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• On/Off control of a Taco VR1816 in proportional pressure mode.

  This is in Northern Nevada. I have an older rental that has no heat in three areas of the house. The water heater I installed last year is a mod/con…

• 是否housewrap go over or under the rigid Foam insulation siding?

  This website is awesome and I have spent many hours browsing through articles. None of my builder friends, myself included, have ever used rigid foam panels under the siding of…

• Hydronic Heating System Hydraulic Buffer Tank vs Hydraulic Seperator

  This question might be more appropriate in a plumbing forum but I have had such great and thoughtful responses in the GBA forums I look to here first. This is…

• Sanity check on very preliminary rough estimates of heating energy usage

  Hi to the Forum. A few months back we bought a home in zone 5 (Northern Nevada at 5000') that was solely heated with electricity. We intend to install hydronic…

• How to employ a mixing valve in a closed loop radiant heat system

  We are just wrapping up the new roof on my project house and now its [past] time to turn our attention to HVAC - or, more specifically this time of…

• What’s the best all around roofing/insulation solution for Zone 5?

  Hello to the community. I am in northern Nevada zone 5. This is an arid valley with normally low humidity but it can get some really high winds... upwards of…

• What do the people on this site think of denim insulation?

  I am curious about the general concensus among the experts on using denim insulation bats to replace either ceiling or wall rockwool/fiberglass. I would probably use it in combination with…

• What’s the best way to renovate/rebuild an old south-facing exterior wall?

  Hi All - I am a newbie to this group but have considerable building experience remodeling and renovating homes, and completing unfinished properties. Still, I am no expert building contractor.