HVAC and Insulation From a Working Tech
Dana Sorensen · July 4, 2026
Picture this: a furnace filter pulled from its slot, coated so thick with gray fuzz it looks less like a filter and more like a wool blanket somebody forgot to wash for a decade. I’ve got that image saved on my phone, and I show it to almost every client who asks me why their … Read more
Dana Sorensen · July 1, 2026
Stop assuming your bath fan is doing its job just because it hums along and clears the mirror fog. That assumption is exactly what led me into a client’s attic last February, where a routine insulation check turned into something far worse. Six feet of roof sheathing above the master bath was covered in thick, … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 28, 2026
Search “attic cooling fix” online and you’ll run into two opposite camps: one tells you a powered attic fan is the quickest way to pull heat out and take pressure off your AC, the other insists passive ridge-and-soffit venting is all you need and that electric fans are a waste of money. The powered-fan camp … Read more
Dana Sorensen · June 28, 2026
What a manufacturer’s spec sheet never mentions — and what no code inspector flags during a final walkthrough — is what happens to the air trapped inside a house once every last gap has been sealed shut. Mike, a homeowner just outside Charlotte, North Carolina, found that out the hard way last spring. He’d gone … Read more