Re-insulating an existing home properly is a complicated task. While air sealing and adding insulation may solve one problem, it can also have several unintended negative consequences.Read More
Plumbing vents prevent traps from being siphoned. The common, improper analogy is to talk about dumping a soda bottle upside down. This analogy doesn't hold water because the top side...Read More
Old houses never had enough insulation at the eaves because they weren't constructed to allow for enough insulation here. Thankfully, there's a decent workaround for this on old homes.Read More
Unfortunately, lots of people claim that inadequate attic ventilation causes ice dams, which leads people to do all kinds of crazy stuff to get more air flowing in to their...Read More
UL Listed carbon monoxide alarms will not alert you to low levels of carbon monoxide. Carbon monoxide alarms keep people from dying; they don't eliminate all health risks.Read More
I was so happy with this 'invention' that I made a full set out of my spare wrenches. Now go forth and make your own set. Just for fun, here's...Read More
The perfect conditions for ice dams are large amounts of snow and temperatures in the teens and twenties, which is what we're expected to have this week.Read More
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