- 4 season sun room
- Had folks come out from Creative Energy (here) to talk about a sun room .
- Wonderful products
- Very good materials/engineering
- Like the company
- Cost way more than we are willing to pay
- A sunny room (maybe with a pool) and retractable enclosure
- Had a number of emails with someone from Libart (here)
- Another GREAT product
- Pretty good materials
- Really like the company and attitudes
- Cheaper than the sun room but the cost compared to benefits wasn't high enough.
- Below-grade addition (1 or 2 story)
- Really want to do it myself
- Concrete walls
- Am thinking ICF might be the way to go
- Also considered Superior Walls but they thought it might be pricey to use for an addition
- Reduce load on heat pump
- sound deadening
- Being "basement like", would need to somehow deal with excavating below existing foundation. Looks possible but need to consult with someone more experienced.
- "Screened" deck
- Had a quote from a company for $5,000 for a pressure treated deck roughly 12x14 or so.
- Looking at building it myself now.
- Result must be lower maintenance than our existing deck with looks like it was build in 1880 and not maintained.
- Thinking about some (Brazillian?) hardwoods
- Importers
- Decking Here
- Decking Here
- Decking Here
- Decking tiles here
- I like the tiles but can't justify a new deck and them.
- And a good number of other places
- Expensive but given the right wood it could last 50+ years
- Typically still requires an oil sealer to maintain the beautiful colors
- Ipe was used on a number of high profile boardwalks
- Some complaints about "sustainable" forests. Most imports state that the forestry practices are sustainable now for their suppliers. Not sure..
- EzeBreeze windows
- Here
- Looks DIY friendly
- Probably make concrete piers
- This project should be in our budget and needs to get done soon one way or another.
- Steel shingles (roofing)
- various companies
- Long warranties
- Might be cost effective if I can install myself; some companies have training of some sort I think.
- Greenhouse
- Workshop
Projects completed
- Geothermal heat pump
- Works great
- Found a few companies/people worth their weight in diamonds
- Delta Temp
- These guys are GREAT! They fixed a VERY bad install; I wish I had started with them.
- 804-739-5854
- Learned a lot about bad contractors/companies and about how to evaluate better upfront
- Town & Country mechanical - now defunct company from what I hear
- Check that they have a license #
- Check that they are licensed for a job of your size (i.e. Class A is better than C)
- Check that their license isn't expired
- Check with BBB
- Learned that warranties are like statistics
- lies and more lies
- If warranty is through installer and installer goes out of business...no actual warranty exist
