Walter Rose
12-05-2016, 06:53 PM
Howdy members:
My name is Walter Rose. I work for the Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority in Nome Alaska. I travel to remote isolated Native communities in Western Alaska to inspect about 150 homes per year. I've been at it for nearly three years, so I'm starting to get the hang of it.
The communities I travel to are not accessible by road. Construction materials either have to come in by air, or by ocean barge during the summer when the ocean isn't frozen. Temperatures can drop to 30 below zero during the winter. This, combined with strong wind, freezing rain, and a whole host of other hazards, means the homes we build up here have to be tough to survive.
The homes I inspect are all heated with fuel oil. I'm getting pretty handy at trouble shooting fuel oil fired residential hydronic heating systems. I see lots of Weil McLain GO series boilers... and a Burnham every now and then. We've been using Toyo OM-180 heaters for the past several years; I have experience with them as well.
The homes we build here are super-insulated and air tight. This works great at keeping the heat in, but moisture control becomes a big problem. I have experience with Heat Recovery Ventilators, insulated (thermopane) windows, insulated doors, exterior siding, metal roofing, vinyl flooring, and a whole lot of other things. I look forward to being a contributing member to this forum and thank everybody in advance for helping me figure out things that I don't yet understand.
My name is Walter Rose. I work for the Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority in Nome Alaska. I travel to remote isolated Native communities in Western Alaska to inspect about 150 homes per year. I've been at it for nearly three years, so I'm starting to get the hang of it.
The communities I travel to are not accessible by road. Construction materials either have to come in by air, or by ocean barge during the summer when the ocean isn't frozen. Temperatures can drop to 30 below zero during the winter. This, combined with strong wind, freezing rain, and a whole host of other hazards, means the homes we build up here have to be tough to survive.
The homes I inspect are all heated with fuel oil. I'm getting pretty handy at trouble shooting fuel oil fired residential hydronic heating systems. I see lots of Weil McLain GO series boilers... and a Burnham every now and then. We've been using Toyo OM-180 heaters for the past several years; I have experience with them as well.
The homes we build here are super-insulated and air tight. This works great at keeping the heat in, but moisture control becomes a big problem. I have experience with Heat Recovery Ventilators, insulated (thermopane) windows, insulated doors, exterior siding, metal roofing, vinyl flooring, and a whole lot of other things. I look forward to being a contributing member to this forum and thank everybody in advance for helping me figure out things that I don't yet understand.