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My last blog on ‘Sealing the Envelope‘ of our house included a quick description of the basement, outside walls, roof and air barrier for the house. In more detailed discussions with Murphy Cell-Tech, we came up with this set of laying for the basement.
Basement layers The diagram to the right shows the various layers. [...]
78 Main St., back We got the detailed contract from Murphy Cell-Tech on how to insulate and seal our house at 78 Main St. to get to our goal of a Zero-energy building. Before we can use renewable energy sources (like the sun) to heat our house in the harsh climate of New England, we [...]
Shower Time There is a lot of buzz these days about On-Demand hot water systems. “On-Demand” means the water is heated as it is needed. Most people have a hot water tank, where the water is heated and kept hot in a tank until it is needed. Generally the tank has been sized to provide [...] Tour de Taste Two things that I like to do: go for a good bike ride and graze on good food in small quantities all day. Today Kent and I participated in the “Tour de Taste” run by the Upper Valley Trails organization… and it was just that. And we had some nice weather as [...]
Deep cycle battery Many people who walk into my store want to talk about batteries, especially deep discharge re-chargable batteries. They want to know the latest technology updates and they are discovering uses for batteries that they may not have thought of before. Here are three categories of large rechargable battery use: Backup Power: Many people [...]
UVL image There is a very nice picture and story in the Upper Valley Life magazine that just came out: Sept/Oct 2009. I was really excited to be chosen as one of the four businesses they wanted to highlight for their article “The Secret to Success in Business“. Jon Gilbert Fox did a really nice [...]
NorthWest foundation We are still in the planning stage for 78 Main St renovation (seems like this stage is taking a loooong time), and this week we got a few more opinions on the stability (or fragility) of the foundation. Since we are putting a lot of money into this building up front to make [...] |
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