Q. I just moved into a new house and I went up into the attic to store some holiday decorations. There was no insulation on the access cover or seals around it. Shouldn’t the cover be insulated and ...

Lee Wallender is a home improvement writer of nearly 20 years and specializes in home remodeling, repair and maintenance. Sami Allen is the managing editor at Forbes Home, with over seven years of ...

Most of us rarely go up there and we don’t think about it much. More than likely you only think of it as extra space to put our old junk. But if you could find another place to put those future garage ...

Do you know how much you lose when heat goes through the roof? Some experts put the estimate as high as 45 percent of your heating bill, but that would be from an uninsulated attic. To reduce heat ...

I’ve heard that one big hot air leak point is the attic opening in the house. How important is it if it’s not insulated? How much warmth is lost to the attic in the winter, and how much is it costing ...

Question: I opened the attic access panel in my closet to get a box and the heat was intense. There is attic insulation so is this increasing our cooling costs? If so, how can I reduce the heat?