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5 Places to Add Energy Efficient Insulation to Your Home

What is the best place to add insulation to your home? We’ve found five ways you can better insulate your home so you can be on your way to lower monthly energy bills.

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Insulation For Exterior Walls: What’s the Best Type to Use?

Ever wonder what type of insulation might be best to install in your exterior walls? We dive in to all sorts of factors, different R-Values, and pros and cons of each popular type.

How to Get Your Home Zero Energy Ready Home Certified

Why would you want to build a Zero Energy Ready or ZNE home, and what steps will you have to take to get your home certified? We dive in here to give a full outline of getting started in the process.

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Home Insulation R-Value vs. Cost: What’s The Best To Buy?

Insulation R-value is a measure of how well it does its job. Combined with cost, plus a few other factors, R-value can help you decide which insulation to get.

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6 Affordable Ways To Add Insulation To Interior Walls

Insulating your interior walls doesn’t have to cost a fortune. We’ll tell you about six kinds of insulation that are all considered reasonably priced.

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Which House Shape Is the Most Energy-Efficient?

Doors, windows, insulation. All these qualities can make a home more energy-efficient, but did you know that so too can the shape of your home? It’s true! So which house shape boasts the most energy efficiency?

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What Is the R-Value of Foam Board Insulation? (With Chart)

When considering your insulation options, foam board is bound to come up. Besides the price of insulation, you’re also choosing the best type of insulation for your home based on its R-value. What is the R-value of foam board insulation?

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Garage Insulation: The Pros and Cons (Do You Do It?)

To insulate your garage or not insulate your garage? That is the question- whether ‘tis nobler to suffer from chills and noise from an uninsulated garage. Or whether to take insulation to the nooks and crannies and, by insulating, end them?

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Rockwool vs. Cellulose Insulation: What’s Right for You?

After several months in a row of especially high energy bills, you’ve done a bit of research and narrowed down your choices between Rockwool and cellulose insulation. But which is the better pick?

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Wet Insulation: Is It A Risk? What to Do About It

Insulation, when installed properly, is a fantastic luxury that keeps us warm in the winter and cool in the summer. However, if that insulation gets wet, it could be a different story. Is wet insulation a risk and if so, what can be done about it?

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Can Insulation Catch on Fire? We Explore Which is The Safest

Insulation is important for energy efficiency. But can it make your home more vulnerable to fire? We look at the fire safety of common insulation materials.

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Are Hybrid Heat Pump Hot Water Heaters Reliable?

There’s nothing like hot showers during the winter, especially in colder climates. Having a reliable heat pump for showers or cooking helps prevent any frustrations from defective craftsmanship. But how reliable are they?