Energy, Heating & Insulation Archives - Page 58 of 903

May 4, 2015

Building Pros, FIrst, a little background if you don't mind... We recently moved into a 1911 big-old fixxer upper tha has a carriage house out back dating from the 1930s..…

April 27, 2015

Anyone know if Toyo fixed its glitches with its new OM-128 oil fired water heater?  It's replacing the OM-180, which evidently required some maintenance.  I'm hoping to use one for…

April 13, 2015

I have an airease a95. I turned in a child molestor/drug dealer, and was gangstalked by my maintenance man (convicted drug addict) and some next door neighbors, one of them being…

April 10, 2015

Greetings from Vancouver Island- I am in the planning stages of converting a 8' X 30' NE facing covered deck to living space on my 1970's mid-century modern home here…

April 10, 2015

Everyone likes radiant heat.  What are your thoughts about radiant heat on a first floor (hot water in cement slab) and a bedroom. I am under the impression that RH…

April 7, 2015

Hello all. This is my first post although I've read fine homebuilding for some time now. I've finished rebuilding my first home which was a straight forward stick framed home…

April 1, 2015

I'm building an unheated garage with an extensive green roof. I'm told I should insulate the roof to protect the plant roots from rapid temperature changes (I live in southern…

March 31, 2015

Per a phone call 4/15/15 from Fibertec, they have expressed concerns that my original posting unfairly places them in a negative light. To avoid the potential optionof Fibertec taking legal…

March 29, 2015

Curious what others are finding works well for trench layouts for your hdpe piping. We have done several systems and have run them all the same way, we havent had…

March 25, 2015

Our finished 3rd floor is insulated as shown in the figure below, with the knee wall insulated as shown on the left side of the figure. We live in NC.…