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Originally Posted by Nonhog
...Not to scale but you can see how just about everything will be a compromise. 15X15 atrium is really in the way...
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Nonhog,
I'd give anything to have a layout like you have.
I totally understand your dissatisfaction with the 'atrium'... you are just not "
Nonhog of the Jungle".
If I had it, I would remove all the glass roof and put in the best insulation I possibly could, but I would keep a smallish opening skylight at the peak, to dump heat in the summertime.
Your atrium should be re-purposed into a 'Core Room', that was well insulated in the walls, roof & floor... but leave a few high R-value windows that could open into the rest of the house. I would retreat to the core room in the winter evenings and in the peak heat days of summer, closing the windows when I did so.
It would leak heat (or cool), but it would leak heat (or cool) into the rest of your house.
You could turn a pain-in-the-Nonhog into a real asset.
I also love the way that the furnace was placed in the garage, making it possible to lose the maximum possible amount of heat... just GREAT!
-AC