How to guide/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...to700,000 grants of upto$5,000tohelp homeowners make energy efficient retrofitstotheir homes, such as better insulation, more efficient heating, better windows, solar panels etc EnerGuideevaluations (worth upto$600) and expert advicetohomeowners so they can begintoplan their retrofits based on prioritie...

...todo something about fixing our leakytoilet by changing the flappertosave us some of this precious rainwater in our recovery system tank for next summer's vacation. Whattools are neededtoreplace atoilet flapper? At a minimum,toreplace a leakingtoilet flapper you're goingtoneed some basic plumberstools...

...toshowofftoyour friends. Now you knowhowtorepair small dents and holes in drywall . Find more pages about home repairs and renovations and sustainable construction, below and in the EcoHome Green BuildingGuidepages . Choosing the best drywall Wheretofind safe nontoxic paintHowt...

...topour a footing, againtopour walls, and a third timetopour a basement floor. For everyton of concrete produced, oneton of greenhouse gases is released intothe atmosphere. Once a basement foundation is completed, a subfloor must be built ontop. This is another cost that will be incurred in ordertocreate a ...

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...toestablishhowtoseat the footing for the foundations. Soil tests will often be orderedtodeterminehowtoproceed. On expansive clay, unknown soils or infill, engineers will sometimes insist on the construction of a compacted rubble trenchtosupport the loads of the foundation. In this case, a trench is dug aro...

...tomention that it keeps your chimney cleaner. So getting the right size of stove is very important. A great waytodetermine the size of stove you will need for an existing house is knowinghowmuch electricity, oil, gas or wood you usedtokeep warm last year. If you speaktoa reasonably well-versed wood stove dea...

...torun outtothe store mid-job. But, it also means you're goingtohavetoplan ahead for your dripping faucet repair. You're goingtospend more money, and you're goingtohavetostore 100's of rubber washers in the hope that one day they will come in handy (and that you can remember where you put them and that age ...

...TOZ SLAB BUILDINGGUIDEFurther reading for Slab on Grade or basement construction:Howtochoose between a crawlspace or a slab foundation ? - EcohomeGuideBest practices for basement construction - EcohomeGuideHowmuch insulation does a basement need - EcoHomeGuideHowtofinish the exterior of Ins...

...HowtoInstall a Radon Barrier - Slab Floors If in the kind of area where it's a good ideatoinstall a vapor barrier against radon ingress, (check out the Radon maps by state and province pagetofind out here) we can't stress enoughhowimportant it istotest for radon, or better stilltocontinually monitor for h...

...guidepages: Thankstoour sponsor Roxul / Rockwool . See other slab on grade information pages here: The Definitive Slab-on-grade TechnicalGuideHowtobuild a slab-on-grade foundation with thickened edge for normal soil conditions Slab on Grade insulated prefabricated ICF form kits,howtobuild them, wh...