Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com cc: Subject: Re: [biofuel] Radiant heating (was: steel roofing) >I was thinking about maybe a raised floor (crawlspace) using "engineered >wood products" (I-joists) spanning a perimeter foundation. Subfloor could >be Oriented Strand Board or something similar, then a radiant heating system >set into a thin-slab on top of that. Might be a good compromise -- >less concrete >overall, more wood than a slab floor, but at least wood from small scrappier >trees, and easy access to the plumbing, sewer lines, and wiring underneath. >What do you folks think? (BTW, there sure seems to be a lot of expertise in >this group on the subject of house construction! Please keep it >coming... :-)) Take a look at steel joists. A lot cheaper and stronger than engineered wood joists. Dietrich Industries outside Chicago has what they call a trade ready floor system. Very nice. Spans greater distances than wood can as well. Also be aware of the out-gassing of chemicals used to manufacture OSB (oriented strand board). Cheers, Joe. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
