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Don’t forget about the attic hatch
There's a component of your home's building envelope that can be a big source of heat loss. It's often ignored and rarely seen. What I'm talking about here is the attic hatch. It's usually tucked away in a closest or in some other hard-to-reach location. In some...
Buying a Rural Property? Consider the Septic System
A private septic system can be the single most expensive item in a property to replace yet it is usually the most difficult to assess by visual means. Consequently it is a system that many people buying rural property, particularly an older one, often know the least...
IMPORTANT – HRV Safety
There was a house fire in Tignish, PEI on Sunday, July 5, 2015. Thankfully no one seems to have been injured. According to the Tignish Fire Department, the cause may have been an air exchanger in the house. These air exchangers or as their properly known,...
DIY Electrical Work – The Perils
One of the most common deficiencies I see in homes involves the electrical system. And not all of them are centered on old wiring and under-sized electrical services. A very common scenario is a relatively newer home with an adequately-sized electrical service and...
Solar PV Systems – A Start For Me
I have been interested for some time in the concept of generating electricity via solar photovoltaic (PV). To my mind this aspect of sustainable energy development has nowhere to go but up from here. If you will pardon a bad pun, the future is bright in this space....
EMF – Remediation
This is the third in a three-part series of my investigation of EMF in my house. Part 1 EMF - What About It? Part 2 EMF – The Survey So I've done an EMF survey at my home and I have determined that the levels are higher than I'm comfortable with. If I want to take...
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