Please note, this is a draft version of the post 🙂 Everyone I know that has a vaulted ceiling says they are very nice to look at but that it is very difficult to heat/cool a house that has them. The most recent example was this past Sunday at church. My friend is retired and her children have moved out on their own. Now her house is too big and the vaulted ceiling is costing her a lot of money
Here are the components for my buddy’s new 4.4GHz OCed gaming system, pretty sweet and quite a nice price! Begin quote: ASROCK Extreme 4 Z77 Motherboard – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 $90 via NewEgg with Open Box deal Core i5-3570K Unlocked Processor – http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5-3570K-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B007SZ0E1K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389275068&sr=8-1&keywords=core+i5+3570k $199 via Amazon G.Skill Ripjaws 8GB Kit – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428 $79 via NewEgg Zalman CPNS9500LED-A Cooler – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223 $39 via NewEgg Lite-On SATA DVD Burner – http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106289 $14 via NewEggg I reused my Antec P180 case and my Antec 550watt
We are planning on building a new house next Spring 🙂 As such, I have been trying to get a feel for cost per finished square ft. So far, after talking to other people that have built homes in the area and a number of builders, it looks like our area is generally $75-$125 per finished square foot. We live in an aera with bountiful timber and fairly low wages, quite ideal for house construction. So, that figure it likely
Image source: OnyxSolar, please visit their site below… My long time buddy, and most excellent architect, John Odom forwarded me an interesting email about PV skylights. He tries to keep me abreast of the latest architectural trends and while “BIPV” or Building-integrated photovoltaics has been around for a while, it is DEFINITELY a popular topic today! Here’s a brief intro to the subject of BIPV and its components: Skylights – an integral feature of modern architecture We are probably all familiar with skylights