Recent content by buzz

Saint, looks like a great design, bet you can't wait for it to be finished! 100 piles for the whole place is crazy, how many sq ft is the house? I had around 50 on my 2200 sq ft house and thought that was a lot. Guess it adds up fast if you have a lot of corners in the design though... buzz

Exactly as said above, only worried about the moisture in the Winter months when it's causing problems with the door operation from condensation and freezing.

So lets go with a $1,500 budget. Scope would be to maintain RH levels at 40% or lower at 10 C. Last year I was maintaining RH levels or 60% at 10C without any equipment. I spent some time yesterday looking at operating costs of Dehu vs HRV when brining down RH from 60% to 40% for my garage...

Didn't really have a budget in mind, not going to spend 5k+, but not looking to have it done for under $100 either. Any reasoning or just past experience it has always worked best?

This winter I'm looking to solve some moisture issues I keep having and am wondering which is the most efficient way to do so. Bit of background: 1100 sq ft garage attached to house, R50 in attic, R24 walls (2x4 roxul, 2" SM), 3x "R16" doors (1-3/4" thick insulated door, doubt the R16 claimed)...

I just finished building and went the 2" foam route over a 2x4 wall with R14 in it. Foundation got 4" all the way down. I have also installed temp, RH and moisture content sensors throughout the wall section to keep an eye on things. The 2" is borderline for keeping the dew point out as...

One disadvantage to hanging vertical is that the wall will not have as much strength as when they are hung horizontally. So if it's on a long straight wall, might want to hang it horizontally to give it full strength potential. I forget any exact numbers, but recall hanging 1/2" drywall...

That's how all the basement guys do it up here, except what I have seen is they throw in a ton of nails on the inside of the "ladder" so they are half in the wood, half in the concrete. This is what holds the wood to the concrete. I'm guessing on the setup above the nails would have stayed in...

Thanks for the info Dex. You assumed correct, I'm in Winnipeg, Canada. I also talked some more with the sales guy at LaFarge and got some further info from him as well. I'm ending up going with the 30 MPa w/o air as it will be in a heated garage so it won't have to cope with the freeze-thaw...

I'm just getting ready to pour a new garage pad this coming weekend and have had a couple different opinions from the guy placing the concrete versus the supplier in regards to my needs. Looking for some quick answers. Bit of background, 1021 sq ft garage, Grade Beam is already poured. For...

If you want a good SS drain look at these guys: http://www.kuselequipment.com/newwebsite/kusel_stainless_steel_drainage_systems.html I recently picked up one of the KE series drains for the garage I'm building, very nice unit, but has a pretty hefty price tag to go with it. buzz