The Boston Globe: Explore Maine’s ‘Matchstick House,’ a slender contemporary design built on a narrow lot
Explore Maine’s ‘Matchstick House,’ a slender contemporary design built on a narrow lot
Duluth News Tribune: Narrow lot, narrow house: How new construction can fit in Duluth's otherwise empty 25-foot lots
Narrow lot, narrow house: How new construction can fit in Duluth's otherwise empty 25-foot lots
The house has radiator heat. The boiler kicks on intermittently when the thermostat shows that the house is 4-5 degrees above the set temperature. Is this a design feature of high efficiency boilers since it may take a while to bring the house up to temp with radiators or is there something wrong with the thermostat or boiler control?
I have no basement in my house - sits on a concrete slab. I have tile/hardwood/pergo floors and yes they are cold in the winter. We've got some carpet and rugs covering about 50% of the total area. Do you think I loose a lot of heat to the floor? If so, do you have any suggestions?
Building restrictions limited options for the lot, so the architect designed a 16-foot-wide-by-78-foot-long home. With the rugged beauty of the coastline and proximity to Portland, Cape Elizabeth ...
You can try bracing it to the house by attaching steel brackets of some sort to the chimney and structure of the house to buy you a year, maybe, but even then i wouldnt want a couple 2x4's to hold up thousands of pounds of brick and masonry. Is there just that one flue in the chimney?
Our house was built in 2009 and it has a beautiful fireplace with an insert. We didn't do too many fires last winter (maybe 1) but this year are wanting to use it more.