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by Kattrina
Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:26 pm
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Re: Insulating Skirting

maryella
Sound like you have great material for your skirting. If it is the stuff I am thinking about. What are you using it for?
by Kattrina
Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:22 pm
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Re: Insulating Skirting

We will have to make a grill for it then. Like I said there is a piece of sheet metal laying over it with just a sliver of a opening for cold air return.
by Kattrina
Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Re: Insulating Skirting

Thanks for all the reply's. Our contractor has just finished this morning. Re-insulated the belly of the home and redid all the skirting with Styrofoam insulation. I will be timing the running of the furnace now. I have a new question on our cold air return. There is only one and that is in the clos...
by Kattrina
Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:32 pm
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Re: Insulating Skirting

Yanita I was looking for this post in the HVAC forum but can't find it. I am new to this so not sure how it works or what happens when something is moved. I really still need a answer on the underbelly. My contract will be there tomorrow morning and need to know if I have to have a underbelly? If I ...
by Kattrina
Thu Oct 01, 2009 9:29 pm
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Re: Insulating Skirting

Our home is a single that started out as a 14x70' but we have remodeled extensively. So our whole square footage is around 1700 sq ft now. Our Furnace is a Coleman 70K. According to our contractor the underside is insulated but the belly board is shredded or missing.
What is a HVAC issue?
by Kattrina
Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:09 am
Forum: Coleman Service & Repair
Topic: Insulating Skirting
Replies: 11
Views: 5560

Insulating Skirting

We have a contractor coming in on Monday to redo our skirting. We had originally built mini stud walls and put 3.5" insulation in on 24" centers. Then chicken wire to keep it up just in case it slipped. Last winter we put in a new furnace (before we used garage un-vented propane heaters). ...
by Kattrina
Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:31 pm
Forum: Off Topic Discussions
Topic: How much have you spent on propane?
Replies: 10
Views: 9747

How much have you spent on propane?

We have a 79 Marshfield home and just replaced the furnace that was in here with a Comfort furnace. The new one went in in May of 08. From Sept 30th to Feb 12th we have gone through $2100 in propane. January and February propane bills was over $1200. We live in Northern Wisconsin and have extensivel...