Recent Q&A

• Sealing around baseboard hot water pipe

  Any recommendations for sealing around copper baseboard heating pipe where it enters and leaves the wallboard? I've done so much air sealing it seems silly to not seal this somehow.

• HRV wall cap question

  I have installed Broan #641 wall caps where my HRV duct enters and exits my home. This wall cap comes with a spring loaded damper which I obviously removed from…

• HRV duct questions

  I'm about to pull the trigger on an HRV for my home and have a few general questions about duct going to and from the HRV unit. The unit I…

• REMOTE wall retrofit – the next steps have me puzzled

  I live in Anchorage, Alaska (zone 7) in a early 70's split entry home. The original construction consists of 2 x 4 walls, but an addition to the house 2…

• Installation of rigid insulation on foundaton walls

  I have a early 1970's split entry house in Anchorage, Alaska (zone 7) and am ready to apply 4 inches of rigid XPS insulation from the footers on up to…