Attic/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

We cannot overstate the importance of airtightness in homes andattic房间。适当的空气屏障可以在冬天减少热量散失，在夏天减少过热，并防止墙壁中积聚导致霉菌和腐烂的水分。最近我们有机会试用一种产品，乍一听它太好了，令人难以置信，但是……

...atticafter DIY roof insulation projects where new insulation covers up ventilation access. If you discover you have ice in theattic, the 3 things to check first are: Humidity levels in the Home - do you have high humidity and condensation problems?Atticventilation - Is youratticventilated correctly and suff...

...attic? What does ‘diminishing returns’ for insulation mean? It's as simple as this - adding one inch of insulation to a wall that has only one inch of insulation is certainly well worth the investment, in any climate. Adding one inch of insulation to a wall that has 5 inches of insulation makes sense in most clim...

...atticto see if it is properly vented and if there is enough insulation. Addatticvents if to remove moisture , and additional insulation. This can be done by hauling batts up there yourself, or blowing loose cellulose insulation over the entire surface of anattic, taking care not to block your venting. Below are a ...

...attics: One-way squirrel door - but remember, these cute little vermin are ingenious, if there's a gap, they'll get in Beyond the irritation of scratching and thumping noises like a tiny herd of elephants roaming across your ceiling as you are trying to go to sleep, rodents can chew and damage house frames, wir...

Should I Renovate, Remodel or Rebuild? This very question comes up a lot for me during site consultations with clients . Some people buy an old home, maybe inherit an old home, or are just tired of living in an old home and aren’t sure of the best course of action. We toil over the same decision with old cars; somet...

The tiny house movement is a fascinating trend that draws attention to one of the greatest problems with the housing industry; how big our homes have become. But the custom homes being built on trailer beds have many limitations, mainly because they need to comply with the rules of the road as a vehicle. So they aren’...

What is a smart lock for a home? Smart door locks are deadbolt front door locks that can be operated in a number of ways - either with a smartphone, a fingerprint reader, passcodes and combinations, or with voice command to Alexa or google phone to activate smart door locks. Everyone has probably at some point loc...

At last, a packaged solution for gray water treatment & recycling - the Hydraloop Reducing home water consumption is an increasingly important issue, as the world is already facing a global water shortage crisis. We don’t think much about it in Canada & America because most of us have yet to suffer the extreme impac...

Alternatives to grass lawns - ground covers! North American backyards have one main point in common – Kentucky blue grass. But here we’re talking about ground covers and alternatives to this grass , not a bunch of fiddle and banjo players jamming in your backyard. The traditional green grass we use to cover our ...

自从Covid-19重新定义了我们的现实以来，在过去几个月里，在家里花更多的时间给许多人提供了清洁、重新安排家具和改变生活方式的机会。我们在家里注意到的一件事是，有些物品进入了我们的回收站，或者更糟糕的是，垃圾桶，真的……