Discussion Forum
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Heat requirement calculator suggestion
I'm looking for a heat load calculator so I can size baseboard heaters for a couple of rooms. My brother and I bought a house with an incomplete remodel. it's…
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PEX, Fittings, and lawsuits – what to use?
I'm looking for recommendations for PEX fittings. My brother and I are working on a fixer-upper in the mountains of Washington State outside of Seattle. My brother is a retired…
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R-value vs heat loss chart
I am looking for some kind of chart or data that shows relative heat loss vs R-value. My brother and I bought on old 1968-vintage A-frame. Cathedral roof with 3/4"…
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Gutters and “snow roof”
I'm a HO in the mountains outside of Seattle. I have a metal roof with about a 45 deg. slope, and a gutter that gets wiped out when the snow…
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Home Automation Advice
I plan to upgrade a cabin to allow more 3-4 season use. In general, I keep the cabin unheated in the winter, but am interested in remotely turning the heat…
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Thoughts on Ply Gem Windows?
I'm looking at replacing old single pane windows on a 1950's cabin. I have a quote from a Ply Gem retailer. When I Google "Ply Gem window review" I see…
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Can vinyl windows be painted?
Can vinyl windows be painted? I got a quote from a Seattle-area big box store on some Milquard Tuscany windows. This is for a cabin long in the wife's family.…
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Which brand windows?
My post title probably reveals how naive and over-simplified, but here goes. I have a cabin built in the late 1950's. 2x4 construction. I need to replace the windows. I…
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Pex and varmints?
My wife and I have a 550 sq. ft. cabin that was in her family and built in the later 50's. In 1991 or so it got its first plumbing,…
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Options for heating small cabin?
I'm looking for options to heat a cabin located outside Seattle. The cabin is a one-story post-and-pier foundation structure with 2x4 framing. It is about 600 sq. ft. It is…