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Winterize Your Home with Attic Blown-In Insulation

by Marye Audet

Attic blown insulation has many advantages over the fiberglass batt type of insulation and is becoming increasingly popular. One of the biggest benefits of the blown in insulation is for the owners of... published 3 months ago

3 comments    home save energy insulation

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How to Save Money on Heating Bills

by pgrundy

Last winter, with home heating oil at record highs, my partner and I spent nearly $3000 to heat a 1000 square foot house for four months. By summer, oil prices were even higher and we couldn't get anyone to... published 5 weeks ago

41 comments    finance home money

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Blowing Insulation into the Attic

by Jennifer

Is your upstairs noticeably colder than your downstairs? Have you looked around in your attic lately? You might not have enough insulation. The inspection of our home had shown that there was virtually no... published 2 years ago

4 comments    home saving money do it yourself

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Uses and Harvesting of Cork

by len7288

Uses of Cork One of the main use of cork is in low temperature insulation, the insulation is used in water coolers, around the pipes of mechanical refrigerating systems, cold storage warehouses. When... published 13 months ago

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CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND CABLE

by mplgmg

Insulation Every conductor is consisting appropriate thickness of insulation and the thickness is depended upon to the cable current and voltage that can pass through. Paper, Rubber and varnished... published 10 hours ago

0 comments    electrical resistance insulation

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When You Want Your House to SHUT UP

by REritr

After a long day at work, wouldn’t you love to get home to the sound of – nothing? Now that we have talking appliances, musical cell phones, and chattering GPS devices navigating us around, many... published 2 months ago

0 comments    home windows homes

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No Answers, But Lots of Questions

by William F. Torpey

It was my intention to present a number of startling, puzzling, insightful questions on a wide variety of topics followed by some studied, reasoned, enlightening answers. Alas, time and space permits only the questions. I need your help. Do you have the answers? published 13 months ago

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Donald Croft Brickner-21: Navigating Through the Invisibility of the Stricken

by DCB

Remember how so few Americans responded to New Orleans' residents in their honest-to-gosh hours (and hours, and hours) of need after Katrina? Well, that look-the-other-way behavior haunts this nation still as... published 2 months ago

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Home Sealing

by Chloe Comfort

The exterior of your home can be referred to as the "envelope". This includes the ceiling, outer walls, windows and floor. Home Sealing is a procedure (recommended by EPA) to help boost the comfort and energy... published 5 months ago

2 comments    home comfort hvac

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Increase your Home's Energy Efficiency

by jac_dhs

First, check the insulation in your attic and ceilings meet the levels recommended for your particular geographic region. Insulation is measured in R-values, the higher the R-value, the better your attic and... published 6 weeks ago

1 comment    home energy home improvement


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