jargon: Recessed lights are lights that poke up into your ceiling, rather than hanging below it. Whatever you call them, they have one thing in common. They all SUCK! Or blow, technically. Depending on whether the […]
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Basement water issues
June 22, 2012Ever been to LA? Mexico City? Delhi? Any other gross city with lots of smog, trash, and/or numbers 1 & 2? That air is probably better than the air in your house. Yuck! Time to put on my energy auditor hat. (I am a BPI Building Analyst, after all, just like the guys in the […]
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E.T. Phone Home
June 22, 2012First off, this has absolutely NOTHING to do with insulation or energy efficiency. It just cracks me up. I’m still not quite sure what the antenna looking thing is next to the TV, but there you go. Kids with an overactive imagination and knowledge of Steven Spieberg movies? What’s your explanation? Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest […]
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Hello World – Blah, Blah, Blah
June 22, 2012Great, another blog. Who the heck cares? And about insulation? That’s even more boring than insurance! Or is it? Ask yourself these questions: 1. Do you lie awake at night on hot summer days because you’re sweating in bed? 2. Do your kids (or you) camp in the basement because it’s cooler in the summer? […]
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