HVAC and Insulation From a Working Tech
Dana Sorensen · June 20, 2026
Late one February afternoon, I was down in my own basement doing the same furnace tune-up I run on my own system every year — nothing on my personal checklist hinted that anything was wrong. My wife mentioned, almost in passing, that the kids had been dragging all winter — headaches some mornings, tired even … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 19, 2026
A mismatched air filter can quietly wreck a perfectly healthy furnace — and that’s exactly what greeted me last month at a house in Edina. The homeowner was fed up: his electric bill had jumped 18% over the winter, the upstairs bedroom stayed stubbornly cold, and the equipment seemed to never shut off. A quick … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 19, 2026
Picture a snapshot I keep on file from a job a few weeks back: strips of gray fabric tape, curled and separated at the seams of flex duct, hanging loose in an attic like old wallpaper. That image sums up nine out of ten comfort complaints I see. The homeowner who called me was dealing … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 19, 2026
“It’s not the equipment,” I told her, standing in a doorway with my hand still on the knob. This was a newer subdivision home last August, and the woman I was working with — I’ll call her Michelle — had spent two full years arguing with her builder about a master bedroom that ran “ten … Read more