Stuck at Home 1
When you’re stuck at home, make sure you’re breathing good air. Continue reading Stuck at Home 1
Category: Homeowner’s Energy Workbook
Ice Dams and Soffit Vents
Right now in Massachusetts people are going crazy because of the ice dams on their roofs! A company has arrived from Minnesota that has steam generating devices and personnel that will climb up on your roof and melt the amazing amount of ice that is collecting in the gutters, weighting them down, backing the water up the roof, and leaking into the ceilings below. … Continue reading Ice Dams and Soffit Vents
Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 10 Component U Values
Now that we have the total U value for the house, we can start looking more carefully at individual component U Values. Considering the single story house we just analyzed, it is about 1,000 square feet. It has a nice, flat 1,000 square foot attic floor insulated with fiberglass batts that have an R-value of 19. There is also sheetrock covering the ceiling that also … Continue reading Homeowner’s Energy Workbook Part 10 Component U Values