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Find out how to make your home energy efficient and reduce heating costs with home insulation.
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Summer heat and storms can be unforgiving but it’s not too late to make investments in your home that will keep weather out and …
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Winter storm preparedness is a topic hard to think about as the weather just starts to chill, or when the first light dusting of …
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What is the best way to insulate a one-and-a-half story home? Our house was built in 1952 and has no soffit vents but does have …
What is the best way to insulate the floor of an attic if the house does not have soffit vents – or any soffits at all? …
Tom and Leslie, hopefully you can help me. I have a dissappearing attic stairway that sags, so there is an air gap. The …
I have cellulose insulation that is R19 in the attic from 1985. Can I just add more of it without removing the old stuff? I live …
We bought a house made in 1960 in southern California. It has vaulted ceilings and no attic. There was never any insulation put …
We are planning a complete renovation of a caboose into a guest home/office in New Jersey. We plan to install electric heat, …
I'm having my covered patio converted into a sunroom, and was advised to have this area insulated. I contacted an …
We are talking with several contractors about converting a screened-in eleveated porch (decking floor) to a sunroom. The …
I have an old farmhouse, vinyl sided, with no attic insulation. There is no ridge cap, soffit or side vents. Can I lay down …
We built a ranch style home in 2012. When it is extremely cold (below zero) and the wind blows we find areas of frost on the …
We recently remodeled the kitchen in our 1954 brick ranch and discovered only “Insulite” fiberboard insuation was …
We live in an older 1949 home. There is no insulation under the floors, limited original insulation in the attic. My …
While getting estimates for spray foaming my attic, the sales person stated that research has determined that you do not need …
Is it ok to use the roll type insulation with the paper backing in the attic. If so, does the paper go up or down? Thanks.
What's the average cost for having spray foam insulation used in my home? It needs to be sprayed under the entire roof of my …
My husband and I just bought a farmhouse that was a Montgomery Ward catalog house…built in 1925. Everything we have read …