What did you do to your non-G body project today? [2023]

[Supercharged111]

don't know. I live south so all we have are ceiling registers. cold air will fall when pumped out. a/c or heat pump are usually located outside and/or in attic.
and pretty much everything here is built slab on grade. any residence with a crawl space is typically a trailer home. any home with a basement is either : rich home owner, built into the side of a hill, or old farm house.

only asking because we are thinking of retiring some place with mountains and winter wonderland and I'm interested in building technique for optimal efficiency



our downstairs unit is floor level but with ceiling registers. our upstairs unit is ceiling at top of stairs landing but there are no registers in that area, only in the bedrooms.




we had Pergo for years in our dining room, great stuff.....until we got a pinhole water leak in the water supply line to the refrigerator. leaked under the wall, drawn by gravity across concrete slab, that caused some mold to grow underneath and there was no way to recover since it was all glued together so had to rip it all up 🤬
we had the foam cushion with plastic sheet which made it more cushioned but walking on it with hard soled shoes was like knocking on the front door. but it stood up to the cats claws chasing each other around the corner at speed, not a scratch on the floor in 10+ years!

By register you're referring to HVAC outlet? If so then yes, floor registers are the norm in my world which is not predominantly hot like your realm. Where I am AC use starts in June and goes through September. The rest of the year is heat, so makes sense to pump it out the floor. My house was built in 1999, so a version or 2 of code updates have since dropped. If you're gonna do a new build, it'll surpass what I have for sure.

My coworker did Pergo and spoke highly of it. This stuff looks to be Uniline. We're doing the floor and repainting the first floor because we're gonna try and sell the house before the recession they've been calling for the last 3 years hits. We'll have our finger tightly on the pulse of the market going forward. Current projections are favorable for the Spring. The crystal ball doesn't go past that and stuff could change between now and then. One thing seems certain: my house won't be worth more in 12 months than it is now. Were I planning to stay a few more years I wouldn't blink an eye, but we'd be trying to move at what looks to be the bottom so acting pre-emptively here.

After seeing the mold that the water heater failure generated and the rot from the linoleum separating from the sub subfloor I'm inclined to rocking sub subfloors in the bathrooms on the new build. Let that upper layer take the rot and damage and preserve the real subfloor as it did on this house.

Today I plugged about a jillion nail holes, plugged the bolt holes from the TV wall mount V1 and V2, revisited some multiple iterations of curtain rod holes, filled in a corner crack at the sliding door, ignored pantry door wall damage, etc. This place is gonna be spiffy when we're done, then hand it off to some other dbag to enjoy. I'm glad I get the practice but gonna be a bit jealous of what the new owner gets to enjoy.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

don't know. I live south so all we have are ceiling registers. cold air will fall when pumped out. a/c or heat pump are usually located outside and/or in attic.
and pretty much everything here is built slab on grade. any residence with a crawl space is typically a trailer home. any home with a basement is either : rich home owner, built into the side of a hill, or old farm house.

only asking because we are thinking of retiring some place with mountains and winter wonderland and I'm interested in building technique for optimal efficiency



our downstairs unit is floor level but with ceiling registers. our upstairs unit is ceiling at top of stairs landing but there are no registers in that area, only in the bedrooms.




we had Pergo for years in our dining room, great stuff.....until we got a pinhole water leak in the water supply line to the refrigerator. leaked under the wall, drawn by gravity across concrete slab, that caused some mold to grow underneath and there was no way to recover since it was all glued together so had to rip it all up 🤬
we had the foam cushion with plastic sheet which made it more cushioned but walking on it with hard soled shoes was like knocking on the front door. but it stood up to the cats claws chasing each other around the corner at speed, not a scratch on the floor in 10+ years!

There are not words to fully express how overrated winter wonderlands are. The cold gets very old pretty fast not to mention the road salt that will quickly dissolve your cars. In the mountains people have to shovel snow off their roofs to avoid collapses. Once the snow does melt away it creates a muddy mess for a couple of months.

 

[Supercharged111]

There are not words to fully express how overrated winter wonderlands are. The cold gets very old pretty fast not to mention the road salt that will quickly dissolve your cars. In the mountains people have to shovel snow off their roofs to avoid collapses. Once the snow does melt away it creates a muddy mess for a couple of months.

Wimp! 😛 An attached garage goes a long way. A new build shouldn't need to have the roof shovelled. Back in MI where we're headed roof load is 70psf, in other parts it's 80. No reductions allowed. Older homes not so much. If all you're doing is sitting on your *ss indoors waiting for Spring, well, that's boring. Get out and explore, snowmobile, ski, snowshoe, go enjoy a landscape that only exists a few months out of the year in a handful of locations in the country. Cold with no snow is pointless. There's no way to put a positive spin on it. And that's the majority of places in the US come winter time.

