Forum: Conservation
11-09-20, 09:57 AM
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Forum: Wind Power
10-26-20, 09:47 PM
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Forum: Other Improvements
10-26-20, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,319
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
09-30-20, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 781
Sounds like you are pretty well insulated, but...
Sounds like you are pretty well insulated, but insulation is like money and love, you just cannot have too much of it.
Wrote that last night & was a little tired. To answer your primary secondary...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
09-30-20, 01:20 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Lawn and Garden
06-14-18, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 33,612
Still using my ugly old 'once upon a time...
Still using my ugly old 'once upon a time craftsman' second set of 4 trojan T105s, we mostly charge the tractor with a 175 W 30V solar panel which we are going to try to mount as a sunshade. Use the...
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Forum: Conservation
06-14-18, 12:00 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 5,924
About 7 years ago we installed a hillbilly hot...
About 7 years ago we installed a hillbilly hot tub a 6' diameter galvanized stock tank.
we wrapped the wall with about 1" of flexible foam insulation and placed the tub on 2" of styrofoam wrapped...
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Forum: Lawn and Garden
05-25-17, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 364
Views: 246,852
On my third summer with a set of 4 6V T105...
On my third summer with a set of 4 6V T105 trojans, 24 volts total, have yet to run out of power in any application. even driving in the local parade
Have abandoned the mower, but use forklift and...
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Forum: Tools
11-18-16, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,558
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-02-16, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,250
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-02-16, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,250
Have not researched other pumps, but am very...
Have not researched other pumps, but am very impressed with the Shurflo style pumps, they operate on 12V, we will have a battery bank for solar so 12 v is no problem and if we use mercury switch...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-01-16, 10:53 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,250
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-26-16, 03:05 PM
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Views: 4,250
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-23-16, 05:10 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,248
I always try to do my epscrete either in a...
I always try to do my epscrete either in a sheltered location, or on a windless day,
I find it pretty hard to stop the stuff blowing around.
Some people wet the eps in the bag with a little liquid...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-23-16, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,250
The floor will be slab on grade,
from the...
The floor will be slab on grade,
from the bottom, waterproof membrane, 2 or 3 inches of epscrete, 2 or 3 inches foam insulation, pex piping, and 2 possibly 3 inches of fiber entrained high strength...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-11-16, 03:02 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,248
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-11-16, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 4,250
How much pex for inslab heat.
!,200 sq ft house, hope to put in the floor next season. Will be 2 inch concrete, planning 2 0r three loops,
1 living room,
2 2nd bdroom, bathrm, & utility rm
3 master bed.
May combine 2 & 3...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-08-16, 07:01 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,248
EPS crete (DIY insulation infused concrete)
First off my camera is down, so no pics.
We first started reading about EPS crete about 5 years ago, it is fairly common in Europe, in NA not quite so much.
Here is how we do it.
We collect...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-07-16, 11:40 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,410
EPScrete is cool stuff, insulating concrete, I...
EPScrete is cool stuff, insulating concrete, I built a little machine to grind up styrofoam, and use epscrete extensively, last place I used it was behind the chimney on a fireplace, wanted to keep...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-07-16, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,410
With the foam, you do not need to be quite so...
With the foam, you do not need to be quite so fussy with compaction, a good firm base is good.
I use either sand and wet it down well, or epscrete 1 cement, 2 sand, and 5 or 8 eps grindings by...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-06-16, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 6,410
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
09-28-16, 12:01 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,990
Thank you for the input. It makes sense.
I...
Thank you for the input. It makes sense.
I would hope that the trusses are better than R3, because they make up about 1/4 of the volume of the roof structure. If I calculate the truss as being 6"...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
08-11-16, 11:30 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,127
Boy no opinions on using the tar covered...
Boy no opinions on using the tar covered insulation below the slab on grade floor.
Still wondering if the oils from the tar might migrate upwards through the cement.
Or what material, plastic?,...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
08-11-16, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,012
Chiming in a little late here, but the space...
Chiming in a little late here, but the space behind the chimney would lend itself to styro-crete. Ground up styrofoam entrained in concrete.
I did that behind my fireplace and it seems to be working...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-25-16, 11:19 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,990
Riddle me this (condensation)
Just finished the plywood cover on my new flat roof and have a question about dew forming and drying on the roof.
construction is as follows.
Box beam trusses 1 ft tall, plywood clad, with Roxul...
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