Sub standard. R30 at least in the walls but equally important is a contiguous
sealed air barrier.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Robinson
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Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:10 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
Use 2 by 6 studs and put in R19 insulation in the walls. R40 in the attic.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shane Hecker" <shanehec...@gmail.com>
To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
> I'm in south texas. There are no hills to speak of. I heard of someone
> building an adobe house in this area, but have no idea how well it would
> stand to a category 5 hurricane.
>
> Shane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john schwery
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
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>
> Build an earth home. But, you might need a hill side for that.
>
> earlier, Shane Hecker, wrote:
> >
> >
> >I'm planning to build a house in a few months. This question will likely
> >invite some debate, which I think is good. If you wanted to build a
> house as
> >energy efficient as possible, without breaking the bank, how would you
> do
> >it? To make things simpler (or perhaps more difficult), there is a
> $80000
> >budget for building.
> >
> >Shane
> >
> >
>
> John
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