Author: sensei

It seems to me that digging through blown cellulose or fiberglass is a nasty job.   There are several things you should consider before blowing insulation 1) Do you plan on adding anything to the floor below ceiling like lights? 2) Things will be burred like wires, pipes and walls and finding them later will…

Over the past month, I did several things in prep of adding insulation to the attic before it gets really cold.   1) I added the soffit baffles. These are plastic trays that are stapled to the underside of the roof. The purpose into channel cooler air from inside the soffit up towards the ridge…

I’ve recently done a bit of research into saving energy by switching to a better pool pump   Here’s what I learned   Pumps volume varies with speed directly. so 1/2 speed = 1/2 of the water flow Pools need a certain amount of filtering per day… the apparent rule of thumb is once per…

Last year, I insulated my attic air handler. Actually, I did it on the top surfaces, and even left some uncovered when I ran out of poly-iso   I recently finished the unfinished part, and then remembered I had not insulated the bottom on the ductwork.   So I recently covered the 15 feet that…

My dad pointed out one day that there are two sidelights by my front door with single pane glass and thin wood below. This had to change. On further analysis, I also discovered that the three basement windows had single pane glass as well. There are many solutions to this problem from the lowbrow “stuff…