Floor heating is an affordable convenience that provides added comfort to any home, as well as the practicality of low cost environmental heating during off-peak time to a given room or home. This is a feature that is more often overlooked during the planning of a room remodel or during building stages of the home. There are three basic types.  (1.) In-slab;....

The economy of energy is becoming a very important aspect of living. Those in the lower income brackets tend to waste more energy and spend more on energy per square foot then do those who can afford better built, energy efficient homes. Old homes and apartment buildings for example.  Especially brick and cement structures with air flow through windows, little or no....

      Ventilation fans built into the attic can pull a large volume of air through the home and in the old days were useful on summer nights in the absence of air conditioning. There are still quite a few of them around. The large fan creates a mega air exchange, displacing interior hot air through the attic while drawing cooler night air from opened....

With the rising cost of the oil barrel, heating costs invariably follow suit.  Old, inefficient gas heaters will waste up to 40% of the heat through the flu.  Other efficiency considerations would be the insulation factor behind the walls and as well, any air exchange via windows and doors.  In September 2007, my friend Al purchased a 40 year old....