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2x4 or 2x6

By houseplanarchitect Dtsma_medium

I do a lot of modifications ot house plans that people buy on the net. The most common are changing the exterior walls to 2x6 and changing the foundation to a crawlspace, walk out basement, or full basement. If you plan to stay in your house for a long time you should look at the energy savings possible with a 2x6 exterior wall, you can get a lot more insulation in there, and your heating / cooling load will go way down. Changing the foundation that comes with " ready made" house plans is the next most common change. If... »MORE

July 02, 2008
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The Best Nail

By houseplanarchitect Dtsma_medium

I found this nail last year and I think its great, it also got top awards in many different places. For just a few dollars more you can use this to build your house with.  http://www.bostitch.com/xhtml/interactive_hurriquake/hurriquake_show.html http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2006/product_75.html Popular Science is naming its Best of What's New. It's not your average nail though, the HurriQuake nail spent six years in development. Its designed to help building withstand hurricane force winds (over 71MPH) and earthquakes that rock wood structures apart.From the article: "As the Bostitch team tweaked the head-to-shank ratio, Sutt and metallurgist Tom Stall worked on optimizing high-carbon alloys, trying to find the... »MORE

September 03, 2007
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Time to install a roof vent ? try this one

By houseplanarchitect Dtsma_medium

Magnetically-Levitated Axial Flux Alternator with Programmable Variable Coil Resistance, Vertical Axis Wind Turbinehttp://www.househacker.com/permanent/MagWind-Magnetically-Levitated-Vertical-Wind-TurbineI dont know how to make it pretty, a 4 foot tall cone on your roof, but its a cool idea-  worth taking a look at. Check out their website http://www.mag-wind.com/ tell me what you think of that silver flam fighting it out with the chimney- :)   »MORE

January 30, 2007
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