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July 25th 08, 06:32 PM
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Jesus knew about ham radio guys!
Dave Heil wrote:
wrote: It seems to me that a lot of amateurs insist on a new house, or at least a newer house, meaning something no older than 10-20 years. Older homes are simply off the radar, for some reason. Is it just me, or is this a real trend? What's behind it? A lot of it might be in heating and cooling costs. Most newer homes are super insulated--built with 2x6 walls, wrapped with Tyvek and have joints sealed with expanding foam. I wish I could say the same for my area. Many of the largest, most expensive houses have very little insulation. There is a dead giveaway - after a snowstorm, they are the first houses to lose the snow on the roof. A good bit of my wife's work comes from designing remodels on 2 or 3 year old McMansions. I think maybe that during the 80's and early 90's home construction related to insulation was pretty good, but as the housing market took off, and people seemed to be willing to buy anything for any amount of money, the quality dropped. Many of them offer geothermal heating/cooling systems as well. One of my pals lives in Indiana. His total energy bills this past year have averaged $125 per month with his geothermal system. That is for a five year old, all electric home with a geothermal system. That isn't bad for lights, cooking, heating water, watching TV, ham radio, computers, etc. It is truly impressive what can be done with a little work. The caveat it that when you have a tightly sealed house, you have to be very careful about chemical exposure. My sister has something fairly similar. She lives in a large modified A frame with one side all glass. Has a wind generator, Geothermal heat system, and uses a wood pellet stove for the comfy glow you get from radiant heat. She lives on the first hill south of Lake Erie shore near Erie, so there is always some wind. I would love to be able to put up a tower in the back yard I've owned only two homes in my life. My Cincinnati home was a full masonry brick house (plaster inside directly attached to two courses of brick). That place was costing me $200-$250 per month during the winter for natural gas in the late seventies/early eighties. I don't like to think about what the gas bill might be these days. That's the only place I ever lived where I could find frost on a closet wall on a cold day. brrrr.. Was that the averaged out bill per month? |
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