The best heating and cooling system your hard-earned money can buy for your Fresno area home will be of little use if your home is poorly insulated. Insulation is a one-time investment that pays great dividends year after year in fuel savings, conserved resources, and increased comfort for you and your family. Let’s review the basics, from top to bottom, starting with vocabulary:
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Sufficient Insulation Works As A Virtual Coat for Your Area Home
Thursday, January 9th, 2014Load Calculations: The First Step in an HVAC Upgrade for Area Homes
Tuesday, January 7th, 2014If your Fresno area home is ready for an HVAC upgrade, hire a contractor who uses proper, industry-standard load calculations. An improperly sized furnace will cost you thousands more over the course of its lifetime in terms of elevated utility and repair bills. The wrong furnace can also cost you in terms of whole-home comfort and compromised indoor air quality.
Furnace Sizing: If It’s Done Right, You’ll be Comfy and Save
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
If you’re in the market for a new furnace, you might think you can just buy one that’s the same size as your old one – but that’s usually a mistake. Newer furnaces are more energy efficient plus many homes have weatherization upgrades as time passes, so a smaller version of your old furnace might adequately heat your home while saving on energy. Besides that, furnace sizing has become a much more precise process in recent years.
A Whole-Home Approach to Energy Savings: Analyze Your Processes
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
If yours is a typical household, you are spending more than half of your energy costs just for heating and cooling your home. When you want to save money on your home energy consumption, think about your house working like a large system made of several components. If one part breaks down, the rest of the system suffers.
Insulation Basics: Fiberglass vs. Cellulose
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Fiberglass and cellulose are popular among contractors and homeowners as inexpensive yet effective insulation material. Both offer excellent performance and relatively easy installation despite their differences in appearance and composition. Properly installed insulation not only helps reduce heat flow into the home during summer and out of the home during winter, but it also helps reduce high energy bills.
Is The Polluted Air From Your Garage Seeping Into Your Home?
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013If your home has an attached garage, you probably enjoy the convenience factor, but have you ever wondered whether contaminated air from your garage can seep into your home? When your house is not properly sealed against your garage, the health of yourself and your family may be compromised. By educating yourself on the threats posed by dirty air from your attached garage and taking measures to prevent its passage into your home, you can protect your household.
4 Types of Insulation: Which Is Best For Your Central California Home?
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
Adequate insulation in your home reduces the amount of energy you need to heat and cool it. The most common types of insulation used in homes include batt, blown-in cellulose, blown-in fiber and spray foam. Each has a specific purpose unique to homes and buildings:
Save Energy And Space With A Tankless Water Heater
Thursday, November 1st, 2012
If it’s time to replace your home’s water-heating system, you may want to consider replacing it with a tankless water heater. However, you’ll want to know whether a so-called demand water heater is right for your family. Usually the advantages will outweigh the disadvantages in tankless water heating systems, which are widely used outside the U.S.
Attic Fans — A Breath Of Fresh Air Does Wonders
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
In our central California climate, an attic fan is equally important in summer and winter — but for different reasons. In summer, heat accumulation in a poorly ventilated attic can send temperatures up to 150 degrees. All that heat baking the wooden structure of the attic and sub-roof can be damaging. Even worse, it migrates down into living spaces and makes your A/C work harder, raising utility costs. During winter, humid air infiltrating from rooms below condenses in the cold attic. This saturates attic insulation, destroying its heat-resistant properties. The wet environment also promotes mold and warps wooden structural components.
Insulation Basics To Help Keep Your Home Cool
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012
If you’re like most San Joaquin Valley homeowners, you’re looking for the best way to block the blistering heat from entering your home. Luckily, by getting to know insulation basics, you can learn how to keep your home cool without spending a fortune on air conditioning. Knowing insulation basics will also help you save energy in the winter.