Mobile Home Energy Efficiency

Mobile Home Winterization

Ways to Winterize a Mobile Home Top to Bottom

Winter is a season that comes with many challenges, this is especially true if you own a mobile home. Cold weather can damage plumbing, cause leaks, and for some lead to the formation of mold if not repaired properly. This is why winterizing your mobile …

Sealing an Addition on Manufactured Home

Unless both your home and addition are on frost line footings, they probably shift independently. If you’re having trouble keeping the gap sealed where the addition meets the home, you’ll enjoy this tip. Screw a 1×6 board (A) to the …

How to Fix Smelly Hot Water

Do you have troubles with smelly or stinky hot water? If so, the problem exists with your water heater and occurs mainly in homes supplied by a well. In a nutshell, you’ve got smelly hydrogen sulfide gas in your water …

Pellet Stoves

Electric heat costs are skyrocketing, with increases of about 10% per year. The cost of wood for wood burning stoves can fluctuate each year depending on availability. Many modern families are switching to the convenience of pellet stoves, which most …

Solar Chimneys

Using a solar chimney to keep a comfortable temperature in your home can be a reliable, energy efficient alternative to using electric heat. Conversely, a solar chimney can be used to cool the home during the hot summer months as …

Tips A More Energy Efficient Washer & Dryer

Do not use too much detergent because this requires your machine to work harder thus expending more energy. Be sure to clean the dryer lint after every use. Lint build up means the heat will be blocked and your machine …

Ways to Lower Your Home Energy Costs

The electric bill is most often the priciest bill of the month. Fortunately, there are many simple steps you can take to lower your home energy consumption, thus lowering your electric expenses and decreasing pollution as well. During the summer …

Perpetual Motion Experiment

When you’ve been bitten with the ‘free energy’ bug, everywhere you go you look for ideas that may contribute to the obsession. I’ve definitely been bitten. I came across one of my ideas while out watering the garden. Water was …

Solar Water Heater

As the name implies, a solar water heating system uses the power of the sun to produce hot water in a home, either by directly warming the water or via an intermediary fluid. A direct system pumps water to the …

Geothermal Heat Pumps

Geothermal heat pumps produce heat more efficiently than traditional methods such as furnaces and electric heaters by using the reasonably stable temperature of the ground, or in some climates of the water, as both a heat source and a cooling …