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November 12, 2002

I have a room built on an above grade slab, the roof of a tuck-under garage. I want to install a glued 3/8" plywood prefinished free floating floor over the…

November 11, 2002

I've framed out my exterior basement walls with 2 x 4 walls. They are 8.5 feet high with about 7 feet under grade. Is using paper faced insullation okay? Or…

November 11, 2002

I replaced an electric water heater (65 gal) w/50 gal gas; it was the largest one I could fit into the available space.  It is a little too small for…

November 11, 2002

Hello, First, I'm sorry if this has been previously covered. I did a search, but wasn't able to find enough information. I'd like to rebuild my windows in my 100…

November 10, 2002

We don't see a lot of raraint floor heat in KY. What is the temperature of a radiant slab? The reason I ask is that I recently had a VCT…

November 9, 2002

Hi, I own a house that has a sunroom that was added on by the previous owner in the 1970s.  This room has four large slanted windows that are supported…

November 9, 2002

What are the elements of system design when doing in-slab radiant heat, and augmenting it with hydronic baseboard units to assist in deep winter times of low sun and below-zero…

November 8, 2002

have radiant system (retrofit) on first floor of house.  want to insulate ceiling of basement and consider using reflectex which is a bubble wrap with aluminum sheathing on both sides. …

November 8, 2002

have a weil mclain boiler, model wgo, (about 4 years old) equipped with a riello burner that operates at 3400 rpm.  makes much noise.  wondering if can change burner to…

November 8, 2002

So my sister tells me tonight, days before her year warranty on the home expires "we're really going through a lot of light bulbs." Not in every fixture, just some.…