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New Live Construction Webcam | Strategy To Design
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New Live Construction Webcam. November 17, 2008. Ok it’s not new but it is working consistantly now…. Check it out here. From → Structure. Larr; Window Views. Steel Wall and Roof Panels →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out.
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House of Foam | Strategy To Design
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December 8, 2008. I refer to this house project as a house of steel, but recently it has seemed more like a house of foam. This is not a bad thing, since foam gives us the insulation and weather proofing performance we seek, but I do look forward to the time when all the foam is properly hidden away behind the steel trim. In the sketchup (www. Model I built of this house, there was a view that looked like this:. Real World Steel House. For us the walls and roof came on trucks in plastic wrapped bundles:.
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Winter Work | Strategy To Design
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February 4, 2009. My first impulse was to call the mason and ask him to come and build our Tulikivi fireplace, which I was guessing could supply all the heat we’d need. Turns out, of course, that the mortar used in building fireplaces needs heat to set properly, so he won’t come until we’ve heated the building (and don’t need him? Two of the four space heaters heating 4,000 square feet. IPhone shows -7 degree outdoor temp compared to indoor. Just one of the radiant floor manifolds. From → Heating. You ar...
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Radiant Floors | Strategy To Design
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February 7, 2009. Radiant Tubing before pour. What I didn’t know, but now do, is that radiant floors require a simply crazy amount of plumbing. It’s not just each little black plastic tube has to get carefully tied down to the mesh before you pour your concrete, or that there is a maximum length of each tube (270 linear feet? JC Plumbing Starts Work in Mechanical Room. Pumps and Manifolds everywhere. Those little electric space heaters are looking very efficient right now. From → Floors. Concrete flatwor...
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Visit from the west coast | Strategy To Design
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Visit from the west coast. January 6, 2009. Webmaster hereGenerally these are post written by the owner architect/construction foreman but as I have been to see this project for the second time I thought I would give you something from a different perspective. We went out there the day before yesterday and it was about well really cold. The contractors were all working very hard inside though despite the lack of heat. We went through the house and looked at how everything was going to be put together.
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Window Views | Strategy To Design
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November 9, 2008. As with virtually every other element to this house project, the more I looked into windows, the more complicated they became. Obviously, because I was designing a super-insulated house, I started my search by looking for highly insulated windows. But the insulation issues is about energy efficiency, which means there is an economic foundation to the choice, and that means the costs matter too. Which looks like a very interesting company. From → Insulation. Larr; Concrete Solutions.
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Polished Concrete | Strategy To Design
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February 5, 2009. During the early stages of construction, I learned a great deal about concrete finishing and how difficult it is to get an even pour, a good surface and no annoying bits of insulating foam into the mix. Lifting the polisher to the second floor. Dave grinds around column. Scott grinds and colors 1st floor. Dave grinds Master Bath. Media room after color and polish. Master bedroom after polish and color. From → Floors. Larr; Winter Work. Radiant Floors →. Leave one →. GROG, green tech blog.
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Closing it up | Strategy To Design
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December 28, 2008. We knew from early on that the weakness of the insulated steel panel system was going to be the joints, and we have been relying on guidance from a super-insulated house expert and foam guru, Henri Fennell from Building Envelope Solutions Inc ( http:/ www.foam-tech.com/. Who specializes in spray foam solutions to the kinds of problems we anticipate. The spray foam seals the joint. Foam expands and its hard to clean. Dave foams corner from lift. From → Insulation. Larr; House of Foam.