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Old 10-29-12, 02:09 PM   #18
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Not sure what the problem is, must be your panels or my error.
I will post a link to some info on PV panels and cloudy day use.


After reading up on ICF's it appears the costs are more then i will be able to pay or willing to pay, giving the R value of them.
I will have to make it myself, cut out the middleman, either make a tilt up design (I know someone who will help who has poured them and put them up) or go with Concrete Block, poured foam filled with a plastered interior and 6-8 inch foam exterior wrapped and plastered with a dyed concrete or scratch coat and sealed.

If i do it myself the walls will get thicker and more insulation with the exterior walls and foam filled concrete heat adsorbing blocks.

I wonder if filling the blocks with insulation would be needed ? It would save money not to do it, if its not going to be that effective, in this design.

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