got my blower door/ heat lost numbers done > help me read them
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place is 2600 sq feet r30 walls and r70 roof windows are triple pane w/gas
alaskawild
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Tarry...
Hello. Hope you guys had a great Christmas! We have been out of town for almost a month. I was able to get up to Copperstown, NY. to visit with Mark at AHONA Boilers. Great trip plus got to checkout the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beautiful country!
If I understand your report it looks like they came up with a calculation of about 32 btu per sq ft. 2600x32=83,200btu. That's close to your Net Heat Load of 83.9 MMBtu. Looks like Jan is your biggest heat loss month and that makes total since. I guess my question is what design temperature did they use for the calculation. That would be lowest expected outside temp with a 70 degree inside temp. Did they qualify your house for an energy rating for Alaska Housing?
Hello. Hope you guys had a great Christmas! We have been out of town for almost a month. I was able to get up to Copperstown, NY. to visit with Mark at AHONA Boilers. Great trip plus got to checkout the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beautiful country!
If I understand your report it looks like they came up with a calculation of about 32 btu per sq ft. 2600x32=83,200btu. That's close to your Net Heat Load of 83.9 MMBtu. Looks like Jan is your biggest heat loss month and that makes total since. I guess my question is what design temperature did they use for the calculation. That would be lowest expected outside temp with a 70 degree inside temp. Did they qualify your house for an energy rating for Alaska Housing?
20 below an 70 inside , using akaska warm ,this was a dry run, to help with what direction to head... 6 stars is out ..unless I dig around the whole house a extend the foam out 2 more feet ..
.. I started this house in 2011 ..guess I was not forward looking enough ...
.. I started this house in 2011 ..guess I was not forward looking enough ...
alaskawild
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You must have a shallow footer setup I'm guessing? That would be the reason for the 2 feet of foam. This does also help with frost heaving issues although where you're located I'm not sure that would be that big of concern.
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