Discussion Forum
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Advice on Hvac for large sealed room
I'm several months away from this and have a HVAC guy helping me who I can consult when I get there but I wanted to get some heads up info…
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Outside Soffit Vents, How Many?
How many soffit vents are generally used to ventilate an attic? We have an attic that is about 2400 sq ft total with an 8/12 pitch. The electricians installed 2…
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Window placement, how high is too high?
Dumb question maybe but I was in a house recently where the windows felt like they were framed up too high and looked awkword. As framing is about to start…
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Water heater location, does it matter?
I've changed my designs so that the water heater is located in middle of the house in a hallway. I had the space there and no real place to put…
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Construction has begun!!! Woohoo!!
After several long months of learning how to build a house with my father and his house construction on my own house has finally begun! They are digging the foundation…
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Recessed Lights and Heat Loss
Up til now I have been planning on using recessed lights in my house but have been reading about how bad they are at allowing heat to escape the house.…
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Know Fireplaces? I need help.
I need some help purchasing a pre-fab fireplace for a house I am about to build. I found a website that sells the kits but I need someone to look…
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Space required for double bathroom sink?
My blueprints give me 5' for a sink area in the master bathroom. I had been planning on installing a double sink here (even tho plans show 1) but my…
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HVAC Air Return Size
Ok experts, we bought a 5 ton 2000cfm all-in-one roof mounted hvac system. This is for an 1800 sq/ft house with 10 foot cielings throughout. Both air supply and air…
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OSB Sheathing in garage?
I know codes vary from place to place but generally speaking is there a reason why osb cannot be used on a wall that seperates the garage and the rest…