Archive for the ‘Living in your Home’ Category
Moisture problems can lead to mold or damage to wall coverings, and maybe more. As we improve the tightness of our homes, we should be concerned with indoor air quality as well. The first step is dealing with humidity.
Letting my thoughts wander on what could be done to make a home sustainable.
A town home in Houston presents an air conditioning problem, which comes under energy efficiency, but standard answers for a home may not suffice.
Do we think about how we use space when making decisions on how to change our homes?
In older homes, return air ducts are typically just a cavity in the wall, which is not energy efficient.
Liquid roof coatings are becoming easier to find, and elastomeric coatings may be a wave of the future.
A green home may mean different things to various organizations, and you may find that one organization or another states that the product you are using does not mean you are being green.
Could being green make your neighbors see red? Sometimes being an early adapter of sustainable technologies may make you the object of scorn.
As the hurricane season approaches, you may want to have your home ready now to ensure the least amount of damage.
Window awnings were a standard feature on many homes, and they seem to be making a return. They are a simple way to help you lower the amount of heat coming into your home.