Published on May 3, 2013 in House and Home
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Tags: conduction, heat loss, heating, house, House and Home, insulation, moisture, system

A house is a system of interdependent parts which means that the operation of one part will affect the other. When one of the house parts is not functioning properly it will affect the other parts.

Published on May 1, 2013 in House and Home
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Tags: air sealing, conduction, dew point, home, home inspection, House and Home, infrared, insulation, radiation, thermal imaging

Heat in your home moves by the following three methods: radiation, conduction and convection. Radiation travels in a straight line in waves of energy. You’ll feel cool in a room that has a cold floor, walls and ceiling. The amount of heat loss from your body in that room depends on the relative temperature of the objects in that room. The colder the floor is (relative to the temperature of your feet), the greater the heat loss from your body will be as you continue to stand there. If the floor, walls and ceiling of that room are relatively warmer than your body temperature, then heat will be radiated to your body from those objects or surfaces.