Knowing how to insulate an attic while leaving adequate clearance can be tricky. That’s because insulating it to the proper R-value can cause a dramatic loss of headroom if you limit yourself to ...

Who inspects the attic insulation in new construction homes? Probably just the person that put it in. Nobody else. When new houses are built in Minnesota, the municipal inspection departments ...

Question: I opened the attic access panel in my closet to get a box and the heat was intense. There is attic insulation so is this increasing our cooling costs? If so, how can I reduce the heat?

Do you know how much you lose when heat goes through the roof? Some experts put the estimate as high as 45 percent of your heating bill, but that would be from an uninsulated attic. To reduce heat ...

I’ve heard that one big hot air leak point is the attic opening in the house. How important is it if it’s not insulated? How much warmth is lost to the attic in the winter, and how much is it costing ...

Dear Jerry: I have come to sense that I lose a lot of heat in my 80-year-old house. So, I ask, where or how should one look for where the heat is lost, e.g. poor insulation in the outside walls of the ...

Q. This week: During a long-overdue renovation of our master bath this past summer, we discovered that the "roof overhang" of our Dutch Colonial (30+ years old) had absolutely no insulation - which ...