Sometimes, the usually unseen elements in your home can be the most important when it comes to saving money on your energy bills. When it comes to insulation, for instance, re-insulating your attic with new insulation, or by adding more, can save you between 10 to 20 percent on your energy bill every month. If
With the Fall Parade of Homes underway, I thought it might be worth some time to address some things you might not consider when shopping — or even just window-shopping — for a new home. What’s behind the sheetrock? I know it’s thoroughly predictable that an insulation contractor would start with wondering ‘what’s
Fair warning: I am not an engineer. I’m not a scientist, either. I do make informal hypotheses and then use observational results to determine their merits, but using the scientific method does not make an expert. The truth is most contractors, builders, and even architects aren’t either of these things either. In fact, the whole
Unless you’re already in your ‘forever home’, you’ll probably be looking at putting your current home on the market. And if you’re reading this, you probably know insulation is important for energy efficiency, lower bills, and improved comfort. insulation may also be important to selling your home to the largest group of home buyers out
Here in Kansas, it always seems to be allergy season. Your home should be a place of respite from all of the pollutants and allergens, yet this is not always the case. The good news is that having an energy efficient home is one way to start your trek to better health, especially if done
Having been in the window tinting industry for more than half of our 70 years, we are well-attuned to the benefits of tinting your windows. However, we still run into many homeowners that aren’t familiar with what window films can do for their spaces. Putting these two things together, we thought we should compile a list of