 

[ck80]

Wimp! 😛 An attached garage goes a long way. A new build shouldn't need to have the roof shovelled. Back in MI where we're headed roof load is 70psf, in other parts it's 80. No reductions allowed. Older homes not so much. If all you're doing is sitting on your *ss indoors waiting for Spring, well, that's boring. Get out and explore, snowmobile, ski, snowshoe, go enjoy a landscape that only exists a few months out of the year in a handful of locations in the country. Cold with no snow is pointless. There's no way to put a positive spin on it. And that's the majority of places in the US come winter time.

They also make the snow bombs you toss on the roof to melt snow... and heated driveways for new builds attached to either an outdoor boiler or, electric heating grid.

For our impending move northwards heated driveway and walkway are definitely in the works for the primary drive. It sounds like a lot until you do the math

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Wimp! 😛 An attached garage goes a long way. A new build shouldn't need to have the roof shovelled. Back in MI where we're headed roof load is 70psf, in other parts it's 80. No reductions allowed. Older homes not so much. If all you're doing is sitting on your *ss indoors waiting for Spring, well, that's boring. Get out and explore, snowmobile, ski, snowshoe, go enjoy a landscape that only exists a few months out of the year in a handful of locations in the country. Cold with no snow is pointless. There's no way to put a positive spin on it. And that's the majority of places in the US come winter time.

Less snow and ice means less snow shoveling which killed my grandfather, safer travel, and less salt applications which means less decay.

 

[Supercharged111]

Less snow and ice means less snow shoveling which killed my grandfather, safer travel, and less salt applications which means less decay.

Being warm is nice, but being hot SUCKS. I stand by my prior post. Cold with no snow is pointless. I'd rather be warm and productive. I'm one of those sickos who enjoys snow cleanup. I know the more I have to clean up there is, the more there is to play in in the woods. Now if you don't have the right equipment it will suck to clean up. And you can bet the heat is on in my house. The new build will have a heated garage too. Inside is inside and outside is outside.

 

[86LK]

I spent 5 yrs in the midWest attending college right on the Mississippi, I know how cold it can get out there. Also lived a year in northern Maine close to Canada and another year down at the NH/Maine border. Dad actually planned to retire to Colorado Springs so we were there a year also but then ended moving back to Yugoslavia for 3 more years. I've spent time up north, doesn't bother me a bit. but being cold with no snow sucks equally as bad as Supercharged111 said
as ck80 pointed out, being hot SUCKS. A/C in Texas can run almost any day of the year. I remember one year having 5 days of 90+ degree heat around Christmas day.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

I spent 5 yrs in the midWest attending college right on the Mississippi, I know how cold it can get out there. Also lived a year in northern Maine close to Canada and another year down at the NH/Maine border. Dad actually planned to retire to Colorado Springs so we were there a year also but then ended moving back to Yugoslavia for 3 more years. I've spent time up north, doesn't bother me a bit. but being cold with no snow sucks equally as bad as Supercharged111 said
as ck80 pointed out, being hot SUCKS. A/C in Texas can run almost any day of the year. I remember one year having 5 days of 90+ degree heat around Christmas day.

Heat doesn't bother me nearly as much as the cold. If its hot I can go swimming. Heating bills are nothing to sneeze at and layers of heavy clothing is unconfortable. As I said snow entails car decaying road salt which is nearly pure entropy. Furthermore, snow interfers with all forms of travel including just walking around and when it melts it creates a muddy mess that takes another month to dry out. Snow only stays pretty a couple of days before it turns to ugly dirty half melted slush.

9 years ago it was 72 on Christmas day which is rare around here but I prefered it to any white Christmas. In short, I find cold weather pointless and unproductive regardless of snow. If if does have to be cold I still prefer no snow as there is at least less interference than cold with snow. But it is like saying a turd sandwich without puss sauce is better than one with. I rather the weather be warm or even hot rather than cold. It is why I would like to move to a climate with mild winters. The winters in my area are about middle serverity which I still find too harsh. Temp extremes in either direction are objectionable.

 

[Built6spdMCSS]

Last time I saw snow was a 1/4" dusting in Dec 2017.

Yup I'm fine with that, some people love that winter wonderland crap. People can't drive on clear sunny days in the summer, they don't need help to make it worse..🤣

 

[Supercharged111]

Last time I saw snow was a 1/4" dusting in Dec 2017.

Yup I'm fine with that, some people love that winter wonderland crap. People can't drive on clear sunny days in the summer, they don't need help to make it worse..🤣

You're missing another key advantage here. Because most people think like you, there are fewer people in said winter wonderland. 😉