Use 2 by 6 studs and put in R19 insulation in the walls. R40 in the attic.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [email protected] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shane Hecker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 6:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house > I'm in south texas. There are no hills to speak of. I heard of someone > building an adobe house in this area, but have no idea how well it would > stand to a category 5 hurricane. > > Shane > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john schwery > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 5:56 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] building a house > > > Build an earth home. But, you might need a hill side for that. > > earlier, Shane Hecker, wrote: > > > > > >I'm planning to build a house in a few months. This question will likely > >invite some debate, which I think is good. If you wanted to build a > house as > >energy efficient as possible, without breaking the bank, how would you > do > >it? To make things simpler (or perhaps more difficult), there is a > $80000 > >budget for building. > > > >Shane > > > > > > John > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > >
