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| Hole in Soffit; Temporary Measure ? | |
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| Topic Started: Nov 4 2016, 08:17 AM (762 Views) | |
| campy | Nov 11 2016, 11:26 AM Post #61 |
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The cats don't like spade bits. Don't groan. That's supposed to be humor. |
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| wildie | Nov 11 2016, 12:51 PM Post #62 |
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On the subject of insulation, I once installed a new forced air, gas fired furnace in my home. Furnaces come in various sizes and the heat produced (in those days) is measured in BTUs.(British Thermo Units) The heat loss of a building must be established in order to match the furnace size to the building. In my case, I had to measure the exposed surface area of each room and how much insulation was behind this surface. Charts are available to establish the heat loss per square foot. The total loss for a room is tallied up, then the loss for each room is added all together. Heat loss for windows is different than is for insulated walls so the the heat loss for all windows must taken into consideration, also! Once the heat loss for the building is calculated, a furnace is purchased that is able to provide the necessary heat for the loss of the building. Usually the furnace is over-sized in order to allow for unforeseen temperatures. However, to over-size too much can be a problem, as the heat output will come in bursts, resulting in periods of cold between heating cycles. Sizing of a furnace becomes somewhat of an art! |
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| campy | Nov 11 2016, 01:31 PM Post #63 |
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The furnace I had, had a two speed fan. That did help with the eveness of the heating as it pulled the heat from the ceilings and recirculated. The low speed fan came on after the furnace had satisfied the thermostat setting. |
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| wildie | Nov 11 2016, 05:13 PM Post #64 |
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Yes! On the furnace that I speak of, it had a two speed fan also! The house was a two story duplex of 3200 sq/ft. The two speeds kept the temp. even on all floors. I bought the place for $50k and after my DIY updates, it sold for $165k. Not much of a gain compared with the gains that we see today, but when it sold, it was nice money! |
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| Trotsky | Nov 12 2016, 05:13 AM Post #65 |
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My undergraduate degree is chemical engineering and heat flow is the most interesting part of it. My home until I left for college was a brick row home without a single teaspoonful of insulation, overheated by a coal hot water boiler that could run the Titanic (coal was cheap in Pennsylvania.) Since then I have always had my heat provided with no real capacity to do anything to change the status quo. Last place was LUXURY construction, meaning high priced junk. We had tenant paid electric heat. I took an electrical socket out of an outer wall to change something, cannot remember why. There was absolutely NO insulation in the wall...just drywall, air space, and half brick (no support, just for looks.) At that oint I decided "F*ck this" and started using the gas stove for heating after setting up an elaborate venting system where half the heat went out the window but the landlord provided the "cooking gas." This apartment gets copious heat and free electricity and I peaked into the wall and yes, there is a bit of insulation in there. I would LOVE to own a home in the 'burbs that I could diddle to the point where lights and body heat were close to providing the heat we need. That would be fun for me. But getting Bob to move would create endless strife. I could do it, I can talk him into anything, but the price would be high...he would be in misery. We are in Mitchell-Lama housing, a system set up in 1955 whereby buildings that reverted to the City for back taxes were made into cooperative ownership at affordable costs, so we paid only $11,000 (best deal in town.) Our taxes are abated and the State and Federal government hold the mortgage on the co-operative at 1% interest. If the shareholders agree, we could buy out the loan and become completely autonomous and each co-operator could sell at market. Our apartment would likely go for pennies under a million and THEN we could sell and buy a nice home on a couple acres within 100 miles and have enough left over for a couple cars. We shall see what we shall see. |
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| campy | Nov 12 2016, 01:03 PM Post #66 |
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Terrific. Then you could start all over again with a hole in the soffit. Song: No more soffits, not for me. Soffits just cause misery. If I get another soffit it will be A jump in the ocean...... with a soffit on each side of me. |
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