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Old 12-05-13, 12:53 AM   #351
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"From scratch" is a pretty blurry concept, I think, so I'll continue to think of you as making heat pumps from scratch.
My ulterior motive, with regard to building your own heat pump is to encourage people to actually do it... so to them I say it's just not that hard.

...but to you, I say, "Thanks for the complement."

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Except for three small rooms, our entire home is open all the time, so the heated zone is actually heating about 1700 SF and doing alright, but I hear what you're saying.
michael, I came across an interesting article, discussing, "How Much Insulation Is Enough?"

I think you would be interested in it.

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-AC

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