How to Buy a Furnace for Heating Your Home
In This Article: How Old Is Your Furnace? Finding a Furnace Dealer Interviewing Furnace Dealers Sealing the Deal Expert advice on how to evaluate your current heating system, and how to shop for a new furnace. Need Help NOW? Get a Local Heating Pro Fast! Is it time to buy a new furnace? Your answer […]
Heat Recovery Ventilation Systems
An expert guide to heat recovery ventilation (hrv) systems, and how they work to ventilate a home without unnecessarily wasting heated or conditioned air. Inside a heat recovery ventilator, one fan draws outdoor air in and another fan blows stale room air outside. Both fans blow the air through a central heat-exchange core that extracts […]
How to Insulate an Attic
In This Article: How to Insulate a Finished Attic How to Insulate an Unfinished Attic Whether your attic is finished or unfinished, this expert DIY guide will show you how to insulate it. Includes where insulation goes, the need for vapor barriers, and basic installation techniques. In an unfinished attic, the goal of insulation is […]
How to Install Insulation and Vapor Barriers in Crawlspaces
In This Article: Insulating an Unventilated Crawlspace Insulating Crawlspace Walls Insulating a Ventilated Crawlspace If you are building a new house or having a major remodel done on your existing home, it will pay off in energy savings and increased comfort to have underfloor insulation installed. During the early phases of construction, the builder should […]