Forum: Renovations & New Construction
02-01-18, 11:23 PM
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I plan to do in floor(concrete) loop design as...
I plan to do in floor(concrete) loop design as BBP described, closer spaced exterior to wider interior runs in sq spirals, as it will also help redistribute direct passive solar gain from direct...
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Forum: Conservation
04-10-17, 09:42 PM
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Replies: 2
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Insulating window inserts
Last year someone asked for photo of how I skinned extra screen inserts with window stretch wrap for extra insulation over winter. I remembered before I stored them this year. I skinned both sides...
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Forum: Conservation
02-02-17, 11:12 PM
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Replies: 575
Views: 1,306,913
Long tube in tube DIY xchgr
Came across a Utube vid by Tom Heylen 'DIY air heat exchanger - PVC pipe and soda cans'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baHbOtkbgwY who has built very much what I was thinking of designing. VERY...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-04-15, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,433
The roof has been one of the greatest personal...
The roof has been one of the greatest personal engineering challenges of my construction experience. On the existing cabin I built trusses and raised them up on side with the aid of existing large...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-04-15, 01:37 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,433
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
08-13-15, 03:01 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,433
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-06-15, 06:32 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 26,433
Ready for a roof! First and second floor are...
Ready for a roof! First and second floor are framed and ready to start framing roof. will be extending existing metal roof profile over entire new space. Very happy with metal roof. 25% of the load...
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Forum: Conservation
05-29-15, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,463
I posted pics of ground tube network I plan to...
I posted pics of ground tube network I plan to use to temper subzero fresh air to DIY exchanger(in Eco-build thread). Three 100' 6" sewer pipes linked together at foundation. Each run has a nylon...
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Forum: Conservation
03-07-15, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,476
Up here in the tundra I did the floor of my...
Up here in the tundra I did the floor of my unheated crawlspace cabin floor as such. standard 2x8 floor joists with small wave gavl barn roof metal on top(this made up my rodent proof under floor...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
02-26-15, 06:55 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 643,297
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
02-19-15, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 643,297
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
02-15-15, 02:17 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 643,297
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Forum: Conservation
10-19-14, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 47,042
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Forum: Conservation
09-08-14, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 42
Views: 47,042
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-15-11, 10:49 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 643,297
Very inventive webaware. Did you space your...
Very inventive webaware. Did you space your joists to fit metal or did they happen to fit standard joist(cc) spacing? Typical steel roofing/siding here has 9"(cc) spacing between channels. Though...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
02-14-11, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 643,297
Further research has gotten me answer to my...
Further research has gotten me answer to my question. High water temp storage for low temp radiant heating is ideal. A 3-way mixer before floor loop(hot side) allows cooled loop water to reenter...
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-29-11, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,741
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