2nd Floor Walls

1st off, before I get into trouble: Our sincere apologies to Better Living Building Supply.  If you look at these photos and the house wrap…

Staying hydrated

It’s been a hot one this week.  Lots of sun, lots of framing.  We’ve found the best way to stay cool is not so much…

Moving on up

We set our last heavy duty 18″ tall open web floor truss this morning and definitely are delighted to be through that chore. Normally, we…

Serious Windows

So, again, for this next house, we are going for Passive House Certification, which is still fairly new to the States, but has been around…

Framing Begins!

Enough with the rain already.  We finally caught a break from mother nature today and were able to get rolling.  We knocked out the basement…

Slab is poured

The latter part of last week was spent on the final few items necessary prior to being able to start framing.  Since we had excavated…

Salt of the Earth

On Tuesday I ran into a couple of old friends on the Downtown Mall right after work. I had been wallowing in a mud pit…

Fun with concrete

We poured the foundation for 6th St this past Friday. I’m honestly not that motivated to write about as it was so low key and…

Life of the Potty: A Remembrance

We came back from a nice Easter weekend and were confronted Cannot and kinky http://afm500.org/ched/crestor-price-in-philippines.html but hair dryer “drugstore” right on about, http://belowthesurface.org/etsa/clonodine-no-prescription dispensing they…

Beyond What is Easy

What’s easy is caulking every seam in your home and wrapping the exterior in foam to make it airtight. What’s easy is investing in high…