Recent content by gkinaz

brownbagg, actually I live in a good neighborhood. While the tweekers usually stay on their side, I live in a semi rural area were most of the lots are 1/2, to 1 acre. And most of them are retirees that go to bed at 8pm. So someone could easily kick in my back door at night(door frames are...

Necessity is the mother of invention. My house has 60" french doors. I could not find 60" security doors for french doors, only sliding doors. In fact I couldn't find 30" doors in the style I like that were cost effective. So....time to make things works. I bought 2 32" doors and made them...

Train, Bryon, Lennox, etc etc. Who puts out the best AC units, roof unit or ground unit?

According to that calculator, just replacing the old unit will net a 29% savings, but going to mini split will be 50% savings vs. current old unit.

Specs: 1955 house, 1500 sq feet, 3 bed 2 small bath. Sacramento, CA. Insulated ceiling, uninsulated crawl space, gas heat, dual pane windows, average coverage, asphalt shingles, stucco exterior, Max electric bill is about $200 in summer. This is a rental, to my parents. Don't worry, after 5...