Although the air conditioner was at a minimum level of insulation and leakiness, I then moved to sealing the aire leaks in the attic. Basicaly, there are various holes and gaps in the attic floor where, air can come from…
Insulating the Basement – The Campaign
My Second Major project is improving the energy efficiency of the basement. Specifically, I’m improving the cubbie holes above the sill plate (basically the top of the basement walls between the floor joists), and adding storm windows to the…
Stabilizing my Air Handler – Part 3
Once the main leaks were all handled, I then took to insulating the air handler on the outside and the supply ducts. I chose to use 1 inch Polyiso board insulation. I chose 1 inch because I needed some flexibility.…
Stabilizing my Air Handler Part 2
Once the big leaks were sealed, I moved on to the branch ducts. Basically, these ducts take some of the air from the main metal ducts work and deliver it to individual registers in different parts of the house. They…
Initial impressions
Our home inspector pointed out a “past life expectancy” air conditioner air handler in the attic. We hired an HVAC guy to come and look at the Air Conditioning system before finishing negotiations. He reported a “past life expecentency” air handler…
Stabilizing my Air Handler
The first major project I took on was to stabilize and improve the energy efficiency of my Air Handler. In case you do not know what that it, it’s basically a radiator and a fan that cools the house air by circulating the house air…