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Re: The Ideal Shop HELP

To: Dave Williams <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
Subject: Re: The Ideal Shop HELP
From: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Dec 1999 15:51:12 -0600
Hey people...What was that WHITE (?) board some one wrote a little while
back?That reflects light really well? What is its trade name,and were
do we find it in Oklahoma.??
Thanx in advance.....DK     

Dave Williams wrote:
> 
> -> Spoken like a true Californian.  Skylights are bad in Minnesota for
> -> several reasons.
> 
>  I'm in Arkansas.  It hits 110-115F here in midsummer.  I went for
> uninterrupted white roofing on my shop.
> 
>  My Dad's shop has several skylights, 2x8' fiberglass panels in his
> steel roof.
> 
>  Temperature in both shops seems to be about the same, but I bet it's
> primarily because the extra reflectivity of his shiny metal roof is
> balancing out the heat gain from the skylights.
> 
> -> Also,  it's usually dark outside in the winter when I am available to
> -> work in the shop.
> 
>  It's usually dark outside when I'm in my shop in the summer; it's so
> miserably hot sometimes it's not worth it do work during the day.  And
> the short days in the winter mean it's often dark when I'm out there
> during the "day" hours.
>

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