26 year old house - need new insulation?
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7 year old home needing new floor, help?
Comments (4)Is it an open concept living room/kitchen? If so, I would replace the flooring in both the kitchen and living room to match. If that's not in the budget right now, one thing you can do is to scrape out the top layer of grout (they have a tool to do this at Home Depot) and then you can apply a darker grout on top of it. I did this in a shower once and it worked great. There are some carpeted mats you can get in the kitchen that have foam in them and they help tremendously, so you could try those and see if they help. Then when you are ready to replace the living room carpet, you could replace the kitchen to match as well, giving a more consistent look....See Morenew hvac in lakewood, oh (cleveland) 100 year old home
Comments (6)I have installed Unico high velocity systems in a number of houses (two I lived in and numerous others, including some antebellum and pre-revolutionary houses) and would recommended it. It significantly reduces wall damage and preserves closet space (a common location for forced air duct work). using duct-board in unconditioned spaces to make ducts has some significant advantages. One is it s already insulated, but another is that the lower mass of the duct work reduces system losses to cooling the ducts. More mass meas more heat holding ability. Once the duct warms up, it takes more cooling energy to remove the heat from a heavier duct. Flex duct has some of the same advantages, but a higher pressure loss when air is flowing. It can be accounted for, but it meas more blower HP to move the air. The two customers who used high velocity for heating quickly found the weakness. Faster moving air and the stirring of the room air creates drafts. Not very important in cooling application (remember standing front of a fan to cool off?) but a real drawback for heating. If you put HVAC equipment in unconditioned space, one alternative is to turn it into 'semi conditioned' space by erecting a light weight insulated 'room' around the equipment. Simple lightweight framing and thick foam insulation....See MoreHave a 5 ft 13 year old Tangerine Tree in Michigan needs a new home!
Comments (6)I hope you find it a home. I would try Craig's list. I have re-homed many items including a chicken ;-). If you list it as free, you will get lots of interest. The thing is that you will need to select someone who knows what they're doing. It would be a shame to lose that tree....See MoreChoosing new windows for 45 year old home
Comments (15)I'd like to hire my carpenter to install vinyl siding, but he's not happy about possibly working with a sub who would be a certified installer from the window company. So I'll ask him which windows he can get from his supplier., but I read online that if a certified installer doesn't install the windows, warranty issues are troublesome. Dealer blames window company, window dealer blames installer. I'd rather he do the siding, but we need to do windows as well. Meanwhile I'm getting more estimates from companies who do both siding and windows, then I'll decide. Recap, now Looking at 25 replacement doublehung vinyl windows. Big investment , especially coupled with vinyl siding installation. I wanna get it right. There's dozens of choices, and it's confusing because you have to weigh cost, energy efficiency, etc.. I've learned a lot here, thanks to you guys. The Sunrise (Vanguard) dealer only sells and windows. Another contractor, Mastic siding , only sells Ellison 1300 windows. A third company, Certainteed siding and Simonton 5500 windows, which do not seem to be highly regarded here.. A fourth (not local) Alside Siding and Mezzo Windows, again, not highly regarded here. Today is my last quote, and he's (not local) Certainteed Siding, and Polaris windows. Any thoughts?...See MoreRelated Professionals
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