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Building Science Lab
…manufacturer promotion, and post-construction live monitoring of instrument data. Costs The cost of materials, instrumentation, and labour to construct these test panels will primarily be borne by SENWiEco. Structural Monitoring…
Happy New Year …. one can hope!
…including insulation, cladding, and 8″ S.S. screws to attach cladding. (www.theenclosure.ca/laboured-progress) Plan and started ordering materials for HRV. The 2.0 diameter radius elbows took a while to get in, but…
Structural Design Restart
…and Floor Truss design is still valid under the new rules and then order those materials so they can arrive from back east in time for construction. As always –…
Let There Be Light!
…https://www.maximlighting.com/how-much-light https://www.alconlighting.com/blog/residential-led-lighting/how-do-i-determine-how-many-led-lumens-i-need-for-a-space/ https://learn.eartheasy.com/guides/led-light-bulbs-comparison-charts/ & https://en.lumenco.ca/recessed-lighting-calculator/ In the end I came up with the following table to determine the general lumens needed per square foot of room: Room Foot Candles Needed…
Italian Import – English Luxury
…the LCD and computer ribbon connection is readily available online and cheap, so I do not have to replace the entire instrument assembly. The total surprise was the need to…
Laboured Progress
…the concrete slab. With the help from Graham (RDH) and Jason (SMT), I have also finalized the sub-floor-slab insulation lab. This lab will analyze the wetting of XPS, EPS, and…
More Planning
…I do not exceed the 200 amps coming to the dwelling (Welder, compressor, dryer, and high amp car charger). I am working with www.pspproducts.com on both the dropping relays and…
Dewpoints and Indoor Humidity
…to find online-calculators for my needs. Figure 7 https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/wet-bulb Calculate Wet bulb temperature using temp and humidity Figure 8 https://www.adicotengineering.com/condensate-calculator Plug in all of our data, including the wet-bulb…
Hangers, Humps, and Roadside Bumps
…got a firm answer. Many hangers call out what are termed 16d common nails. But in general no length is easily found when looking the hanger up online. Through my…
Finally!
…were not comfortable with this advanced construction entailed in my design and did not formally recognize the Provincially published prescriptive guide Illustrated Guide – R22+ Effective Walls in Residential Construction…