featured Tapes Not Sticking To Low VOC Paints?
Home Performance contractors keep telling me that the new Low VOC (volatile organic compound) paints that some builders are using is making it hard to set up a Duct Blaster®...
Michigan Energy Code Mandates Duct Leakage Testing
According to the Department of Energy, Michigan will be the fifth state to adopt the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), with "amendments, deletions, and additions deemed necessary for use in...
What is a duct blaster test?
Sorry You've probably heard the term but. . . Duct Blaster® is a registered trademark belonging to The Energy Conservatory™ for their marquee fan/manometer duct leakage testing system, aka The Minneapolis Duct Blaster®. It’s likely to go the way of Kleenex, Aspirin, Escalator - all formerly trademarked product names that became synonymous with the actual product. The test people are actually referring to is called Duct Leakage Testing which...
I'm going to sell you nothing - and you're going to like it.
I sell reusable air duct covers. They're used to seal air vents, registers, or whatever you call them. Unlike some other products that cover air vents to block drafts, Vent Caps are...
Tape Got You Down?
Halloween is here. The familiar faces of death will walk among us at cocktail parties and in our neighborhoods. Whether it's a man/bat that will suck all life from you, or a...
"McTiny" Homes? Tiny Mansions?
The "tiny" home pictured here is built on a 34 ft. "5th Wheel" trailer. Think of a horse trailer completely finished out, furnished, and then some. This big-ass "little house" is equipped with a slide out bedroom and sleeps six! To their defense, they did go so far as to limit the number of shower heads to two, keeping with the minimalist, eco-friendly, tiny house...
