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Article: James Dulley: Screen room combines best of indoors and outdoors
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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Q: We enjoy spending time outdoors on our patio, but the insects
are bad. There is a nice breeze out there and we have to air-
condition the house less. What are my options for installing a
screened patio room?
A: Spending more time outdoors is enjoyable and it may allow you
to air-condition your home less and save electricity. You should be
able to set your air conditioner thermostat a few degrees higher
because, by spending more time outdoors, your body becomes more
accustomed and comfortable in warmer temperatures.
A concrete or masonry paver patio baking in the summer sun is a
heat reservoir with huge thermal mass. This hot mass, which stays
warm well into the evening, can make the ...
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May 24, 2009 ;
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... ... jugs in the sun through windows if possible. Also put some in the room which has the furnace wall thermostat. Reach James Dulley at Contra Costa Times, 6906 Royalgreen Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45244, or visit www.dulley.com.Learn More
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