http://www.calfinder.com/blog/general-remodel/additions-can-be-cost-friendly-and-energy-efficient/ CalFinder Remodeling / Home Improvement Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:05:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.calfinder.com/blog/general-remodel/additions-can-be-cost-friendly-and-energy-efficient/comment-page-1/#comment-3397 CalFinder Remodeling Blog » Growing the House with the Family Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:42:56 +0000 http://www.calfinder.com/blog/general-remodel/additions-can-be-cost-friendly-and-energy-efficient/#comment-3397 [...] is to calculate about $200 per square foot for the addition. Try to decide how much money you have to spend and how much room you want to add on. You may need to adjust your plans for a large addition in [...] [...] is to calculate about $200 per square foot for the addition. Try to decide how much money you have to spend and how much room you want to add on. You may need to adjust your plans for a large addition in [...]

]]> http://www.calfinder.com/blog/general-remodel/additions-can-be-cost-friendly-and-energy-efficient/comment-page-1/#comment-2829 Ignacio Arribas Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:36:57 +0000 http://www.calfinder.com/blog/general-remodel/additions-can-be-cost-friendly-and-energy-efficient/#comment-2829 Homeowners that increase the square footage of their house would need to keep in mind that they may need to install a new heat furnace and/or air conditioning because the old one was designed for a smaller house. An HVAC system designed for a 1,700 sq.ft. house would overwork and never properly heat/cool a renovated 2,200 sq.ft. house. However, most new HVAC systems are much more efficient that the older one that you may need to replace. We have remodeled our house in stages during the past 20+ years and wrote about some of these solutions in our book The Happy Remodelers. When we increased the square footage of our home we had to replace the old furnace, but the new one uses less energy that the older one. Ignacio Arribas Author, The Happy Remodelers www.happyremodelers.com Homeowners that increase the square footage of their house would need to keep in mind that they may need to install a new heat furnace and/or air conditioning because the old one was designed for a smaller house. An HVAC system designed for a 1,700 sq.ft. house would overwork and never properly heat/cool a renovated 2,200 sq.ft. house. However, most new HVAC systems are much more efficient that the older one that you may need to replace. We have remodeled our house in stages during the past 20+ years and wrote about some of these solutions in our book The Happy Remodelers. When we increased the square footage of our home we had to replace the old furnace, but the new one uses less energy that the older one.
Ignacio Arribas
Author, The Happy Remodelers
http://www.happyremodelers.com

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