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Energy efficiency isn’t quite up to par
Old houses have a lot going for them, but energy efficiency isn’t necessarily part of those assets. It’s probably even more blatantly obvious in winter than summer, even in air conditioning country,...
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We owe, we owe, and more work to go
Ahh the joys of home ownership… We had an electrical problem. So, we went off to Lowe’s today. Granted, the first people we encountered as helpful staff were telling us where the boxes of sanity were...
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Hot, hot, hot, it’s hot everywhere!
It’s not a good day. The mercury in the thermometer is soaring, but my spirits aren’t. A couple of weeks ago, I blew out a circuit when I overloaded it. Not a good thing, and requiring some repair....
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Foul weather & old houses
We have a natural gas floor furnace to heat our house. Essentially, it is nothing more than a burner below floor level that lets the heat rise up through a metal grate in the floor. Last year, we...
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