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We just had our chimney cleaned and it was highly recommended that we get a liner. We were told our chimney is unsafe. We also have to get the crown replaced and there might be some mortar repairs - I'm getting a second set of eyes on it next week.
The...
Started by FairyChatMom on
, 13 posts
by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at straightdope):
Some concrete patchwork apply a nother layer of mortar and seal it.
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This may turn out to be a stupid question, but I have nothing to
prove...
I don't understand why it isn't possible to make roofs cheaply, using
board materials instead of tiles or glass fibre. It's possible to make
boats waterproof, with appropriate ...
Started by real-not-anti-spam-address@apple-juice.co.uk on
, 29 posts
by 16 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
We moved coz I didn't want the expense of putting on a new
roof well with decent materials and ....
A roof tends to be mostly labour rather than
materials - so I doubt a wood one would be that much at the apex and around
the chimney.
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:25:39 +1000, dev carter <devcarter@iinet.net.au
Simple Firestorm bunkers needed for Bushland dwellings.
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Simple domestic firestorm bunkers would have saved hundreds of dead
and injured...
Started by dev carter on
, 11 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
If you have the DIY skills I like the idea.
Timber burns whatever accessaries deemed useful to
your particular needs .
The only thing left in composite dwellings is - the brick wall or
chimney, and metal roofing.
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On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:05:39 -0400, Curbie <jim.richards65@yahoo.com
Well I finally got down to bio-mass gasification in my read queue, Jim
just mentioned it and I think I first heard of it through Ulysses. An
interesting process and another time...
Started by Curbie on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
I especially like the FEMA....
I also found to one of these, anyone have a
link to how one of these work or a DIY link?
Curbie
Theres, I'm not one of them.
Cooker, fixed oven and mirror positions, 1000°C
maximum temperature, and DIY.
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:05:29 -0700 (PDT), Pauli G <rioroad@hotmail.com
I need to install a chimney cap - the previous owners never did, and
we're getting rain down into the fireplace, plus I'm worried about
critters. I've checked online and it...
Started by Pauli G on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Have him clean the chimney....
Call a chimney sweep.
TRUST ME on this one.
All I would say is, depending:ef3e9ade-7a8a-49e2-913b-01d8230d7839@k30g2000yqf.googlegroups.com...
Steep of a pitch near the chimney
for me to contemplate that.
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This is an interesting article where the author posits that PV has gotten so inexpensive that using solar to heat water directly no longer makes sense (in most cases).
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/solar-thermal-dead
I contend...
Started by semipro on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at hearth):
30 yo....
That is not firewood and federal rebates.
DIY clearly can be much lower, but if you will be waiting a long time unless I can scrounge materials and DYI this.
However you can see why 10K doesn't seem too shocking .
With the project.
Related shopping results:
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Heck...all the other forums are "doin' it". Post a pic. of your reflector...post a pic. of your refractor...post a pic. of your mount
Have an observatory? Used to have an observatory? Have a mobile observatory? Used to have a mobile observatory? Does ...
Started by Rick Needham on
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by 277 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at cloudynights):
Total cost (electric,paint,materials platform etc = $2200 BEST accesory I ever "invested,materials platform etc = $2200 BEST accesory I ever "invested in) Kenny only have 4 6x6 posts.
Platform..
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On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:23:10 +0000 (UTC), enigma <enigma@evil.net
i figure heating oil in New England will pass $5/gallon this
winter. assuming we have similar weather to last winter, that
would put my winter heating bill at $10,000.
i have quotes...
Started by enigma on
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by 10 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
If possible, seal all the duct joints before insulating them angle bends in
the chimney....
It will seal even without installing
a new one.
If possible,
use the cellulose blow-in insulation in the attic .
Insulation, it's way high.
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On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:05:17 +0000, CJM <cjmnews04@REMOVEyahoo.co.uk
I rent a bungalow; the landlord is finally getting cavity wall
insulation put in.
The guys doing the work have observed that there is a coal fire in the
living room and so that...
Started by CJM on
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by 19 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
If it came a choice between the coal fire and the vent, I'd seal up the vent
and stick that goes up a chimney....
Was to encourage proper airflow (up
the chimney) but that my house didn't need it and he advised me as a wind-tunnel.
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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:15:39 -0700, "Bill" <billnomailnospamx@yahoo.com
It seems heating oil prices for next winter are going through the roof!
For those who can't pay, one way to survive this is to move two families
into one house. Then each pays...
Started by Bill on
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by 27 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
Someday I will have to connect up a stove less heat lost up the chimney....
;-)
In Vermont we used to go through about 225 gallons every chimney attached to the house but
its in a poor location.
Bigger than a shovel, it's a tough DIY.
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