Insulation begins…

Our insulation arrived this morning from Natural Fiber in Belchertown, Massachussets. Eight hundred bales of atomized newsprint and old paperbacks-twenty thousand pounds in total; an…

Attic air sealing detail

We are trying a new attic insulation and air sealing detail on this house. We have been a big believer in conditioning the attic space…

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…

Give Her Walls

Here are a bunch of photos raising a first floor wall. I thought some of you might like to see a bit more detail on…

Bedrooms

I have kind of junky camera that doesn’t really capture things, but hopefully these pics are better than nothing. We’ve hung all the mosaics of…

Foamed in

Well, Weatherseal Insulation Company just spent the last two days spray foaming, caulking, and firestopping the house in anticipation of drywall. So, I thought I would…