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Considerations When Adding Exhausting Equipment to an Existing Home

I was recently contacted by a friend who wanted to add a kitchen range exhaust hood to their 100-year-old home.  They were looking for insight on how the fan might be added, where the ducts could be located, sizing of the system, and any other concerns that might need to be considered.   One of my first questions was what equipment was presently used for space heating and water heating.  A critical question that needs to be considered before adding any type of exhaust system.  Why?  Health and safety of the occupants. Continue reading “Considerations When Adding Exhausting Equipment to an Existing Home”
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Energy Audit-Measuring for Blower Door Testing

Whether you are using equipment from Minneapolis Blower Door, Retrotec, or any other blower door manufacturer, one of the first steps in conducting a blower door test is to measure the home’s floor area, volume, and surface area.  Coming up with the floor area is the simplest, length times width.  Calculating volume also isn’t hard, width times length time height, simple right?  Not always, getting the volume of a geodome or a complex cathedral ceiling often takes some time. Continue reading “Energy Audit-Measuring for Blower Door Testing”