When weatherizing the home, homeowners often consider sealing outlets, wall switches, windows, and doors. However, many homeowners never consider weatherizing their chimney, as with a chimney balloon. While Jolly Old St. Nick is sneaking in Read More
Category: Weatherization
Weatherization is ideal during months of extreme weather, such as summer and winter. It keeps the inside air in, and the outside air out. In this way, weatherization can dramatically decrease energy costs.
Calculating Board Feet with Spray Foam Insulation
When applying spray foam insulation it will tell you how much board feet it covers. e.g. two part foam kit for 200 board foot. What does that mean exactly? Will it cover 200 feet? How Read More
Weatherize Your Home: Cheap, Cheaper & Free Ways to Insulate your Windows
In the first installment of this blog we discussed weatherizing your home, starting with checking for air leaks. Now that you’ve found the leaks, you need to cover them up. It would be great if you could do this without paying outrageous prices, right?
Weatherize your Home this Winter: Identify Air Leaks
Allowing air to leak into the home through crevices and cracks may not seem like such a big deal, right? Wrong. Having air leak into your home can add as much as 20% to your heating and cooling bill and bring moisture-filled air inside, increasing the chances of finding mold, condensation, and rot in certain places.
Exterior Door Sweeps are a Cheap Way to Weatherize Your Home
Those who have invested in exterior door sweeps quickly realize its advantages. They are fairly easy to install, and are placed on the bottom of the outer side of exterior doors. This weatherization item is Read More
Polyurethane Spray Foam For DIYers
Fixing drafty attics floors, basement walls, and other oddly opened areas has never been easier. What’s in a Spray Foam Kit? Spray foam kits for DIY projects generally consist of foam, instructions, a hose, and Read More
Closed Cell Polyurethane Foam vs. Open Cell Polyurethane Foam
So, what’s the difference? 90% closed cell polyurethane foam, R value of 6.8 The easiest way to think of foam is to think of it liked whipped cream in a can. Two components involved: the Read More
Sealing Air Ducts with Mastic
Summer’s here. Time to grill out, have some fun in the sun… and crank up the air conditioning. But before you do, you might want to check your ducts for leaks. Leaky ducts can cause Read More