I think the rest of your gear also plays a factor. Half the time when guys are complaining about their goggles fogging they are sweating. You need good gear that helps regulate your temperature.
I wear klims along with a Klim artic balaclava or a breath deflector and klim helmet. They are all...
Lucky nothing happened. have heard of a few stories like this lately. All ended with getting their house broken into while they drove them to get gas or their vehicle stolen while they were gone.
Ideal Security SK617 Portable 4-Zone Motion Sensor Alarm, Household Sensors & Alarms - Amazon Canada
This one is newer than mine. It has a remote and mine has a keypad. I think this one with the remote would be well worth the extra money.
You can buy a motion detector alarm for about 35 bucks that will do a pretty good job of getting rid of unwanted visitors quickly before they have a chance to get away with your goods. Money well spent but kind of a pain to have to use it every time you enter or exit the building.
I'm guessing there wont be many issues. Companies are fairly careful not to release lemons these days. They spend a fortune on research and development and I bet they have been testing this motor for years.
no I put the batts in first. Really depends on where you are if you have to vapor barrier over it, closed cell or open cell. Usually if your going to drywall they dont care. Been doing it for years only lately they started caring all thanks to spray foam off gassing.
if you want a warm basement, under the slab needs to be insulated, in-floor heat is also great and most important is to insulate the top of your pony wall as well as the cavity's between the floor joists.
Houses pass code with out the top of the pony walls insulated so no one does it and you...
The little bit of money you save on the framing, gets eaten by the electricians and plumbers as they charge more for icf.
For me on an average it would cost about 5k more for icf. I dont do it as it would take forever to get that money back in savings and most buyers will not pay for what they...
Not sure about the appraisers, but no one else cares. Very very few are going to pay more for it. People would rather spend the money elsewhere. The extra cost for it is going to take forever to recoup in energy costs.