Re: foam core panels | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Dan Everett (dmepollux.cs.uga.edu) | |
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 16:42:30 -0600 |
Hi all, Someone mentioned foam core panels... Southface energy institute in Atlanta is building their new center out of these things. They like the idea of R-20 walls without using dimensional lumber. The drawbacks: 1. Projected cost savings relative to stick construction may not materialize, because these are new and contractors don't have experience with them yet. 2. The panels have to be precut at the factory for windows and doors. So you better not decide to change the location of these. Traditional post and beam construction is more forgiving. Glen Orcutt (gorcutt [at] prowess.com) writes: > 1. Air-tight homes are problematic from a toxic standpoint (Cooking/cleaning > odors, bodily odors, etc). There isn't a constant air-exchange which > replenishes the household air. This can be circumvented via vents or > leaving windows cracked. Southface is very big on reducing this kind of "uncontrolled ventilation" to a bare minimum (0.35 air changes per hour is what they like) and designing the ventilation to be where and how much you need it. They compare the typical practice of ventilating through unknown leaks to having your nose on the bottom of your shoe. Enjoy... Dan Everett Kenney Ridge Community Athens, GA *********************************************************************************** Diskettes cannot be backed up by running them through the Xerox machine, If your data is going to need to be backed up, simply insert two diskettes into the drive. Whenever you update a document, the data will be written on both diskettes. -- Proper Care of Floppy Diskettes, author unknown *************************************************************************************
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Re: foam core panels Dan Everett, November 13 1995
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