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June 27, 2002

Latest on my foam saga.  Talked to a Polyurethane sprayer today and he says he uses a thin layer of Poly to seal, followed by wet packed cellulose.  Saves money.…

June 26, 2002

I have contacted a number of HVAC people (Trane, Carrier, Bryant) and from the advice I received here in a previous post the guy that had all the right answers…

June 25, 2002

I just got a price to put in a German boiler and stainless tank along with all the manifolds, subfloor and tubing in the subfloor.  The price is about 20K…

June 23, 2002

In a common roof with an attic and soffit and either gable or ridge vents it is common to use the plastic baffles at the eves to prevent the vent…

June 22, 2002

I am starting a new construction project and am planning on using staple up tubing with Aluminum plates installed between my floor joists.  The project is in the Pacific Northwest…

June 22, 2002

OK, since you guys solved my last HWH problem (with the propane HWH in my attic), here's another one for you. I have two electric HWH's connected in series in the…

June 21, 2002

In a retrofit of a 1400 square foot 1923 two storey house,  the homeowner would like to replace the existing cast iron radiators with flat panel european radiators.  Keep in…

June 21, 2002

I'm building a new single story 3100 sq. ft. house that has hip roofs near Dallas, TX. Most of the house is under one large hip roof, but the garage…

June 20, 2002

I saw a louver attic fan mounted to a crawl space door on a home owners house a few days ago. Wanting  your feed back . Also , would there…

June 19, 2002

Has anyone used one of these as the sole source of hot water supply for a shower? (AquaStar, et al) I need to bid a job, attic conversion to a…