[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[Peter Hirst]

I built mine post and beam with all the insulation outside the frame. 
Exposed service IS a design feature.  Lots of copper and brown Romex.


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Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT frozen pipes


> Most practical house that I was ever in had all the service stuff exposed.
> The hardest part for the guy was convincing his wife it was a design 
> feature.<G>
>
> Mike Graf
>
> Andrew Vida wrote:
>>
>>
>> Andy Gladish wrote:
>>
>>> It's like forge welding- once you get it to work it's incredibly easy, 
>>> so don't give up before you "get" it. Practice on scraps- ten good 
>>> joints and you'll probably never miss another one.
>>
>>     Shoot, I can do them asleep...  I'm just not so very fond of having 
>> to tear out walls when something goes really wrong...  OTOH, that is an 
>> issue of building design rather than plumbing joinery.  I don't 
>> understand why housing is not designed for maintainability.  Chaseways 
>> are not much more costly to include and they make the structure so much 
>> more maintenance-friendly.
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