To maximize headroom, while properly insulating your attic and ventilating the roof, use a combination of dense batt insulation, rigid foam sheeting and air chutes. Most building codes require a ...

Icicles on the roof don't necessarily mean the attic's insulation is bad. After all, small icicles tend to form naturally ...

Meanwhile, between 1 to 3 feet of snow is expected to blanket the Sierra Nevada, raising the risk of avalanches. The NWS ...

To further increase thermal resistance, we decided to replace the roof and upgrade our attic insulation. In March, we removed the 4-kW solar array as well as the existing, substandard roof tiles.

HVAC systems are widely used to carefully heat and cool homes, but even the most energy efficient systems can largely go to ...

Ice dams form when snow melts on a roof and refreezes at the edge, preventing water from draining properly. Insulating and ventilating the attic can also help prevent ice dams by reducing heat ...