Q: I have some things stored in my attic. It was extremely hot up there when I open the closet ceiling cover. The attic floor is insulated. How can I keep it cooler? A: People often are not aw ...

Winter weather can find every weak link in a house to create drafts and raise utility bills. So how dumb is it to purposely let cold air into an attic or crawl space? Not dumb at all — in fact ...

Question — In one of your columns, you replied to ice buildup in older homes by recommending adding proper vents (if possible) and checking the attic for proper insulation. I have similar proble ...

Recommended for walls, floors, unvented and vented attics and ceilings, JM ocSPF insulation will insulate cavities of any shape, creating a “seamless” protective air barrier that minimizes or ...

Q. I'm planning a room addition to our home and would like to make the ceiling a sloping, cathedral one. In the past few months I've been hearing about people building roofs like this without any ...

Attics need proper ventilation to transfer moisture from the home to the air outside. A crawl space can be either vented or unvented, but recent studies suggest an unvented and conditioned crawl ...

Photo/Tim CarterThe continuous ridge vent can be seen on the lower roof. It is under the shingles at the peak that sits above the roof. Q. It's time for a new roof, and I need to know which roof ...

Seal up roof vents the way you seal up windows, and moisture created in the house will be trapped and condense in the attic. In older homes without vapor barriers ... Let air out with continuous ...