Well, insulation is relatively cheap particularly if it is designed for in new
construction. I don't suppose building codes require it yet and a lot depends
on weather you design for the heating and cooling plant or the other way
around. There are other significant considerations too, size and placement of
windows, double or triple glazed and so on. They used to figure that no more
than 10% of the wall area should be windows for optimum light to heat loss
ratios. Few would find that aesthetically acceptable.
We tend to use double doors as heat air locks. I don't remember being aware of
similar barriers down there to cooling loss. An air lock such as a porch entry
can save a pile of heating or cooling money. Even here though I note many homes
with no such feature. Open the door in the winter to 40 below and you empty the
home of warm air almost immediately, often right into the front room. It must
be the same thing for conditioned air in most homes in south Texas.
----- Original Message -----
From: Max Robinson
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Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
Things do keep advancing, don't they.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net>
To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
> Sub standard. R30 at least in the walls but equally important is a
> contiguous sealed air barrier.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Max Robinson
> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
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>
> Use 2 by 6 studs and put in R19 insulation in the walls. R40 in the
> attic.
>
> Regards.
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> From: "Shane Hecker" <shanehec...@gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house
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> > 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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