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Jul 31, 2012 16:38:26 #
One of my concernes is ventilation in really tight homes, If you pay to warm or cool your homes the tighter home will be easier to keep warm/cool. The unfortunate byproduct of this is no way for moisture or pollutants to escape. Moisture contributes to mold and mildew. Cooking, or building components that contribute to pollutants have no way to escape. This is why our houses need forced ventilation. Heat recovery ventilators or HRV is an effiecient way to get fresh air into the home. Do you get a lot of respiratory illness? It may be from the poor air exchanges in your home.
Jul 31, 2012 16:49:41 #
ole sarg wrote:
I lived in rural MO for awhile and what I did was cut some lath the size of the windows and then placed clear plastic drop cloth over the windows and tacked it in place using the lath. This created a barrier between the big plate glass windows and the outside air. My wife said it looked like hell, but it really cut the heating bill.
You essentially created another pane. Try using glass or plexiglass and you will make the wife happier. Was the original single pane or double pane? I am retired from a building supply store. I have built windows as well as sold them. The biggest problem with windows is glass transmits heat too well. The air trapped between the double or triple pane resists heat flow much better.
Jul 31, 2012 18:22:57 #
Jul 31, 2012 18:23:16 #
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Jul 31, 2012 18:31:07 #
ole sarg wrote:
Could have used the other stuff, but as the art collector said:
No Monet
No Monet
Ouch! :( I sadley am too affected!!!
Jul 31, 2012 20:04:01 #
eskiles wrote:
Hi Sarge, I have lived in Louisiana and sweated, I now live in Alaska and while it is cold I love it. I subscribe to the theory that , You can put on more clothes to stay warm but you can only take off so many before you get arrested!!! :shock: :shock: I hope you get invested in this thread I value your insight.
ole sarg wrote:
Answer
Sweat in the summer and freeze in the winter!
Sweat in the summer and freeze in the winter!
Hi Sarge, I have lived in Louisiana and sweated, I now live in Alaska and while it is cold I love it. I subscribe to the theory that , You can put on more clothes to stay warm but you can only take off so many before you get arrested!!! :shock: :shock: I hope you get invested in this thread I value your insight.
Lived in Montana and now in TN...much much harder to stay cool than to stay warm...also we were victims of the great tornado outbreak in april 2011...I have enough wood cut for several years.
Jul 31, 2012 20:49:06 #
ggttc wrote:
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Sorry to hear about the tornados. They are nasty things.
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Jul 31, 2012 21:09:22 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
Montana lived in Havre. Those beautiful days of 50 below with a nice 30 mph wind. Put a chill in your spine it will.
Jul 31, 2012 21:41:43 #
ole sarg wrote:
Montana lived in Havre. Those beautiful days of 50 below with a nice 30 mph wind. Put a chill in your spine it will.
Fairbanks in January, I know what you mean. Brrrr!
Aug 5, 2012 01:54:58 #
ole sarg wrote:
Montana lived in Havre. Those beautiful days of 50 below with a nice 30 mph wind. Put a chill in your spine it will.
I drove through Helena Montana, I stopped for gas and the wind was howling. I asked the attendant if it was always this windy he said "What wind"?
Aug 5, 2012 04:55:58 #
eskiles wrote:
I drove through Helena Montana, I stopped for gas and the wind was howling. I asked the attendant if it was always this windy he said "What wind"?
ole sarg wrote:
Montana lived in Havre. Those beautiful days of 50 below with a nice 30 mph wind. Put a chill in your spine it will.
I drove through Helena Montana, I stopped for gas and the wind was howling. I asked the attendant if it was always this windy he said "What wind"?
I was in Livingston Montana years ago and they had a big pole with a log chain hanging from it and a sign on the pole that read"Wind Gauge"
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