Fans in the House – Part 1

There was a time (believe it or not) when electric fans did not exist! You can look it up. Seems the earliest electric fan was a product of the fertile imagination of Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler in 1886. And that must be true because I read about it on the Internet. I can’t confirm it personally. Before electric fans, heat purposely moved around the house … Continue reading Fans in the House – Part 1

Angry Air!

John Tooley said, “Air is like crooked rivers, crooked people, teenagers, and cheap labor.  It always seeks the path of least resistance.”  He didn’t say that Angry air is Noisy air.   Air doesn’t like being forced through corrugated, flexible ducting, pushed around corners, and made to force open dampers.  It resists being made to perform in a way that it doesn’t want to.  It takes … Continue reading Angry Air!

Healthy Home Evaluator Training

Fall River, MA     October 13, 2016 For two days – November 15th and 16th – Paul Raymer of Heyoka Solutions will be teaching a pilot of the BPI HHE course at the Fall River campus of Bristol Community College (BCC).  The purpose of this course is to blend the knowledge of building science with the ability to recognize home environmental risks. For years qualified building … Continue reading Healthy Home Evaluator Training