Allison A. Bailes III has spent a lot of time writing about duct problems, specifically the problems with flex duct and has even gone so far as to question whether or not flex duct should be banned. This criticism has brought threats from at least one large duct company, but the Air Diffusion Council’s executive […]

In 2002, Advanced Energy published a research project that proved that closed crawl spaces outperform vented crawl spaces. This should have killed any argument over what type of crawl space should be preferred and the psychrometric chart shows that there should never have been a choice between the two. Essentially, for those unfamiliar with psychrometrics, […]

John Melton is a good example of a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Remodeler, a human resources manager who moonlights as a remodeler after hours on his own home. While he has a full workshop, complete with a full set of tools, materials, and know-how, all of these thing built up slowly over time. Katie Hamilton, co-author of […]