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Attic Stairs – A Mind-Blowing Hole in Your Building Envelope – Allison Bailes

By Amanda Clark | August 28, 2025

Attic Stairs – A Mind-Blowing Hole in Your Building Envelope

SAVE ENERGY AND IMPROVE IAQ WITH THE FIREPLACE PLUG

By Tamarack Technologies Inc | October 25, 2022

  As we come into the winter months of 2022 / 2023, many of us are very concerned about the rising costs of energy.  And as a result of our recent experiences where many of us stayed home for extended periods of time, Indoor Air Quality is an issue at the tops of our minds. …

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Mold and Mildew

By tamtech | April 26, 2021

High indoor humidity levels often cause condensation on cold surfaces such as windows. If moist air is allowed to get into the attic, more serious problems may arise, such as mold, mildew and rotting wood beams. Failed roofs and the potential for risks to family health such as respiratory difficulties and aggravated allergies can follow. …

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The State Newspaper

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

Written excerpts from an article by Danny C. Flanders You’ve built a house with materials carrying the highest insulation values and installed the most energy-efficient heating and air system. Yet your monthly power bills leave you scratching your head. Look up. Most consumers don’t consider their attic door when examining their homes for energy loss. …

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Living in South Carolina

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

Excerpt from: A Monthly publication from South Carolina Electric Cooperative, Inc. – by Larry Cribb Are you heating and cooling your attic? You probably have a hole in your ceiling which causes your heating and air conditioning bills to escalate, yet you aren’t aware of it. This hole is cut there for installation of your …

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Save Money and Energy With New Products

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

www.ihomeline.com – By Jim Neidner Dear Jim: Is there any product on the market that can stop air leakage around my disappearing stairway to the attic inside my home? During the cold winter months I get cold temperature transfer and air leaks. I have applied the roll-out tape form around the edges where my stairway …

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Press Release: Battic Door Introduces Energy-Saving Whole House Fan Covers

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

Mansfield, MA – Battic Door, the leading manufacturer of attic stair covers, introduces a new line of Whole House Fan Covers, with prices starting at $29.50. Battic Door, the leading manufacturer of attic stair covers, introduces a new line of Whole House Fan Covers. 

With several sizes available to fit most any whole house fan, …

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Avoid the draft from your chimney

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

Seattlepi.com You expect brisk, shivery breezes on an autumn day — but not in your home. So Battic Door Energy Conservation Products has some clever devices to plug leaks from overlooked areas such as clothes dryer vents and bathroom fans. We’re especially taken with the Fireplace Draftstopper, an inflatable, urethane flue plug that can be …

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Bracing for Winter: The Fireplace

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

The Providence Journal – By Andrea L. Stape Make that heat-sucking hole in the wall more comforting to you and your budget CUMBERLAND, RI — With heating costs this year expected to rise significantly compared with last winter, it’s time to turn that gaping brick hole in the living room into something other than a …

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Home Repair Expert: Zolton Cohen

By tamtech | March 2, 2021

Kalamazoo Gazette Q: I had my roof sheathing replaced a year ago; it was plywood and had delaminated. The contractor thought it might have been due to excess moisture in the attic. This winter, I went up into the attic through the pull-down stairway to put away Christmas ornaments and was surprised to find frost …

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