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crawlspace whole-house dehumidifier vibration/noise
I''ve installed a whole-house dehumidifier in my crawlspace. For various reasons (primarily drainage), I hung it from the floor joists above, using a simple platform made of 2x4s supporting a
Keeping pipes from freezing
From there the main to the house goes underground to the main house and comes up an exterior wall and actually above the ceiling into the attic space (under insulation but still meh).
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Creosote running down outside of pipe, inside of house
The past few days, creosote is running down the outside of the pipe that is inside the house, between the ceiling and the stove. The exterior pipe looks fine. Also, this fall we had resealed
How to route chimney in a cape-cod style house
Hi all, I''m new to the forum, but I have heated with wood since I was little. We now have a house that doesn''t have a chimney, and we bought an Englander (2200 sq ft model) wood stove from
Quadrafire Castile (2001) model smoke in house after Exaust pipe
Ok first post but I have been a lurker here for the past year and found many of the post very helpful. I bought a house last fall with a Quadrafire Castile. I was having a problem with the
Stove recommendation for ICF house with 13-14'' chimney
Hello! This is my first post, but I''ve already learned a lot by reading through these forums. I''m building an ICF house on the Colorado Front Range, and I''m looking for a recommendation. The
2009 House with Fireplace Insert
Our house was built in 2009 and it has a beautiful fireplace with an insert. We didn''t do too many fires last winter (maybe 1) but this year are wanting to use it more.
Secret to not smoking out house when starting your stove
In the coldest of days if my stove has been off and the flue is ice cold, I''ll give it some help my putting my propane torch up there for about 5-10 seconds. I know there''s people who will
Two story house
The house is fairly well insulated with good windows. It runs fairy stable around 60 on second floor. I run first floor at around 65. this is with temps in the teens at night and twentees
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Pellet stove in basement to heat whole house?
Hey guys, So I have a very small house in Western MA (main floor just under 900sq ft + walkout basement/built in garage which will not be heated, about 700sq ft of basement that will be