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Your house is a leaky box. You've probably attacked the big holes—attic hatches, window frames, rim joists. But the gap under your exterior door? That...
You know that draft. The one that hits your ankles when you sit on the couch in January. You stuff a towel under the door, but the cold comes back. Mo...
You've seen the ads: "Block 99% of UV rays!" "Lower your energy bill by 30%!" Window film sounds like magic. But slap the wrong film on a double-pane ...
You know that breeze that hits you when you flip the ceiling fan switch? It's not supposed to be there. That's conditioned air—heated or cooled—leakin...
You walk into the living room one winter morning and see beads of water running down the walls. Maybe it's just the window, you think. But then you to...
You paid for R-38 in the attic. But if there is a 1/4-inch gap along the top plate, you are getting R-19 at best. That gap acts like a straw, sucking ...
You walk into your crawl zone, and it feels like a wind tunnel. Air rushes past your legs. Leaves skitter across the dirt floor. In winter, the floors...
You walk into the hardware store. Forty feet of caulk tubes stare back. Acrylic latex, silicone II, polyurethane, butyl rubber—your head spins. You gr...
After spending a weekend caulking your window frames and adding door sweeps, you expect your heating bill to drop. But if you haven't looked up—at tha...
You bought a draft stopper. You slid it under the door. And the room is still cold. What gives? Most draft stoppers are decorative, not functional. Th...