One of the biggest complaints from owners of older homes is that it is cold. Every year character defining elements are removed from heritage houses in the name of energy efficiency, costing Canadian billions of dollars and destroying the historic and valuable original fabric of the house. Most common problems can be remedied for only a few dollars, all it takes is education to find out how these houses work and how to perform simple tasks to make them more livable in their orignal condition.

For a complete listing of spring 2010 workshop log onto the Edifice Old Home Magazine web site www.oldhome.ca  Go into the Workshop Portal and the Blenheim Farms Portal