Both my shop and Sue's teddybear cottage are sitting on blocks with the bottom of the siding about 12 inches above ground. We have thought about installing 1 by 12 treated boards around them to keep the cold wind from infiltrating underneath and taking away heat. One reservation I have is trapping ground moisture under the buildings. This would be a permanent year round installation. What are the thoughts of all you handy men and women?
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: m...@maxsmusicplace.com Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with transistors group send an email to. funwithtransistors-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, funwithtubes-subscr...@yahoogroups.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <se...@mailsent.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. > 7 > we still pak snow on theNorth and West side of the house after the > first few snow falls. does great for stopping some drafts. and for > the bilco doors we cover them with plastic and pile the shnow on top > of that. Lee > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2010 at 07:30:40PM -0600, William Stephan > wrote: >> Yes Dale, very helpful. The guy at the lumber yard I talked to was >> trying >> to sell me plastic sheeting like you might cover a window with, so I'm >> going >> to have to do some more research into what we have available here. >> Thanks >> again. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] >> On Behalf Of Dale Leavens >> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 17:10 >> To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. >> >> >> >> >> >> The Polystyrene we buy usually comes in 2 by 8 sheets with rebate like >> edges >> so that they can overlap. It comes in various thicknesses, usually inch >> and >> a half or two inches. You can cut it with a hand saw or even score it >> deeply >> then snap it but that isn't as nice an edge. for some reason they usually >> colour it blue to distinguish it from the open cell Styrofoam, this stuff >> is >> a higher insulation value. There is special sealing tape, it is a lot >> like >> the wide packing tape you are probably familiar with, when I bought it it >> was red I don't know if that is significant. >> >> The point is to insulate but also to keep warm air, particularly when you >> have paid to heat it inside. >> >> Now this stuff can be flammable and is best covered if there is any >> significant risk of exposure to open flame. It can also be helpful for >> holding it into place. You can run screws through something like particle >> board and the foam into structure beyond it. I have used wide washers, a >> couple of inches to hold the heads of screws to hold it into place. A >> little >> glue like liquid nails or even some calking on the structure then press >> the >> foam into it should also work well in your application. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: William Stephan >> To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> >> yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 3:14 PM >> Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. >> >> Dale: all good points really. The only reason I was thinking about a >> temporary set up is that occasionally, the varmint-killing cat leaves us >> a >> little something under the porch until the possums get it. But, of >> course, >> if the foundation were blocked he wouldn't be doing that in any case. The >> roof itself, according to the manufacturer, is pretty well insolated. >> It's >> about five or six inches thick. If the snow ever meltsz, I'll go see what >> the lumber yard has in terms of >> >> Extruded Polystyrene. Thanks for the eye-opener. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> >> yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandyman@ >> <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com] >> On Behalf Of Dale Leavens >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 21:14 >> To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> >> yahoogroups.com >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. >> >> Is there any good reason why you wouldn't want to block air infiltration >> in >> the summer as well? >> >> It would be my inclination to wrap the inside of what ever skirting you >> have >> around the deck foundation with something like extruded polystyrene >> sheets >> and seal them together with the tape sold for that purpose. I would look >> for >> ways of sealing it tightly at the top and bottom, keep any air from >> entering >> or leaving except between the room and under the floor. Unless the dogs >> are >> piddling through the deck or for some other reason you need to air the >> area >> to keep stink down there isn't any good reason to loose heated or cooled >> air >> to the good outdoors and, it is expensive as well. >> >> I would consider insulating under the roof as well if there is a >> convenient >> and practical way to do so. You would probably find your heater raised >> the >> temperature 50 or 60 degrees, you might even find you want to turn it off >> quite a bit. >> >> If you feel the need to circulate air through the structure you can >> always >> open the windows and in that way choose when and how much cold you >> require. >> >> If I was Han Solo I'd probably pet my wookie >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: William Stephan >> To: blindhandyman@ <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> >> yahoogroups.com >> Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 9:40 PM >> Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. >> >> All: >> >> We have a sort of three-season room on the north side of our house. It >> faces off into a yard surrounded by privacy fences and a couple garages. >> The room is sort of unique. It started life as just an open deck. We had >> a >> pre-fabricated aluminum room added shortly after we took up residence >> here. >> This room is all aluminum and glass with two aluminum doors and many >> sliding >> windows. During winter we use this room as a sort of mud room, and it's >> where we groom our dogs as well. Because of that, when it was >> constructed, >> the deck floor was taken up, and an aluminum screen was put in place, and >> the deck flooring was then replaced on top of this screen. Our idea was >> that snow from boots and shovels and dogs, and spillage from our fountain >> etc. would just drain through the cracks between the decking, an bugs >> couldn't come through either and that part's worked well for us. >> >> We've been having snow here, more snow than anybody's seen in twenty or >> thirty years. It blows here too, and there's quite a bit of snow piled >> and >> drifted around this three season room. To keep it more or less useable, >> we >> have one of those Sun Twin 5,000 BTU heaters there, and typically, it >> keeps >> the temperature between 20 an 25 degrees above the outdoor temperature. >> This year though, it's been keeping the room about 30 or 35 degrees above >> the outside temperature. I imagine a lot of this is because of the snow >> around the foundation. There are several gaps that allow air to circulate >> pretty freely under thestructure. >> >> So, it might be a good idea to block these gaps, though probably only >> during >> the Winter months. >> >> Does anyone know if there might be say, bladders, that I could fill with >> a >> compresser that would form themselves in a way so as to fill gaps ofa few >> incheshere or ther, and if so, what is the correct term for them? >> >> Thanks in advance for any input on this. >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > -- > You will remember something that you should not have forgotten. > . > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! 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