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A Canadian Couple Needs Help Choosing a Heating System
Weighing cost, comfort, and reliability for a heating system that has to work while its owners are away for months at a time
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Is This Insulation Too Good To Be True?
The owner of a house in a historic district wonders whether a certain ‘space age’ insulation is the answer to his problems
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How to Insulate a Foundation
Choosing the right material and the right technique for a house with a walkout basement
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Does This Roof Need a Vapor Retarder?
The open-cell spray foam in the rafter bays provides an air barrier but not a vapor retarder
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Heating and Cooling in North Dakota
How dangerous is a radiant-floor heating system that mixes domestic hot water with water used for space heating?
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Is a Ground-Source Heat Pump My Best Bet?
With an energy retrofit on the horizon, a homeowner ponders the cost and suitability of a ground-source heat pump
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Where is This Water Coming From?
A homeowner with a standing-seam metal roof wonders why water drips from the soffit
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How Would You Insulate My New House?
In chilly Thunder Bay, Ontario, a prospective homeowner looks for advice on how best to insulate the walls and foundation of his new house
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Does a Fireplace Belong in a Green Home?
An open fireplace makes for a cheerful hearth, but do their inherent inefficiencies always make them a foolish choice?
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Can Solar Electricity Trump a Ductless Minisplit?
A GBA reader calculates that PV systems are now cheap enough to displace a high-efficiency air-source heat pump
