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The SKIP Book kickstarter is now live!
Join me this summer at the 2021 PTJ Event at Wheaton Labsand the 2021 SKIP Event at Wheaton Labs
Mike Jay wrote:So the building is currently sitting on a frost protected (purple) foundation wall on 4x4 posts. The old foundation wall has no footer and one side is tipped in. I'm guessing the old foundation was fine due to your well draining soil but now that the new foundation was dug and backfilled right next to it, it is no longer going to be structurally stable enough for you. That's just a strong hunch on my part.
How about if you just skirt from your nice purple foundation wall up to the bottom of your floor joists and then insulate and seal the underside of the floor for that 2' part that is outside of the skirt? Then you don't have to worry about frost heaving since the purple wall won't move. And all the plumbing that is inside of the purple walls will still be accessible. You can still insulate the entire floor and then seal the perimeter envelope and get a decent result.
In my cabin I built boxes down around the sections of plumbing that were below the joists. In the shower drain area I had a lightbulb as a heater under the floor. The drain in the shower glowed which was a bit eerie.
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Parker Free wrote:I just thought I'd add something for the other interested folks out there, but you might not like it as it's not permanent, although long-lasting, environmentally very, very good, and cheap: bales of straw placed around the perimeter of the home. If you do some research, you'll find that straw bales are extremely thermally efficient. They are also safe from burning (the compacted straw stems are not able to get oxygen to burn well), and can be tucked under the bottom of the house and then hidden by anything you can come up with...decorative picket fencing, aluminum panels, trellis panels....
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Corey Schmidt wrote:
Parker Free wrote:I just thought I'd add something for the other interested folks out there, but you might not like it as it's not permanent, although long-lasting, environmentally very, very good, and cheap: bales of straw placed around the perimeter of the home. If you do some research, you'll find that straw bales are extremely thermally efficient. They are also safe from burning (the compacted straw stems are not able to get oxygen to burn well), and can be tucked under the bottom of the house and then hidden by anything you can come up with...decorative picket fencing, aluminum panels, trellis panels....
awesome idea, though highly subject to attack by a conventionally polluted mindset : ) perhaps some salvaged roofing metal to screw onto the floor joists for easy removal and bale replacement in 20 years. the drier the space, the longer the bales will last. if placed on top of some foam laid on the ground, maybe they last a lifetime... i haven't had the honor of working with strawbales....do they insulate well if they aren't plastered, or is there excessive air infiltration in that case? I like this alternate line of thinking...
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I just had the craziest dream. This tiny ad was in it.
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