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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: HPilot who wrote (32472)	2/17/2011 12:38:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 36917

Check the building, not the building permit or building code: <Check local building codes. If it is not too old say the last 40 years ago or so, the insulation was required when built. If older it may be only required during the next major renovation, but it may also have been required on the last renovation, so check building permits. > "As built" is what matters, not what a piece of government paper, or 10 pieces of paper and 20 codes say. Insulation might or might not have been installed correctly or not installed at all. What people say they'll do and what governments say they require and will do are not necessarily the same thing as reality. For example, words are too often mirages used to deceive other people rather than to describe actual reality - especially when governments are concerned. Here is a great new Made in China building. The foundations were no doubt great on paper: weirdasianews.com In civil engineering, there is a thing called "starter rods" - pieces of reinforcing sticking out of concrete which look good but don't continue on into and through the concrete. It saves on steel and effort to use starter rods. The New Zealand government had a great idea to pay for loads of insulation retrofitted to houses to save the world from The Greenhouse Effect and to save energy and to boost employment and to be Green and to be good guys and to help homeowners ... it was all flim flam and half the jobs were hopeless, having to be redone. How do you know when a politician is lying? Yes, lips moving... Mqurice