Your insulation might look fine — but contractors say it's quietly bleeding you dry.
Q. I live in a ranch-style home that was built in the late 1960s. Recently, I have been approached by two different contractors touting the energy savings benefits of making my attic space unvented by ...
Q. My 30-year-plus home has two rooms with mineral insulation, but my biggest concern is my third-floor loft. The temperature is always more extreme than the rest of the house. There is an attic space ...
Q: We sold our home, and the buyers asked for an inspection. One of the things the home inspector listed for repair was the attic insulation. The inspector said that because we had installed flooring ...
Most of us rarely go up there and we don’t think about it much. More than likely you only think of it as extra space to put our old junk. But if you could find another place to put those future garage ...
Anyone who visits their attic might realize just how poorly that space is insulated. What should be done, if that's the case, to insulate the house properly? Jamie Wine, executive director of the ...
Folding stairs are a great convenience in opening up an attic for storage, but they can also be a significant cause of heat loss. This is also true of uninsulated trapdoors that lead into attics and ...
A house without enough insulation is like a kid without a coat—bound to get cold. So if you’re sick of drafts and high heating bills, it might be time to help your home “bundle up” by learning how to ...
The typical cost of attic insulation is between $1,500 and $3,500, with a national average of $2,500. Cost factors for attic insulation installation include attic size, insulation type, insulation ...
When temperatures drop, you usually feel it first not in the walls, but in the tiny gaps where cold air sneaks in and warm air slips out. Instead of tearing into drywall or budgeting for a major ...
Q: We sold our home, and the buyers asked for an inspection. One of the things the home inspector listed for repair was the attic insulation. The inspector said that because we had installed flooring ...