The Most Common Causes for Air Leaks in Homes
Air leaks in homes are one of those little things that can add up. They can add up to higher utility bills and uncomfortable rooms with drafts or hot and cold spots. Finding air leaks can be time-consuming, so many homeowners turn to home performance experts to test their homes. But where do they look, […]
How a New Kitchen Range Hood Improves Indoor Air Quality
Whether you’re looking to get a hood installed as part of a kitchen remodel or your current one just isn’t working, the benefits of getting a new kitchen range hood extend beyond cooking to the health and comfort of your home with better indoor air quality—but only if you get the right one. Today we’ll […]
What the Best Home Performance Companies Have in Common
Whether you’re working with a big name in home performance or a passionate small business like us, the standards you should hold them to are surprisingly similar. The home performance industry can get both very technical and very expensive for homeowners, so it’s important that you understand what the best home performance companies do to […]
Your Home’s Building Envelope and Why It’s Important
Unless you open a window or a door, most of us like our homes to be a barrier between the inside and the outside. That’s what a home’s building envelope is: the physical separator between what we consider “inside” and what we consider “outside.” Today we’ll cover what your building envelope includes, why maintaining it […]
What is Home Performance and When Do You Need It?
There are many ways to improve the home you live in. As homeowners, we’re constantly thinking about the small and large changes we can make to our houses that will improve our lives. Many forms of home improvement are based around adding things to your home, from a coat of paint to a remodeled bathroom. […]
New Homes Have Better Home Performance at a Cost
Whether you’re a hopeful new homebuyer, a recent homeowner, or someone who has been in the same house for over 20 years, we’ve all seen some trend in home prices. They are going up. And while there are far too many factors to cover, one is higher construction costs due to updated standards—such as home […]
Adding Home Performance in a Kitchen Remodel
Families spend a lot of time in the kitchen between cooking, cleaning, and eating—depending on the home layout. It makes sense to improve the form and function of your home’s kitchen with a kitchen remodel. However, while thinking about new countertops and appliances, it also pays to consider home performance in a kitchen remodel, such […]
Improving Home Performance During a Bathroom Remodel
Renovations should always be as much about function as form, and improving home performance during a bathroom remodel is a perfect example. In addition to having a beautiful new bathroom, you can also make it function better as part of your whole home to improve your comfort, health, and energy efficiency with improvements to bathroom […]
Improving Home Performance During Renovations
If you’re looking at renovating a room, your exterior, or a major construction project involving multiple parts of your home, you’re probably focusing on the form and function of your home. But beyond the use and joy a remodel might bring, it’s also worth considering improving home performance during renovations. Learn how you can improve […]
When to Clean and When to Replace a Bathroom Exhaust Fan
Wet walls, fogging windows, damp surfaces: if you’ve got these in your bathroom, chances are you’ve got a ventilation issue. Your bathroom fan is likely your first culprit, but there’s also a chance you’ve got deeper underlying ventilation problems you need to address. Today, we’re going to look at when your fan needs cleaning or […]