When I think about the energy efficiency of my home, I instantly get that picture in my head of a house viewed through infrared goggles, just like that sketchy alien in the movie Predator. The …
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Building Materials, Heating & Cooling
Energy efficiency is the hands down best way to beat high electricity bills. Actually the best way is probably not to use electricity at all, but that can be a challenge (reference the Unabomber for …
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The Lux Products TX9000TS Thermostat found its way into my life last winter after reading about it in Consumer reports. It turns out they liked it. I had been waiting forever for a programmable thermostat …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Many of you outside of warm, sunny San Diego might rely on hydronic heating from baseboard heaters. That’s hydronic as in water for heating, not hydoponic as in water for growing special plants, ok? If …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Reggio Registers deliver top notch metal grilles for hvac. Did I ever mention that nothing in our house in “standard size”? Oh yeah, I have mentioned that about 100 times. In perhaps one of the …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Last year I heard about Enviro-Logs and just had to give them a try. They are 100% Recycled and made from food grade waxed cardboard boxes. We decided to decorate the tree tonight and so …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Winter is coming and Nuheat has an innovative concept to keep your home and toes cozy. Nuheat produces electric-blanket-esque radiant floor heating. The Nuheat system provides warm floors to keep tile, stone, laminate and engineered …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Last Christmas my wife and I, and other vital family members, were almost killed at Grandma’s house. I know, I know, it is always Grandma who is supposed to get run over by a reindeer. …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Do you have really ugly baseboard heating? If so, my condolences. In addition to my condolences I have a great tip: Overboards. Overboards are foundry-crafted of solid cast aluminum and are designed to install easily …
Written by: Marc Lyman
As much as it pains me to say it, winter is coming. This means overnight temperatures here in San Diego might dip below 68. Worse yet, it gets dark right after work which severely restricts …
Written by: Marc Lyman