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   The_Tennis_Court_Builder_...on_t | Jan 31, 2002 05:13pm | #1

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   You have to read this...

   http://www.buildingscience.com/topten/south.htm

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   Stray_ | Jan 31, 2002 05:42pm | #2

   *AJ you carpetbagger...what ya doin' reading a Southuner's web site?Don't you dare start puttin' in any 'courts past the mason dixon line now ya hear!

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   Art_B. | Feb 01, 2002 08:15pm | #3

   *Good one AJ. The "historic site" church I went to as a kid (across street from Illinois state capital) installed A/C in the 70's and did some major energy saving upgrades. A few years later, the city put a new sewer in the street out front, and an inch wide crack started in the East wall. Church had stood there since 19th century with no changes, forget exact date. Lot of go-around with the sewer contractor, historic people, et. al.The "short" of it was that the A/C condensation (the A/C had been installed in the "attic" of the arched ceiling) had dripped onto one of the major beams with the attendant wood expansion. Lo and behold, when the condensation problem was fixed & the wood dried, the crack closed right back up.

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   FredB | Feb 03, 2002 03:48am | #4

   *So???Anything done to a structure from its' design to construction to maintenance to modification that doesn't consider all factors is likely to have an adverse outcome. That hasn't changed in centuries, if not millenia.This article selectively uses factors to trigger emotions and drum up business. In fact if a building is well designed, well built, well maintained and when remodel time comes intelligently overhauled it will fulfill its' purpose. If anyone messes up then it won't. This is so obvious we often overlook it, at our peril.The reality is that if anyone makes a mistake in the process the structure may very well not fulfill its' purpose.