Discussion Forum
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Deltec going Green
http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200771210080 "By year’s end, Deltec will be using 100 percent renewable energy at its factory. That will make Deltec not only Asheville’s largest maker of manufactured homes but also North…
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Google Maps as a marketing tool
Google Maps has added some features recently that increase its usefulness several fold. One of them is My Maps--the ability to do mashups with just the locations you want with…
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RFH & Thermo siphoning
Can these two go together? Challenges? Requirements? I've not seen specs on such a system and wonder at its limitations.
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Hating trusses right now…
House we're living in right now has a truss roof. The room over the garage is my office. Sloped ceiling to match the roof. Two dormers. The section of wall…
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Low-Slope Roofs
Both shingle manuf and roofing tile manuf list 3:12 as the minimum slope for their products. Every use either product on that slope? Special measures taken? Location: Reno We can…
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Got gas?
Someone emailed me selected numbers re their energy usage, and I'm trying to makes sense of it. I've been all-electric forever, so the units aren't quite adding up. As they…
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Changing Lightbulbs
Anyone know of a tool for changing these bulbs? 25' up. They hang from a chain, so you can't push up on them or twist them without the fixture doing…
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classic mediterranean architecture
If a client expresses an interest in "classic mediterranean architecture," what images first come to mind? What elements are included in that? Of course I'll ask them what it means…
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Blueprints in Kansas
As measured from Protection, KS, what's the closest place that will produce large-sized blueprints (36x24)? First find was Wichita, 150 miles away. Anyone know of anything closer?
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Stove Pipe
Never had a wood stove. Don't know their limits. Question is: how horizontal can the stove pipe go before it turns vertical? Or even not purely horizontal...slope up is ok.…