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buffalobillpatrick · 03-07-14, 05:57 PM

dhaslam, My family has quite a bit of Irish heritage.
My daughter is Michelle Kathleen, son is Sean Patrick, his new son is Liam Patrick.

I hope to someday visit your lovely country.

The house I live in now has a mass storage under the 24' x 46' basement slab. 2' of earth on top of 6" XPS with a loop of 1,000' 1" poly pipe. + a 1200 gallon burried insulated tank, solar heated.

Sounded good at the time but was a waste of money.
When I found that it was uncontrollable, I stopped using it & took apart the solar array. When the basement got hot for weeks at a time, the only relief was opening all the windows.

On the new house, I may use solar heat of the earth over the pipe field?
I would cover the flat ground with dark gravel or coke oven cinders.
I have 30 or so 3' x 7' double glass sliding door units. Place the glass on pressure treated 2x4 rack secured in place just above the dark surface.
I worry about Deer & Elk walking on it.

BBP

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buffalobillpatrick Master EcoRenovator Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Florissant, Colorado Posts: 599 Thanks: 814 Thanked 59 Times in 55 Posts	dhaslam, My family has quite a bit of Irish heritage. My daughter is Michelle Kathleen, son is Sean Patrick, his new son is Liam Patrick. I hope to someday visit your lovely country. The house I live in now has a mass storage under the 24' x 46' basement slab. 2' of earth on top of 6" XPS with a loop of 1,000' 1" poly pipe. + a 1200 gallon burried insulated tank, solar heated. Sounded good at the time but was a waste of money. When I found that it was uncontrollable, I stopped using it & took apart the solar array. When the basement got hot for weeks at a time, the only relief was opening all the windows. On the new house, I may use solar heat of the earth over the pipe field? I would cover the flat ground with dark gravel or coke oven cinders. I have 30 or so 3' x 7' double glass sliding door units. Place the glass on pressure treated 2x4 rack secured in place just above the dark surface. I worry about Deer & Elk walking on it. BBP Last edited by buffalobillpatrick; 03-07-14 at 06:04 PM..