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  this old house: my life in a highly permeable membrane

  Posted on May 10, 2013 by nikki in aid work, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.

  My house breathes. That’s not the technical term for it, of course – the technical term is that it has “excessive air infiltration.” I had an energy efficiency audit last week that confirmed it. Jim from the energy utility here in Austin hooked up a blower door to my entryway and let it rip. The […]

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