House maintenance and repairs

Insulation

Insulation was done before replacing boiler, to see how much smaller a boiler we can get.

Attic

Snug Planet lifted fiberglass fill and batting to reveal and seal holes between 3rd floor and attic; put existing insulation back; added enough cellulose insulation to get to R49. The hatch was insulated with rigid foam. Snug also sealed and filled to R49 all four knee wall attic spaces.

The hatch still needs weatherstripping between it and the frame on which it rests.

Exterior walls

Snug Planet filled the following exterior walls with blown cellulose:

• All second floor walls. Previously, only the walls around the east facing room were insulated.
• All third floor horizontal walls. Sloped walls supposedly were filled from above during the attic job.
• First floor walls above and beside windows, but not directly below windows.

Basement ceiling

Repair asbestos

Rim joists

Spray foam

Air sealing

Hole in stairway wall on 1st floor between stairway and kitchen.

Heating

New heating systems will probably qualify for a tax credit.

Natural Gas Boiler

Needs

• AFUE > 90%
• Sealed combustion (brings outside air for combustion via a pipe). May require new flue, or check chimney lining to see if acid-proof.
• Electronic ignition
• Heat exchanger on flue gases?

Brands

• WEIL-McLAIN:Top models have sealed combustion
• Buderus
• Triangle Tube
• Peerless
• Burnham

Hot water

Some boilers will also provide hot water for plumbing.

Windows

• Repair cracked glass
  • LR SW
  • 1.5 landing
  • Storms
• Re-glaze
  • 3rd floor SW windows
• New sash
  • 3rd floor bath

Bathrooms

toilets