by blogediter | Jan 23, 2019 | Chimney Plugs
Q: Jason, I have a wood buring fireplace and I installed glass doors from Home Depot. Can I close the doors while a fire is burning? – TS
A: TS, You will definitely lose less heat from your home if you burn with them closed. Granted you will be loosing out on some of that nice radiant heat that the fire is kicking out, but it is better to forfeit that than to give your fireplace open throttle to suck the heat out of your home.
I burn with my fireplace doors closed every time I use the fireplace. However, I do not use my fireplace much since it is such a losing battle to heat my home when I use it. When I do use it…it is nice and toasty warm up next to the fire and the rest of the house gets frigid cold because of the chimney air draw. I have resigned myself to using it in the fall and just plugging it with a Chimney Balloon for the other 3 seasons.- Jason
by blogediter | Jan 21, 2019 | Save Energy
This was an interesting blog entry about an article by Consumer Reports: http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/09/27/20-free-ways-to-save-energy/ This article is actually about another article in Consumer reports but I find this Blog about energy Efficiency and the finances of it to be very intreguing. – Jason
by blogediter | Jan 18, 2019 | Save Energy
I mostly write on saving heat through conservation and good practice. This blog speaks more on a wholistic approach to save energy. Here is a great article on ditching energy-wasting light bulbs. http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/16589850
by blogediter | Jan 16, 2019 | Fireplaces
This was a relatively interesting article on how Marketing and advertising efforts are focusing on Green Products in 2007. Here is a link to the article in Financial Times
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/ggoMgAsyhTlVwSCibitAKhEI here is a long link to the article
by blogediter | Jan 14, 2019 | Save Energy
Here is a very short but effective article on how to save energy and save money on the electrical bill. This blog is a respected authority on Home improvements in the Denver CO area. Be sure to see the video link in this article on references to get help on consuming energy and saving electrical dollars off your bill: http://www.bestinclassnetwork.com/blog/2007/04/26/energy-saving-video/
Here is an excerpt:
“It should be obvious that if your major appliances are more then 15 years old you should look to start replacing them. Better to do it before they start to fail as then it will be harder to do it. You can get a Kill-O-Watt meter that can tell you how much a particular appliance if using and replace the biggest hog first. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) save tons of energy but cheap ones are terrible. GE makes bulbs that have very good quality light. Just make sure not to put them on dimmers.”
