I hope radon gas is not a concern in the Tampa area; sealing up your house that well could trap a radioactive gas inside, increasing the concentration level to unhealthy.
-- Max Dillon Charleston SC '95 E300, '87 300TD, '73 Balboa 20 Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: >I have been working on sealing literally every penetration of the >ceiling of our living space. I had a blower door test done last week, >and the guy who did it was stunned at how well sealed our house was. > >I had not a chance to seal the recessed fixtures that are in our >kitchen, which I just did this past weekend. > >I want to get more insulation blown into the attic, but I'm not sure >that it makes good fiscal sense, as we already have enough for about >R-30, I believe. > >Now that the ceiling is sealed, I'll be putting in a solar powered >attic fan to try and reduce attic temperatures during cooling season. >Our ductwork runs in the attic, so anything I can do to reduce >temperatures in there should help our AC. > >Dan > >Sent from my iPad > >On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:56 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I put $300 of fiberglass insulation into our attic in September. For >the past 6 years we've filled the oil tank the first week in September, >this year we filled it yesterday... >> >> Its nice to see payback for the work... >> >> The insulation I put in is only phase 1 of what was a 3 phase project >that will take us to about R45. After that we need to see about >replacing a few of the least efficient windows in the house. Next >winter I'm thinking about running foam boards around the base of the >house. We supplement our oil heat with a woodstove in the basement of >our 1 story house and I'm sure we're wasting some of that heat out the >base of the house. >> >> -Curt >> >> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:35:54 -0600 >> From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Cold weather issues >> Message-ID: <51019b2a.50...@bennell.ca> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> You need a smaller space to heat and more insualtion. >> >> Randy >> >> >> On 24/01/2013 1:42 PM, dsereta...@yahoo.com wrote: >>> $78 is amazing! My place in Maine was built in 1899, it's only >partially insulated, has three levels and its 3800 sq. ft. Costs me >$800 per month in oil during the winter months and I keep it at 54 or >lower! >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
