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 ...

Proper attic insulation is a game-changer for regulating home temperature and reducing energy bills. When soffit venting isn't part of the equation, insulation requires strategic adjustments to ...

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 ...

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?

Anyone who visits their attic might realize just how poorly that space is insulated. What should be done, if that's the case, to insulate the house properly? Jamie Wine, executive director of the ...

Dear Jerry: I have come to sense that I lose a lot of heat in my 80-year-old house. So, I ask, where or how should one look for where the heat is lost, e.g. poor insulation in the outside walls of the ...

Q. This week: During a long-overdue renovation of our master bath this past summer, we discovered that the "roof overhang" of our Dutch Colonial (30+ years old) had absolutely no insulation - which ...

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 ...