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Apr 4, 2019
1 min

You've put plenty of insulation in your attic, but what about the stairs?

Some estimates say you can save $19 a month with one of these things! Personally I couldn't do the zipper ones...it's hard enough to get...

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Paul Cummins

Jul 7, 2018
2 min

Baffled by Lack of Ventilation

The current solution to preventing mold in attics is very low tech: vents along the soffits and a ridge vent. Here's what soffit vents ...

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Paul Cummins

Apr 30, 2016
1 min

What's Hiding in Your Attic?

To boldly go where no one has gone before...Here I am swab in hand having just taken a mold sample on insulation with my instant assay......

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Paul Cummins

Apr 10, 2016
1 min

The Art of Inspection

Is this heaven? Or did someone forget to put sheathing on the sides of the house? Vinyl siding is kinda like putting on fingernail poli...

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Whole-house fan can cool your house in the summer AND the winter unless...

Paul Cummins

Nov 4, 2015
1 min

Whole-house fan can cool your house in the summer AND the winter unless...

Unless you have one of these...or you could make a foam box. Click on image for link. #attic #ventilation #HVAC

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Paul Cummins

Jul 22, 2015
1 min

Save 20 bucks a month forever for $20!

Click on image for link to product. Cut to size with a utility knife and glue together with Gorilla Glue to make a box around your attic...

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Paul Cummins

Apr 13, 2015
1 min

For real, this is cool, -108 degrees F'in cool!

Mold likes moisture and lack of ventilation. It definitiely does NOT like these mold-busters with dry ice guns! How did they come up wit...

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NO SURPRISES

You've put plenty of insulation in your attic, but what about the stairs?

Baffled by Lack of Ventilation

What's Hiding in Your Attic?

The Art of Inspection

Whole-house fan can cool your house in the summer AND the winter unless...

Save 20 bucks a month forever for $20!

For real, this is cool, -108 degrees F'in cool!

Home Inspection NOVA-DC