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87Winterize 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
85How 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
81Blowing 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
70Uses 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
52CONSTRUCTION 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
59When 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
69No 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
58Donald 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
58Home 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
58Increase 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
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