It looks like I drew no interest with my original post. Here's where we are with this now. We will probably start installing "mini-split" ductless air...
I too am interested in this. I will be getting back to you later with some ideas that have been irritating me lately. Yes, I said irritate. If I dont do...
... Hello; I plan to address it in detail, but I am presently traveling, and got quite a bit behind, so have patience, and if I do not get to it, just politely...
I heard this on the radio a few weeks ago, but only just remembered to look it up online. It's a short feature from "Pulse of the Planet" about Tully, New...
The old fashion ice house is still an excellent system of refrigeration....... save ice during winter..... stacked in sawdust, and use that ice through the...
H.W, With the internet dispersion of sustainable-self-sufficiency knowledge and growing energy demands/prices and shrinking affordable supplies, I suspect we...
Hi Bob I think many of us are doing life a bit and having a hard time keeping up. Personally I went out of town and missed your post. I can say that I went...
I am planning a wine and root cellar in the basement of my new home. They will be on the north east side of the basement and be completely below grade, ten...
Below ground I always favor cement. Kirk stewabbey <stewabbey@...> wrote: I am planning a wine and root cellar in the basement of my new home. They will...
... Hi Stewart; Building walls that deep is not simple basement walls. At that depth there is potential for extremely high ground pressures. So, do not...
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A couple of observations about basements. I worked for a developer in Silicon Valley that loved full basements. It was a way to add floor space to the home...
Thanks for your replies, Please let me clarify a few points. -The basement will be walkout on south and west sides, grade (7ft) on north and east sides. -The...
Stewart, What temp are you wanting the wine/root cellar to be? I suspect your at-depth ground temp there may be lower than desired (at-depth is below 20' or...
I have had buried railroad ties rot in 20 years. Cant get much more preserved than a RR tie. Kirk Don Stephens <dsteph@...> wrote: Kirk, IMHO, there is...
From: "Kirk McLoren" <kirkmcloren@...> ... Hello Kirk; I do not question your first statement. However, the second one is far from true. There are many...
Another way to protect underground wooden structures from decay you should check out Mike Oehler's PSP technique. He wrote a book on underground home ...
From: <hmhumes@...> ... Hi Huge; I was going to mention that, but it is very low quality, compared to what is possible with modern materials. I know...
When building a walk-in cellar, in an existing basement, remember that if you build a super insulated wall, and simply place it on top of a concrete floor,...
Laren What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of FBF insulations? That's essentially aluminum foil on either side of bubble wrap, for those that might not...
Foam insulation made from glass is less common than plastics but has good characteristics. Kirk http://www.foamglasinsulation.com/solutions_plaza.asp ...
From: <hmhumes@...> ... Hi Hugh; Thanks for the definition of "FBF" I have used a lot of Reflectix in my van. However, for most uses, in houses, it is...
Hello Laren, Thank you for that very informative reply. I first heard about FBF when looking into radiant heating. I won't go into the details of that...
I know we have talked here before about how opening a refrigerator doesn't waste as much "coolth" as commonly thought. So would the gadget described below make...
statistically the food will be warmer. It has to because it is the new source of "coolth" A recording thermometer would show wider swings as the compressor...
Hi Lauren, Kirk I think you're both talking about local conditions and mistakenly extrapolating to national. I lived in the north and have seen those wooden...
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