Author: Bruce Harley Publisher: Taunton Press ISBN: 9781561585540 Category : Architecture, Domestic Languages : en Pages : 212
Book Description
This book is a complete do-it-yourself guide to home insulation and weatherization, covering solutions from the most basic to advanced energy saving projects.
Author: Bruce Harley Publisher: ISBN: 9781600854682 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 233
Book Description
Offers insulating and weatherizing advice from choosing the best insulation materials and improving window performance to planning energy conserving upgrades and sealing air leaks in an attic.
Author: Kevin D. Nelson Publisher: Page Publishing Inc ISBN: 1662415478 Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 145
Book Description
Why is my home cold? This book covers how to information on why and how to change that cold house into a warm home step-by-step. Duct systems are often separated, parted, and often destroyed by water and animals. Learn how to seal and repair damaged ducts to save on your electric bill. Air sealing—learn how and where to seal holes in the shell of the home that are constantly losing heat to outside and how to repair holes in the rodent barrier and insulate the floor with substantial amounts of insulation. There are several ways to insulate the ceiling in a manufactured home. This book covers building structure of how it was built and the different components that make up its structure from walls, windows, roofs, duct systems, and heating system, discussing how they can be improved to make your cold house into a warm home.
Author: Roe Osborn Publisher: Taunton Press ISBN: 1600853935 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 243
Book Description
"This book provides all the information you need to finish the inside of a house, following a logical progression from installing insulation and drywall to hanging cabinets and doors to putting down floors and running trim"--
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Division of Buildings and Community Systems Publisher: ISBN: Category : Energy conservation Languages : en Pages : 104
Author: Will Sutherland Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1635860725 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 209
Book Description
School buses that have been converted into mobile living spaces — known as skoolies — are a natural extension of the tiny house craze. Buses are not only easier and safer to drive than an RV, they provide a jump-start on the conversion process with frame, roof, and floor already in place. Experienced builder Will Sutherland, whose creative school bus conversions have been featured in Road and Track and Popular Mechanics, is behind the wheel of this alluring look at life on the road. In addition to profiles of eight fellow skoolie fans and stunning photos of bus interiors designed for simple living, Skoolie! does what no other book on the subject has — it offers a complete, step-by-step guide to the conversion process, from seat removal to planning layout and installing insulation, flooring, and furnishings that meet your needs.
Author: Andy McCrea Publisher: Crowood ISBN: 1847974430 Category : House & Home Languages : en Pages : 341
Book Description
Our dependence on fossil fuels is at an all-time high and for economic and environmental reasons it is vitally important that we save energy and reduce our carbon footprint. This book is essential reading for all those homeowners who wish to insulate their properties effectively in order to save energy, permanently reduce fuel bills and increase the comfort of their homes. The author emphasizes the 'do-it-yourself' elements of house insulation and provides readers with information to take the practical steps that will make them significant financial savings. In this book, the author: demonstrates the opportunities for real financial savings that insulation can provide year on year; emphasizes why insulation is such a good idea and discusses the main areas of the house that lose heat, concentrating on the building fabric; describes the tools, special clothing, materials and techniques that are required for DIY house insulation; explains why refurbishments, repairs or extensions all offer the opportunity to introduce insulation into your home; examines the Building Regulations, which set the quality, best practice and safety standards for home improvements and construction work; reviews the range of insulation materials that can be used, from natural substances such as hemp and sheep's wool, to mineral insulation such as glass wool, polystyrene and phenolic foam; considers the DIY opportunities to reduce the heat lost through external walls and through floors and roofs; demonstrates how heat is lost through draughts and ventilation and suggests some DIY jobs to minimize this; discusses energy-efficient glazing and potential savings by installing double and triple, gas-filled, high-efficiency glazing systems.
Author: Bruce Harley
Author: Bruce Harley
Author: Kevin D. Nelson
Author: Roe Osborn
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Division of Buildings and Community Systems
Author: Francis A. Govan
Author: Leslie Glustrom
Author: Will Sutherland
Author: Andy McCrea
Author: National Mineral Wool Insulation Association