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Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-18-13, 09:55 AM

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Posted By Exeric

That makes me feel a lot better. No hard feelings...

That makes me feel a lot better. No hard feelings on my part. Continue as you were, all of you.:D

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-18-13, 12:48 AM

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Posted By Exeric

Well Michael, you said that in your experience...

Well Michael, you said that in your experience the reflective material tends to just flake off. That certainly isn't my experience. Maybe what you are looking at is based on a different substrate...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-17-13, 11:43 PM

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Posted By Exeric

Part of my irritation is no doubt my own fault. I...

Part of my irritation is no doubt my own fault. I should have been more direct at the very beginning in challenging Michael's assumptions about the flat reflective barriers and asking for more...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-17-13, 10:57 PM

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Posted By Exeric

@ Mikesolar I guess my problem with this whole...

@ Mikesolar
I guess my problem with this whole tangential discussion is the idea that there is someone in this discussion that supports reflective bubble wrap. No one here does who is at all...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-17-13, 08:06 PM

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Posted By Exeric

Mike, where are you getting this? In a cooling...

Mike, where are you getting this? In a cooling climate a radiant barrier in the attic is not at all iffy. One should always attach a radiant perforated barrier in a cooling or mixed heating/cooling...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

12-15-13, 11:22 PM

Replies: 588

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Posted By Exeric

Before everyone jumps on the "I love it!" , "I...

Before everyone jumps on the "I love it!" , "I hate it!" bandwagon that people here are so prone to I would suggest that there are uses for reflective film. The reflective bubble insulation on its...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-27-12, 11:21 PM

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Posted By Exeric

You are comparing apples to oranges. If you use...

You are comparing apples to oranges. If you use staple up you must extensively insulate from below. Perhaps you did and just failed to mention it. There seems to be some confusion about this whole...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-22-12, 12:53 PM

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Posted By Exeric

Hi AC, The point I was trying to address was...

Hi AC,
The point I was trying to address was that efficiency is not always the be all and end all. This is especially true in more temperate climates. If one is using a renewable resource such as a...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-21-12, 11:28 PM

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DIY Hydronic Floor Heating

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Posted By Exeric

I agree with everything you said. The only place...

I agree with everything you said. The only place I differ is regarding my particular house and a lot of houses similar to mine, one's with an existing diagonal planking subfloor. The only other...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-21-12, 04:29 PM

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DIY Hydronic Floor Heating

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Posted By Exeric

I think the biggest advantage to under subfloor...

I think the biggest advantage to under subfloor pex (if you don't have extremely cold winters and you have a crawl space) is that it allows much better flexibility for installing different floor...

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-21-12, 12:40 PM

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DIY Hydronic Floor Heating

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Posted By Exeric

Here it is. It is the second reference he gave....

Here it is. It is the second reference he gave. Go to step 4 on that page.

Forum: Renovations & New Construction

08-20-12, 11:48 PM

Replies: 588

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Posted By Exeric

"Step 4 - Floor Coverings (ft2●h●˚F/Btu) ...

"Step 4 - Floor Coverings (ft2●h●˚F/Btu)

Contrary to popular misunderstanding, the heat flux is not affected by floor coverings as long as the floor is not a highly polished mirror like surface....

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