Surly

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Northern Indiana, United States

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I'm a midwestern contrarian trying to develop a sense of style. My wife and I are moving from one ranch home to another and we want to do it right this time.

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What's wrong with PolyVinylChloride?

By Surly

I have been seeing a trend with the Greeneys wanting to stay away with PVC citing it's bad for the environment. Specifically vinyl siding. They also say aluminum and copper are good alternatives. I'm no expert but I know that the process of making aluminum and copper uses ridiculous amounts of power not to mention the mining of bauxite and copper. I'd love to have copper siding on my house but I'm guessing it's cost prohibitive. Also, if you want replacement windows your choices are wood or...vinyl. If you want to fix up your house, the s.o.p. on this area for the... »MORE

August 10, 2007

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Energy efficiency in my home?

By Surly

When we buy our new home (1977 single story ranch on a crawl space, 1440sq. ft.) I live in NW Indiana, we have 100deg. summers and -20deg winters for reference. I will have to do a few upgrades. I want to make the home as effiecient as possible to reduce the amount of fuel we use and keep the house as comfy as possible. Of course, I'm thinking of the environmental issues as well. Does anyone have some cool ideas as to "greening" up my house? The furnace is old (nat. gas foced air) so that will be the first to... »MORE

August 06, 2007

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LenkArt

September 07, 2007

Hi Surly, thanks for accepting my friendship. I have same issues this my old townhouse. It's built about 45 years ago, so lots of thing to inprove. I do a bit of improvement every year, and bills are going down.

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I'll bet that would be super easy to get financing for! LOL
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