Heating & Cooling, How To, Resources
It’s Friday night, eight o’clock, and it’s getting cold and nasty outside. You just ordered a pay-per-view movie, the popcorn is ready, and you just nudged the thermostat up a degree or two to make …
Written by: Phil
As a preemptive strike against the days of Hades better known as summer I (with some help) decided to install an attic fan. This post is coming a bit late in the season, but even …
Written by: Leroy
Well, here in the northeast summer has fully arrived. For those of you in the mid and southwest it feels as if the Earth is on fire. Now that it finally got warm enough to …
Written by: Leroy
Heating & Cooling, Plumbing, Videos
Sure, you’ve heard of, and probably own, many types of tape – duct tape, electrical tape, packing tape, masking and painter’s tape, Scotch tape, fish tape (no, it doesn’t smell like tuna), maybe even the …
Written by: Phil
Wood pellet stoves have been an increasingly popular fireplace alternative in recent years. They are highly efficient, and make use of wood pellets that burn more cleanly, with less ash, and with higher heat output …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Garage, Green, Heating & Cooling, How To, Roofing
Like most Southern Californians, we use our garage for just about everything EXCEPT storing a car. It’s a luxury not all parts of the country have, but it affords Californians with some square footage that …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Garage, Green, Heating & Cooling, How To, Videos
If you’re like most of the US population of homeowners, your garage door is a simple steel door with little to no insulation. This style of garage door has one redeeming value; it is cheap. …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Want to save an average of $180 a year? Want to help do your part to conserve energy? Want me to get back to that part about saving money? If you’re using an old thermostat, …
Written by: Jen
There’s a lot of products out there that are labelled “eco” and “green” and “environmentally-friendly”. Whether they truly are is often up for debate. Sometimes the products offered are more eco-friendly than, say, burning coal, …
Written by: Jen
It’s not terribly often that I get excited about heaters; I have a “fur coat” on me year round so I am rarely cold. However, I do have a wife who stays cold when the …
Written by: Leroy