Ken, I've been roaming around the coop extension website. It's very user friendly and by the time I get through all the tips and develop a strategy for tightening up my ole house, I'll be well prepared for insulation contractors with questions on the big things that need to be done. Thanks again for the terrific work you & others at C.E. have done. Tony
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Gay Nicholson <[email protected]>wrote: > Ken, > > This website is a wonderful contribution to our community (and the > rest of the state). Congratulations to you and your team on a job > extremely well done! > > Gay > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Kenneth Schlather wrote: > > > Tony and others, > > Now seems like a good time to let you know that Cooperative > > Extension of > > Tompkins County has developed a website on energy efficiency > > practices that > > not only tells you how much you can save by implementing different > > energy > > saving practices in your home from A to Z but also shows you HOW, with > > video clips for most of the things that may not be as clear as us > > weatherizing greenhorns may like (how thin IS a thin bead of caulk > > anyway?!). The site is designed to help those with little time > > (with a > > table of some 34 tips that take 10 minutes or less to do), little > > money (23 > > tips that cost nothing, plus many more that cost 20 bucks or less), > > as well > > as for those who live in apartments or mobile homes. Each of the > > tips links > > you to the page on the site where you can read or view HOW to do > > those things. > > > > There is also a nifty house that you can click on any part of it to > > see > > what you could do to save energy in that part of the house. (And > > Tony, > > there is a great section on ventilation and another on insulation > > with some > > excellent videos, that would be worthwhile looking at whether you > > hire a > > contractor or do the work yourself.) > > > > You can find the site at this > > link, http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/energysavings/ or > > if you > > would prefer to have a free CD of the website drop me a line off > > line and > > let me know how you'll share the information about this site with > > someone > > else and we'll get you the CD. If you want more than one CD so that > > you > > can share it with other people we can arrange that as well. And if > > you do > > visit the site and have suggestions for improvements we'd love to > > have them > > as we intend to continue to improve the site. ken > > > > At 10:17 AM 12/11/2008, Jan Quarles wrote: > >> Tony, > >> > >> Our farmhouse was built in 1870. We hired Performance Systems in > >> 2005, and > >> Jon Harrod was the lead person on the job. I would highly recommend > >> him and > >> you can now contact him at his own company, "Snug Planet" in > >> Ithaca. Jon did > >> a whole-house assessment, with a before-and-after blower test and a > >> camera > >> that can see through your walls to determine which ones need > >> insulating. We > >> were surprised and relieved to find that most of our lathe and > >> plaster > >> walls, which are very thick, had plenty of insulation. Jon's expert > >> advice > >> saved us lots of money. He recommended keeping our old windows that > >> include > >> old wood frame storms. The attic insulation of R50 value helped > >> tremendously, along with doorsweeps and some weatherstripping. I > >> think the > >> insulation was rodent-proof cellulose, but you could ask Jon. Over > >> the past > >> 3 winters, the work they did helped us reduce heating fuel needs by > >> 33%, > >> just as Jon had predicted via the blower test results. It paid for > >> itself, > >> and we helped lower CO2 as well as our utility costs. > >> > >> - Jan Quarles > >> Sheldrake, NY > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Tony Del Plato" <[email protected]> > >> To: "postingsustainabletompkins" < > [email protected] > >> > > >> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:24 AM > >> Subject: [SustainableTompkins] Insulation > >> > >> > >>> Hello TC Sustainers: > >>> I just bought a home built in 1850 and want to insulate portions > >>> that need > >>> it. Any thoughts or experiences with Airkrete, Cellulose, Icynene or > >>> Polyurethane as well as contractors would be appreciated. > >>> Tony Del Plato > >>> > >>> -- > >>> An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough- > >>> edged > >>> lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the > >>> living. > >>> - Nicholas Chamfort > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > >>> area, > >>> please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >>> > >>> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > >>> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> No virus found in this incoming message. > >>> Checked by AVG. > >>> Version: 7.5.552 / Virus Database: 270.9.16/1843 - Release Date: > >>> 12/11/2008 8:36 AM > >>> > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > >> area, > >> please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > >> > >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > > area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > > [email protected] > > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. > > 607-533-7312 (home office) > 607-220-8991 (cell) > > 1 Maple Avenue > Lansing, NY 14882 > [email protected] > > Sustainable Tompkins > Program Coordinator > www.sustainabletompkins.org > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. - Nicholas Chamfort _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
