Energy retrofit / Discussions

We have lived in Klamath Falls, Oregon for 50 years. We live in a home built in 1943 and it had a very shallow hot water well ( 165 feet deep) with a well temperature then of 200+ degrees. Former owner said: " You've got a shallow very hot well with lots of home heat." We also have a continuous coil in our driveway to ...

We live in an old frame farmouse. I need to replace the the board and batten on one wall. We want to insulate this wall (currently, there's literally no insulation in it). I spoke to a spray foam contactor, but they were quite expensive. I"m wondering if I remove the board and batten, then remove the old exterior plank...

...energy efficiency, but it has to be done with carefully selected materials or it will trap moisture and can cause significant damage to walls, exactly as you mentioned. The suggestion of adding a rigid foam panel to the exterior would likely cause that trapping of moisture you are already aware of as foam will act as a...

I'm getting water dripping down the inside walls of two opposite exterior walls.  I checked the attic and found 1) frost of the underside of the roofing plywood  2) insulation stuffed to the soffit and touching the roofing plywood 3) 6-ish inches of paper covered fiberglass bats 4) no vapour barrier but the topside of ...

Hi, I have a 1955 red all brick bungalow. the interior walls are a very thick plaster board (maybe 1" or more thick). I want to take the walls down to the studs and insulate. There is family debate about taking the brick off the outside. If we keep the brick what is the best insulation (from the inside) between the stu...