Quote From Green Builder Magazine

orson

I find it ironic when publications with audiences who use math all day long every day make statements such as the following:

"A 1/8" gap below an exterior door is equivalent to a 4" hole in your wall."
-Green Builder May 2008

__________________
Lancaster Remodeling Contractor - Lancaster Remodeling
Kitchen & Bath Remodeling PA- Bathroom Remodeling Lancaster PA
Custom Kitchen Remodeling PA - Ruby Construction FaceBook-Lancaster Bathroom Remodeling

Tscarborough

I had a "builder" want a discount today on a small amount of Cultured Stone because he was a "green builder". I told him that a green builder would be using real, locally quarried stone and cementious stucco instead of fake stone and synthetic stucco. And tacked on 10% just because.

__________________
It ain't Rocket Science unless you are building rockets.

neolitic

Hmmm,
36"÷8=4½ sq in.
Sounds kinda like a
4" hole to me as well?
Maybe just too much math today.

__________________
Put your location in your profile!
(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)

Brock

Try more like a hole the size of a basketball.

Tscarborough

I get a round hole about 2.4" in diameter.

36"x.125"=4.5SqIn
3.1416x1.2"x1.2"=4.52SqIn

(A 4" square hole is 16SqIn)

__________________
It ain't Rocket Science unless you are building rockets.

neolitic

Math or semantics?
4 inch hole, or 4 square inch hole?
Or 4 inch diameter hole?
Who knows what he meant to say.
I'd fault his english before his math.

__________________
Put your location in your profile!
(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)

MALCO.New.York

Real "Greenies" are ALARMISTS and therefore EXAGGERATE with the intent of instilling fear. As was done in the publication sited above.

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

mickeyco

Green contractors my ass, they're green until they see the price. I'm a green builder, I use treated lumber all the time, it's green.


.

__________________
Some people climb mountains. I take out the trash. But we both do it for the same reason.

MALCO.New.York

Tell us now........How do you really feel?

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

john5mt

Most people are just green because they think it means the job will be cheaper. Which as we all know is the opposite. What i find ironic is who is setting the standards for what is green and what isnt. Is a green building today going to be evil and wasteful in 2 yrs 5yrs 20yrs from now. why in the future will the planet need even more protection than it does now.

(of course the answer is the planet needs to be rid of all humans to be truly free).

__________________
1st Gen tradesman
My summer job in college became my profession

mickeyco

Holy crap!, I just realized I've got a 4" hole in my building, a 1/8" gap around each of the two silcocks and a 1/4" gap under the door, what the hell is that equivalent to?


.

__________________
Some people climb mountains. I take out the trash. But we both do it for the same reason.

send_it_all

It's equivalent to you just single-handedly destroyed the planet. THANKS ALOT, MICKYCO!!!!!

JonM

I'm a "Green" builder also...I like getting paid in "Greenbacks"...

MALCO.New.York

To a hole in the Ozone Layer and the deforestation of the Northern part of the Southern Hemisphere.

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

MALCO.New.York

This is the outcome of our species eventually. It is the Natural Order.

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

mickeyco

Sweet.

__________________
Some people climb mountains. I take out the trash. But we both do it for the same reason.

JonM

MALCO.New.York

The sky is not falling anywhere near me.

__________________
Something to One may be Nothing to another!

Ultimate Wisdom---------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-cnizLDEE

orson

Hey neolitic, can you grab me a 4" hole saw?

__________________
Lancaster Remodeling Contractor - Lancaster Remodeling
Kitchen & Bath Remodeling PA- Bathroom Remodeling Lancaster PA
Custom Kitchen Remodeling PA - Ruby Construction FaceBook-Lancaster Bathroom Remodeling

neolitic

Depends, you want a round hole?
Square?
Ovate?
Perhaps octagonal?
What does a hole look like?

__________________
Put your location in your profile!
(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)