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  1. Frozen Canuck
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    If oil (or your fossil fuel of choice) went back to......

    You & me both. Fat chance though & the roads in the patch are not going to be getting shorter anytime soon. Or better built. 4x4 or walk 4me.
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, May 13, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  2. Frozen Canuck
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    Boiler Special $19700.00 plus 15% tax

    Don't think anything like that even exists after season 3. I know after I used 22 cord the first season & 25 the second....well the last word you...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, May 12, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  3. Frozen Canuck
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    New Tax on hybrid cars

    Having a hard time with a big rig putting the same psi down on a road as a vehicle myself. For most of the year we drive the oil leases with 4x4...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, May 2, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    For sure BM. I have always believed that adding insulation, even poorly done had a better ROI than any heating system. Felt like a voice in the...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, May 1, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  5. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    For sure Tom, I always enjoy threads of this sort. My grandkids should be able to live in what we now consider McMansions +4000 sq/ft & heat the...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, May 1, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  6. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    BM. 10-20% would be for slabs in direct contact with soil. Probably a conservative number & yes plenty of other variables as well, clay/sand/gravel,...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  7. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    No problem, hope it helps. The only consideration on a retrofit is the uneven tread height on the last step of the stairs due to increased floor...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  8. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    Sounds like fun Mike. In future you can use a hotknife for grooving foam in a situation like that, we use them when we do a SIP home for wire...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  9. Frozen Canuck
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    This is just plain spooky.

    Cool, this tech has come along way in 10 years.
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Inglenook
  10. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    Framed as per normal Mike. Yes just for basement floors, thats +95% of market here (full basement), never seen foam under a load bearing wall, no...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  11. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    Sorry must have miss clicked. Last sentence was to be that all one has to do as a builder is plan for the increased height of the basement floor, not...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  12. Frozen Canuck
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    eps or epx foam under slab

    I have seen a variation of this on some of the newer net zero homes being built in Edmonton. No foam under slab. 2" high density foam on top of...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
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    Easy garden idea

    We did a variation of this 2 years ago for about 2/3 of our 1 acre garden, removed all topsoil first then laid down a 1' thick straw mat then put...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 30, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
  14. Frozen Canuck
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    Article: What if we never run out of oil?

    No need to worry about oil running out ,with the new tech & more on the horizon were good for a long time. Something to pay attention to is the fresh...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 29, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    Oil: Doom, Doom, Doom.....Plenty.....Doom?

    Some very interesting ideas & discussion in this thread. WG has a point; plenty of tech that has been mothballed could be rolled out on relatively...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 17, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
  16. Frozen Canuck
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    Why you should have a chimney cap...

    No oven needed either, already wayyyy past done. Wonder how many pics of things like that the sweeps have?
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 14, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  17. Frozen Canuck
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    Oil: Doom, Doom, Doom.....Plenty.....Doom?

    Not that I am against doing a larger portion of the planets growing here but if that is to happen we are going to have to adopt some big picture long...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    Oil: Doom, Doom, Doom.....Plenty.....Doom?

    It is possible for a longer warm period as well as many other possibilities, increased storms, tornado's becoming the norm etc. I don't think...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: The Green Room
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    North Korea Launch? Shocking. Overheat?

    Great way to look at an OMG moment. Jim if anyone says you dont know how to keep things in perspective show them this thread.:)
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 13, 2013 in forum: The Boiler Room - Wood Boilers and Furnaces
  20. Frozen Canuck
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    Cutting heavy steel without plasma/oxy-acetylene?

    For me a small metal/machining shop in town takes care of all my metal needs whether I supply it from farm scrap or I get it from his stock. It has...
    Post by: Frozen Canuck, Apr 12, 2013 in forum: DIY and General non-hearth advice
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