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re: underground homes
5 jan 2003
"cheryl giles" wrote:
>while energy saving, moisture is serious a problem. mold, mildew.
steve spence blithely replied:
>only if the wall temperature is colder than the air temperature. easily
>fixed with insulation and ventilation.
how would you do this, exactly, steve?
>see http://www.monolithicdome.com/plan_design/belowgrade/
nice domes, but they don't seem to know much about heatflow. i see
they've now rewritten their claim to an "effective r-value" of 60
without mentioning that this only applies if the indoor temp is
between the daily min and max outdoor temps...
nick
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