Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy.

Q: We sold our home, and the buyers asked for an inspection. One of the things the home inspector listed for repair was the attic insulation. The inspector said that because we had installed flooring ...

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Q. Someone put flooring in the attic of my 100 year old home and used the area for storage. I don't think they put any insulation under this flooring, as it is cold near the kitchen ceiling that is ...

Dear Jim: I just moved into a new house and I went up into the attic to store some holiday decorations. There was no insulation on the cover or seals around it. Shouldn't the cover be insulated and ...

Dear Jim: I use the attic floor for storage. When I recently went up there, I noticed there is no insulation or weatherstripping on the cover to the attic. Will I save enough energy to make it ...

Most of us rarely go up there and we don’t think about it much. More than likely you only think of it as extra space to put our old junk. But if you could find another place to put those future garage ...

Q When our home was built in 1989, the builder placed insulation in the garage ceiling, saying it would help if we ever planned to convert the attic to a bedroom. A few years ago we had the attic ...