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Comments (14)We did build the house. It came out beautifully. We, too, are very near the water. Hurricane codes down South are very strict for new construction, now. Because of those requirements, our house has been built something like nine feet above the flood plain and will withstand almost anything but a direct hit. Because of that, our insurance rates are less than we had expected. On the sinking of the piers question: I believe they used thirty foot posts. Whether to go with concrete or wood seems to be a point of contention between the various builders. Ours believed the wood posts were better and so, that is what we have. As I understand it, the depths the posts are sunk depends on how far down the bedrock is. As there had been so little response to my first post, I believed there was little interest in pier houses, and did not continue posting about it. I will try to download some pictures for you, if you are interested. It really did come out nicely. We did it in a beautiful pale yellow called "Narcissus" with white trim ~ and it does look very Key Westy! Our Master's level is upstairs, with a private deck off the Master bedroom and a study on that level, as well. The main level contains the guest bed and bath, a beautiful entry, family room, dining room, kitchen, laundry room with pantry, and a screened lanai. Wishing you well on your build. Barbara...See MoreWould you split downstairs into two zones?
Comments (14)Mike_home, boilers, furnaces and heat pumps that have variable outputs have sweet spots for efficiency. The sweet spot is NOT at 100% output. At the highest output, the efficiency can be significantly lower. Heat exchanger capacity can approach saturation because air/fluid fluid flow is limiting. (You tell me, can higher operating pressures might increase causing compressor inefficiency?) There are a number of potential causes. I suspect that HX capacity is the root of most of this. Ask yourself what happens to efficiency if you double or triple the size of the indoor and outdoor HXs of a typical heat pump? Fan speeds can decrease with the ECM motors and efficiency will still be higher than at 100%. That will happen with a condensing boiler as well. As firing rate goes up, the the counterflow HX gets hotter, even on the "cool" end eventually limiting the condensing ability. As home envelope efficiency increases, set backs save less energy. At the same time, if the set backs decrease the efficiency of heating or cooling equipment, you end up in a poorer place especially if the equipment is sized very closely to the most demanding requirements. I have a couple of more global comments. First, If the controls are up to the job, set-back recovery could be efficient solving the problem by limiting output to that sweeter place. (Reserving full output to times when it is required by climactic conditions, power failures and the like.) Some residential modulating boilers can do that and in more than one approach. I dunno about furnaces. I've not seen it for VS heat pumps. That situation is somewhat analogous to the early days of heat pumps when there was a no set-back rule. The solution is a little more complicated than one-speed with heat strips, but not excessive given the development and price of microprocessors. I believe that it is being approached at the residential level. It already has been done at the commercial/institutional level. Second, meaningful official efficiency rating of variable speed equipment is at a very primitive state. Unless I've missed something, it does not exist. Some offer information for the engineer types. . (It is a lot of information!) Even if that information is available, it is difficult to apply to individual homes and climates because it requires a lot of calculations....See MoreDoes anyone have examples of gallery wall balancing taller furniture?
Comments (11)Here are some examples I thought were attractive, but not quite used in the way I'm imagining (edited to fix all the messed up pics): I especially like these because I'm leaning toward a mid-tone greyish for the wall, maybe black or also grey for the furniture, and then white gallery frames: Another with the dark wall for tv/av stuff. In my living room, the "tv stand" (dresser) has a bunch of av equipment and gaming consoles on it, and they aren't going anywhere else, unfortunately. So I'm planning to go for this type of camouflage (maybe not quite so dark as the room is already dark): This is so pretty with the mirrors: Here I like how they blocked the wall with a fun color - may help for balancing out the shelf unit on the other side in my room (although it would be oriented vertically rather than horizontally): Another wall next to a shelf: This photo grouping seems to balance the floor lamp, maybe? Does this work because there are photos both on the shelf to the left of the tv as well as on the surface to the right of the tv? Our entertainment dresser surface won't have space for anything on it other than consoles and av equipment. Just adding because I like the rainbow effect:...See MoreDoes anyone have two laundry rooms?
Comments (79)For those that have kids do their own laundry don’t they waste water then? Maybe, but it's a learning experience for them, so worthwhile. While I can see the advantages, I'm not sure it is necessary either. Oh, of course it's not necessary. I think even the people who advocate for the idea don't think it's a necessity. Back to laundry, my upstairs laundry room is pretty small so the room is always full of clothes. I don't think size of the room is always the issue -- a small but well designed room can be more functional than a larger space. For what it's worth, my pantry /laundry room is pretty big -- about 15x7 -- but it's a horribly designed space. You have to walk through the kitchen to reach it, and it has a useless exterior door. The space could've been laid out so much better. And it's so far from the bedrooms that "folded loads" end up left on top of the machines -- then College Girl comes and pulls an item out of the middle, and they topple over. I don't really want a bigger laundry room, but I do wish I had a space for "waiting loads" and a location closer to the bedrooms so it wouldn't feel like such a chore to carry finished loads literally the length of the house. We easily have two loads of laundry a day. This'll change for you -- eventually. I only have one kid at home now, and she's only home part-time. My husband is retired, so he doesn't wear business clothes /re-uses jeans for several days. In the summer when I don't work, my laundry is downright easy! Something to look forward to in retirement. I'd consider doing stackable compact machines upstairs and then larger capacity machines that could handle things like sleeping bags or dog beds downstairs. I'm definitely going to downsize our machines when they need replacing. 10-12 years ago I bought large front-loaders, and I appreciated the large loads they could hold -- but, oh, they are space hogs. Large items -- sleeping bags and dog beds, as you mentioned -- don't get washed all that often. If I have to take them to a laundry mat or a cleaner, it would be okay. I counted the TV sets in the suite: 7. Seven. In the master suite. Seven? How can that possibly be? I'm trying to imagine where they could go: One in the bed chamber, one for the tub, one for a sitting area ... this is like a train wreck. I have to know! Surely no one watches TV in the closet?...See Moreremodeling1840
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