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  Spadecaller3 months, 1 week ago

  good internet infomercial...

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    MikeWarner3 months, 1 week ago

    Hope you liked the information.

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  Spadecaller3 months, 1 week ago

  good internet infomercial...

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  texangelwings3 months, 1 week ago

  Good information to help cut utility costs!

  I have a nephew that installed a large metal wood burning box in his shop on the farm in Ohio. The box heat is piped to his house and the shop stays warm from the wood burning in the metal box. The old farm house stays warm all winter and they never run out of hot water.

  Thanks MikeWarner!

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    airglide3 months ago

    Look at geothermal. 50 degree ground temperatures are sufficient to work. They claim up to 3 units of recovery for every unit spent because you transfer the heat instead of creating it.

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    tiredofwhiners3 months ago

    I visited relatives outside Lafayette, Ind. in the 1970's when they had a fuel shortage and escalating natural gas prices. They had put a wood burning heating stove in the lower level of their tri-level home. The steel flue/ducts snaked around and up through the three levels and out the chimney on the roof. They said it heated the house fine about 90% of the time and only occasionally did they need to use the gas furnace. They had 6 acres and plenty of trees and a chain saw. The wood pile in back was huge. Watch the new "Green Channel" if available in your area. "Living with Ed" is great. Ed Begley is a Hollywood environmentalist who actually practices same. They showed him generating electricity on his exercycle so he could make toast!

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    tiredofwhiners3 months ago

    I read somewhere 20 years ago that the average home turns over its air in a matter of hours, I think 4 to 6 hours. That amazed me and I found it hard to believe. No air comes through the insulated walls, ceiling, windows or doors but it apparently comes through various vents, between windows and window frames, and between the doors and door frames. I stayed at a cheap motel in Maine in March 1985 and I woke up with a bad headache. I realized that the room was so well sealed that there was little air turn over so I opened the door (CO2 buildup). Then I also realized the wall heater must have been improperly vented and I probably got a dose of CO (carbon monoxide). Read "Alone" by Admiral Byrd, who stayed over the winter at the South Pole in the 1920's. He almost died from CO poisoning. P.S. I have no links to prove any of this.

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  tiredofwhiners3 months ago

  Nothing new to me. Possibly many others don't know about this. Here in Vegas I think R50 or R60 is required above the ceiling as well as double pane windows because of the extreme summer heat. The insulation vs. energy cost equation has changed over the years. If insulation cost goes up slower than fuel cost then it becomes more and more important to better insulate. CO2 emissions is another reason to insulate and do your part. I don't of any that cuts cost by 100% - perhaps aerospace insulation used on space vehicles comes close. I put solar fans in the roof to evacuate the summer heat. That reduced my A/C cost. Cost was $400 each installed.

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    tiredofwhiners3 months ago

    In the 1940's my parents bought an old farm house built in the 1870's (in Wisconsin). I was only 6 but I remember the outer walls they cut through to remodel were triple walls with 2 dead air spaces. No insulation at all. Apparently that did a fair job of insulation. The basement walls/foundation were about 2 to 3 foot thick field stone and kept the basement at an even temp year around. Then later in Los Angeles I and friends rented a mansion built in 1910. It was California architecture and the eaves extended way out to keep the sun from hitting the house except early and late. It was always cool inside in the summer and we had no A/C. When I went through the San Fernando Mission I noticed it was very cool inside because the walls were very thick adobe. The early Spanish also used the extreme overhanging eaves. So there are some good ideas that were used way back in the old days.

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  MikeWarner3 months ago

  Hopefully the leaders of our country are having similar conversations. Properly insulated and vented buildings do not need much by way of heating and cooling. Great comments!

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