Icicles can be a very expensive problem. The Insurance Information Institute (IIS) estimates that the average homeowner claim for water damage and freezing is just over $3,000. Any time there are icicles dangling from gutters, it is a sign of a potentially costly and avoidable problem in a home – an ice dam. …read more. – Stacy Fitzgeral-Redd, Insulation Institute
Continue Reading“Miles Per Gallon” For Your Home
In case you didn’t know it, there is a rating for your home similar to the miles per gallon rating for your car. It’s called a HERS Rating (Home Energy Rating Services) and was developed by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET). The first effort to establish a national home energy rating system was started in 1981 by the mortgage industry with the goal to establish a measurement system which factored the energy efficiency features of the home into the mortgage loan. The effort evolved over time and in 1998 the mortgage industry, RESNET and the National Association of State Energy Officials adopted the current HERS Rating system. A HERS… Read More
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