Re: [GBlist] foundation insulation boards

["Paul" <webmaster@globalcircle.net>]

I'm in a dry climate and it's not my department ;-)

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On 2/26/02 at 10:00 AM Kathleen Mitchell wrote:

>I assumed that all this talk of mildew on concrete walls was happening in
>basements, away from the sun.  Was I mistaken in this assumption?  Is it
>happening in sunrooms?
>
>-Kathleen Mitchell
>
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>From: Paul <webmaster@globalcircle.net>
>To: <greenbuilding@crest.org>
>Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 7:15 PM
>Subject: RE: [GBlist] foundation insulation boards
>
>
>>
>> I agree, and the mistake would be looking at each feature in isolation.
>If
>> that concrete wall space is also a sunroom by having south glass on one
>> side, the thermal mass would help heat the house above and moderate
>> temperature swings in the living space. In summer, the glass could be
>> covered and the area vented to the outside at night to keep it cool
under
>> the floor, just the reverse of winter. And you'd insulate the outside of
>> the concrete wall year round. Now this arrangement could easily work on
a
>> south facing slope, harder to do on flat ground of course. You make the
>> climate work for you instead of against you.
>
>
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