This is part II of how to make your own solar thermal collector to help offset heating costs this winter. You will need a good south facing wall to mount this collector on. In order to be most effective, the wall should be unshaded between 9 am to 3 pm daily. Some defused sunlight shining [...]
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Ever since we did the basement water work, I have been very diligent about checking the basement floor after it rains to see if there is any seepage. Imagine my surprise then, this morning when I venture down to the basement (after last night’s downpour) to see this: What the? Holy Hand Grenades Batman! [...] I would call the heating season over, for the most part. Last winter we used 430 gallons of heating oil. At 1,575 square feet, that means we burned 0.273 gallons of oil per Ft2 or about 38 kBTU per Ft2 for the entire heating season. Looking at the weather information, there were seven fewer heating [...] |
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