Like probably every home owner in the country, Doug and I just endured long lines and depleted stock at our local home hardware store in the race to meet the deadline for the Home Renovation Tax Credit (HRTC)… which is now less than a week away.
Here is what our garage looks like now – stacked [...]

We have a lot of old windows in this house… 8 to be exact, and a couple of those double or triple-sized windows.
While we would like to replace them -  the ecoENERGY retrofitting rebate from the government is not very much ($80 per rough opening). And our home auditor told us that new windows don’t [...]

Lying on my stomach on the floor to get this photo was probably not the best thing for my respiratory health (considering what the worker had to wear!)… but hey, it is a great shot, no?
The dude is spraying polyurethane spray foam in between the 2 x 6 wood framing we had built over the [...]