[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Smart house designs

[Robert Waldrop]

> If you get a pretty efficient ( say R-4) 
> shutter, you may cause condensation
> on your glass and frames, which could play havoc 
> with your sheetrock
> returns. > Bruce Donelson A BEtter builder

We have two windows where we have been using 
panels that fit into the window well snugly for a 
year and this has not been a problem for us. 
Other's mileage may certainly vary.  I used the 
word "snugly" rather than "tightly" because they 
pull in and out.  The panel is 3" thick (4 layers 
of 3/4 inch insulating board).

When we built out our walls to 9 inches by adding 
a new wall 5.5 inches inside of the existing 
exterior walls, we framed our window wells with 
wood.

Bob Waldrop, Oklahoma City

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Donelson" 
<abetterbuilder at frontiernet.net>
To: "Lawrence Lile" <LLile at projsolco.com>; "Robert 
Waldrop" <bwaldrop at cox.net>; 
<greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Smart 
house designs
>
> Robert sez:
> We have been experimenting with
> indoor shutters.
>
>  I had considered tight-fit panels that go 
> inside the window, but rejected
> that idea because we have sheetrock returns 
> around the windows,
>
> > --Lawrence
>
>