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: attic, home, House and Home, inspection, insulation, moisture, mold, mould, rodents, squirrels, ventilation

There should be an access opening to all attic spaces that exceed 30 square feet and have a vertical height of 30 inches or more. The rough-framed opening should be at least 22 inches by 30 inches. It should be located in a hallway or other readily accessible location. An attic access that is located in a clothes closet is often inaccessible due to permanent shelving installed. There should be headroom that is a minimum of 30 inches above the attic access. In some places “attic” is used more specifically to apply to lofts which have boarded floors and ceilings, and usually windows or skylights, and then “loft” is kept to mean a dark, unboarded roof-space which lacks these features.

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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.