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After nearly a decade weatherizing people’s homes along Maryland’s Eastern Shore, we have a lot of experience with home energy improvements, including which solutions work best and why. We share our knowledge with you in our blog, offering useful information about what you can do to increase the health, safety, comfort, and energy efficiency of your home.

Learn what you can do to improve your crawl space, attic, and other spaces in your home to save money on heating and cooling all year long. Enjoy better indoor air quality which promotes healthier living and experience a higher level of comfort in your home with our ideas and services.

 

Do you have a question about home efficiency and comfort improvements? Contact us or call (410) 822-1390 today!

Dealing with a dusty home that makes you sneeze? Put a stop to the suffering with healthy home services from Total Home Performance. Schedule a Healthy Home Assessment today to breathe easy with better indoor air quality tomorrow.
Dealing with a mildew smell in the basement? Need a solution for how to control mildew in the basement? The experts at Total Home Performance are here to help you find solutions for your Maryland home in the eastern shore counties. Call today to solve your mildew problem ASAP.
Learn more about why your house gets so humid in the summer and the dangers of high humidity in homes. Schedule a moisture and mold assessment from the Eastern Shore's healthy home professionals and get expert advice on how you can make your home drier, healthier, and more comfortable.
Get rid of unhealthy air in your home that's been making your family sick this summer with healthy home solutions from Total Home Performance. Learn more about the air pollutants that summer Maryland weather can bring into your home, and schedule a healthy home assessment today.
Having a healthy home is more important than ever for homeowners across the country, including the Eastern Shore of Maryland. But there are a variety of issues that can affect the health of a home and its occupants, and different times of the year can pose different challenges for homes in Easton, Annapolis, and the surrounding communities.
Prevent mold growth, create healthier indoor air, and make your home more comfortable with basement waterproofing, insulation, and encapsulation services from the local experts. Total Home Performance can transform your wet basement—schedule a call with our team today.
Make your home healthier and safer for your family with help from Maryland's whole home experts at Total Home Performance. Schedule a healthy home assessment today and find out how you can improve your indoor air quality, reduce indoor humidity and moisture, and upgrade home safety.
Learn what's causing moisture issues in your attic, as well as the best solutions for stopping mold growth and making sure it doesn't come back. Total Home Performance specializes in attic mold removal and remediation, and with our insulation and air sealing services, we can find a healthy home solution for you.
Lower energy costs and improve home comfort with services for every area of your home. Total Home Performance can help solve the issues you're having with our whole home approach. For everything from attic insulation upgrades to mold remediation and home energy audits, get in touch today.
Eliminate the source of odd moldy smells in your Eastern Shore home. Learn more about what could be causing that musty indoor smell, and how upgrades like whole home dehumidifiers, crawlspace encapsulation, and more can help. Schedule your moisture and humidity assessment today.
Are you dealing with a stuffy and musty feeling inside your Eastern Shore home? Learn what causes indoor humidity, and what you can do to solve it once and for all. Total Home Performance offers humidity and moisture assessments so you can learn what is causing your home to feel stuffy. Schedule an assessment today.
Make the most of your crawl space encapsulation work and continue to reap benefits like lower heating and cooling costs, improved indoor air quality, and higher home comfort when you enroll in Total Home Performance's crawl space encapsulation maintenance plan. Sign up today!
Upgrade your home comfort and reduce your heating and cooling costs when you use spray foam insulation to replace your aging or improperly installed attic insulation. Total Home Performance explains what sets spray foam insulation apart from other insulation types, and how your home can benefit.
Find out the most common causes of standing water in crawl spaces in the Eastern Shore, MD area. Total Home Performance is the Eastern Shore's local crawl space specialist and improves homes with upgrades like crawl space encapsulation, drainage, sump pump installation. Learn more here.
Is the upstairs in your home much hotter than downstairs? Summer on the Eastern Shore of Maryland can leave homeowners with overly hot second floors. THP explains what's happening to the cool air in your home and why better insulation and air sealing can keep energy costs down and give you upstairs relief.

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