Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-20-19, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
02-18-13, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,772
It's PVC.
Anything I do will be on the...
It's PVC.
Anything I do will be on the outside. Even if I could mess with the inside venting, there's no room to do it short of running a legal vent to the opposite side of the building through...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
02-17-13, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 4,772
Heat scavenging from condensing boiler exhaust.
Hi
Just had a 96% efficient IBC modulating condensing boiler SL-20-155 installed and was thinking if I could scavenge even more heat by using the exhaust gas to preheat the intake air. I would...
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
11-18-11, 01:21 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,112
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
11-17-11, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,112
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
11-16-11, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,112
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Forum: Appliances & Gadgets
11-16-11, 07:51 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,112
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-16-11, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,707
~1000 words.
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~1000 words.
https://picasaweb.google.com/m/viewer#photo/110783296452329839879/5628899270729271745/5675663925072597458
Can't upload from my phone:(
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-16-11, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,707
I'm ripping the studs in two, creating an air...
I'm ripping the studs in two, creating an air gap, so that there is less heat conducted to the outside wall through the stud. It will also help reduce noise transmission which is great because we...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-15-11, 08:30 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,707
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-15-11, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 6,707
Thermal break with saw cuts through stud
I realized today that I could get my skilsaw into most of my wall cavities and cut a slot in each stud.
Even better would have been a plunge cut before framing.
I'm not sure if the gap needs...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
07-03-11, 06:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,031
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
07-01-11, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,031
Well,
I live near Vancouver which is pretty...
Well,
I live near Vancouver which is pretty mild. I have never needed a A/C unit. Our house gets a lot of sun though.
I dont have a barn of an attic so perhaps the furnace heat pump would not...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
06-26-11, 02:38 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 14,031
Air to air heat pump in the attic?
Any advantage to this? Is the air volume too small? I just know that you have solar heat there as well as lost heat from the home.
New to this so go easy.
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Forum: Introductions
06-26-11, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,996
Thanks, Daox,
I was beginning to think it...
Thanks, Daox,
I was beginning to think it would never happen but then one day we took a different route and there it was.
It was a vacant investment property in foreclosure and had been on the...
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Forum: Introductions
06-26-11, 02:25 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,996
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