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22 Jan ’16 - 7:14 am
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yeah, we had laminate in our old house, it was still there just not as bad. I think that has to do with our current house being half the square footage, I need to look into air purifiers or something.

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Air Quality is a big deal to us too.  That is why we will most likely do the HRV system (moisture, air exchange, some filtration)  Haven't really seen a good quality HRV unit with good filtration as well...may have to go with a plug in floor model.

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We had one of those tower ones years ago, wasn't happy with it

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K,

I happen to think that the boulder retaining walls on either side are awesome!  Ya know... in case you were wondering 😀

The side door is nice on OUR house...b/c eventually I think i'm going to end up making a green house-ish thing in the "front"/south (kind of like an earthship but seasonal removable skin/glass/plastic. But in general bermed/integrated houses are not that easy to add on to for sure.  Which im ok with..cause this mansion we got is big enough to clean. 

Re-moving your daughters wall will give you quite a bit more space huh..i bet that will be pretty awesome. 

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Yeah, I think it will help prevent some of the overheating as well in the home, allow more thermal movement instead of being trapped in the main room.

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yeah no doubt...def increase both volume to heat and surface area!  good thinkin'

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...overheating...hmm...Speed, you just made me think...you and K both have cathedral ceilings...you guys over heat with them?...will be interesting to see if overheating is a issue with my 'flat' ceiling.

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It will be interesting to see but you got more square footage and have the door to the garage that you can open and dump the excess in there.

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