“I’ve never seen anything like this”, says Jay Sigurdson, above, one of the The “A” Team – aka the Spray Team – who is squatting in my living room with his insulation spray gun. (Oh, I’ve heard that before about this drafty old house built like Frankenstein from spare parts over the decades.)
The worker from [...]

BEFORE: Our old front door, right
AFTER: Our new EnergyStar front door, far right
About a week ago we had our old, drafty wooden front door replaced with a new EnergyStar-certified (to climate zone B) steel and lead-glass front door.
Here’s what the new door actually cost us:
Door (prehung): $480
Cost of contractor to hang door: $500
Handle & lock [...]

I got yet another promotional piece in the mail from my bank  (RBC Royal Bank has to be responsible for a lot of trees dying each year)…. This brochure was touting the virtues of an “ecohome.” That got my attention just before it headed to my blue box.
RBC has invested in the complete green renovation [...]