DIY Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/diy/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Mon, 13 May 2024 16:00:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 A Weekend Zehnder ERV Installation Blitz https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/#view_comments Tue, 30 Apr 2024 12:35:27 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8970 You may recall that in 2021 Zehnder America gave me one of their premium energy recovery ventilators (ERV) with all the components I needed to get it up and running in my house.  It’s taken longer than I wanted to…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-zehnder-erv-installation-blitz/feed/ 22 The One Reason NOT to Do It Yourself https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-one-reason-not-to-do-it-yourself/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-one-reason-not-to-do-it-yourself/#view_comments Wed, 20 Mar 2024 12:26:08 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8917 I’ve taken on a whole lot of do-it-yourself (DIY) projects over the years.  I built furniture (end table, bookcase, coffee table…) in high school and college.  Thanks to owning a couple of old Volkswagens (’61 Beetle and ’65 bus), I’ve…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-one-reason-not-to-do-it-yourself/feed/ 27 The What, Why, and How of the Corsi-Rosenthal Box https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-what-why-and-how-of-the-corsi-rosenthal-box/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 12:30:24 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7794 The Westford Symposium on Building Science (known mostly as Building Science Summer Camp) came back to life this year after a two-year pandemic-prompted hiatus.  Three of the presentations on the first day focused on health, indoor air quality, and infection…

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]]> A Weekend Plumbing Adventure https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-plumbing-adventure/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-plumbing-adventure/#view_comments Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:29:25 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7619 Did you know that some plumbers stuff a wad of white bread (sans crust) into a pipe before they solder it?  That’s one of the things I learned during my weekend plumbing adventure.  More about that later, though.  The purpose…

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