Home Insulation: Green Armor Against High Energy Costs
Insulating and sealing are affordable, effective projects for your green home. Here are our top tips for ensuring year-round energy efficiency.
DIY Insulation Tips for Year-round Energy Savings
Much of the energy spent on home heating and cooling is wasted by poor insulation. Find out how recycled plastic products can …
How to Insulate Finished Attic
I have a large attic with a ridge vent, but no soffit vents or other vents for air intake. As such, the attic gets very moist …
Best Insulation for Small Attic
Hi guys! Love the podcast! My husband and I are under contract on a house. During inspection, mold was found in the attic on …
4 Ways to Get Ready for Heavy Snow
Winter storm preparedness is a topic hard to think about as the weather just starts to chill, or when the first light dusting of …
How-to Insulate Garage Walls Behind Sheetrock
What is the best way to insulate my garage walls that are already sheetrocked? Is is it possible to cut a hole in the top and …
Top 5 Fall Fix-Ups for Your Home
As leaves start to fill the gutters and temperatures drop, it’s time to hop on some fall home improvement projects to help …
Positive Energy Home: Turning Your Home into an Energy Power Plant
Have you ever wished that your inefficient home could be a positive energy power plant, with no energy bills and no carbon …
Seal Out Drafts and Insulate Your Home with Icynene Spray Foam Insulation
Trim down your home's energy consumption and increase indoor air quality with Icynene Spray Foam Insulation. Icynene both …
Top 5 Home Improvement Mistakes
Taking on a home improvement project? Don't make these top five home improvement blunders!
Roxul Stone Wool Insulation Insulates and Soundproofs in One Step
If you're looking to cut energy costs and improve comfort, adding insulation is the single most cost-effective way to …
What’s the Best Way to Add Attic Insulation to a Floored Attic?
Hi Money Pit! I have a pine board floor in my attic. The attic has a walk-up staircase and 2×10 joists, so …
Can I Insulate My Roof Without Removing It?
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 …
How to Insulate an Attic That Has No Soffit?
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? …
Considering Alternative Energy? Check Insulation First
A poorly insulated home leaks away valuable energy dollars whether you're using new solar or old-school electric, so do all you …
Saggy Attic Door Lets in Cold Air
Tom and Leslie, hopefully you can help me. I have a dissappearing attic stairway that sags, so there is an air gap. The …
Can I Add More Cellulose Insulation to My Attic?
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 …
Insulating a Cathedral Ceiling
We bought a house made in 1960 in southern California. It has vaulted ceilings and no attic. There was never any insulation put …
Energy-Efficient Insulation
We are planning a complete renovation of a caboose into a guest home/office in New Jersey. We plan to install electric heat, …
Sunroom Addition and Insulation
I'm having my covered patio converted into a sunroom, and was advised to have this area insulated. I contacted an …
Sunroom Addition: Insulation or Not?
We are talking with several contractors about converting a screened-in eleveated porch (decking floor) to a sunroom. The …
Attic Insulation in Old House
I have an old farmhouse, vinyl sided, with no attic insulation. There is no ridge cap, soffit or side vents. Can I lay down …
Frost on Interior Walls
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 …
Insulating Walls Without Removing Drywall?
We recently remodeled the kitchen in our 1954 brick ranch and discovered only “Insulite” fiberboard insuation was …
How Much Insulation Under Floor?
We live in an older 1949 home. There is no insulation under the floors, limited original insulation in the attic. My …