House Design For Narrow Lot

The Boston Globe: Explore Maine’s ‘Matchstick House,’ a slender contemporary design built on a narrow lot

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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

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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?

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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?

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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 ...

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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.