Thanks Geno for the explanation. If the glacier in my backyard ever melts, I'll get out there and see just how much work there is. Bill Stephan Kansas Citty MO Email: [email protected] Phone: (816)803-2469
----- Original Message ----- From: Geno <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 11, 2010 8:01 pm Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Blocking the wind. > I am thinking that Dale might be able to give a better answer to > this. But: > I go to Home Depot or the other big large hardware store, The > foam comes in > large 4 by 8 sheets, there is this, according to my son, Norman, a > silvercolor to one side and a little different silver to the other > side. The > sheets come in 1 inch all the way up to 4 or 6 inches thick. So > using my > tape measure measuring off from, in my case Black-top that I > originallyblack-topped around the back of the house - foundation > out 10 feet into the > back yard area. This is where the Deck was built over that service > and the > Sun-room was installed on the deck. So on the south end 10.2 feet > across I > measured the deck to the black-top and just a little extra, then > slid into > place with the deck frame. As on the North end the same thing. > Now with > this metal they are used for many different things, I was told, > they come 14 > inches in depth and 2 feet across, fitted them into place and > underneath the > flashing of the sun-room down over the deck. This on the south > end. Then > took Out-door silicone and sealed very good along the black-top > and entire > area and each section that came together and also the flashing for > a tight > seal. On the North end being the Black-top was right to the edge > of the > deck. The deck a small amount to the lawn, I dug a trench and > placed the > sections in. carefully sliding up underneath the flashing of the > sun-room > and the rest into the ground right up to the black-top and then > the out-door > silicone sealed each section and the flashing. So it is all air > tight. Of > course making sure underneath was totally dry still first. In > front of the > 24 foot long sun-room I had placed a tarp, heavy grade, but now as > said this > spring, early summer, will be digging out the rose bed, right > after trimming > back the rose bushes and removing the tarp from underneath the > flashing,leave in place and put in the foam strips and the metal > or tin, strips and > fasten and seal and then back with the top soil and never have to > worryabout it again. I took Dales' ideas in gaining even more > solar heat to the > house. I can tell you since just doing both ends and our winters > in Maine, > let alone living on a peninsula, that reaches out into Casco Bay > of te > Atlantic Ocean.. Well we see cold up here.. The wind chills can be > wellbelow zero.. Especially now for January.. We call today 30/31/ > a heat wave > here.. Anyway as long as there is a good quality of sun that sun- > room takes > little time to heat up once the sun hits the three walls of windows!! > Geno >
