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A Green Home: November 2009

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Monday, November 30, 2009. Day 131: Doors and hot water. Over the long holiday weekend, Cindy finished the entry door and interior doors with AFM Naturals Clear Penetrating Oil. The finish makes the doors look even more beautiful. She also installed hardware on all of the doors and weatherstripping on the entry door. Here is a pic of the entry door from the inside. Labels: afm safecoat naturals. Santa cruz green home.

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A Green Home: Solar monitoring service

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Monday, January 18, 2010. PV) monitoring service called PV Watch. Was installed last week. Click the "PV Watch" image below or in the right pane to see performance data for my solar array. Thanks for reading. Your comments are appreciated. I am building a similar home out of cempo in sw washington. the walls are poured and I am researching lime plaster techniques. thanks for the info and pics, matt. That is going to b...

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A Green Home: March 2009

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Saturday, March 28, 2009. Catching up to the 21st century, part 14.Stick-Frame vs. Rastra. WARNING: This information is specific to Santa Cruz, California! After I ruled out strawbale. As a wall material, the remaining materials on my short list were:. Like strawbale, rammed earth walls are quite thick (18" minimum). My 1,200 ft. I live in the strictest zone for earthquake design in the US ( seismic zone 4. This left ...

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A Green Home: June 2009

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Day 36: Cleanup and stacking blocks. Today we removed all of the supports and cleaned up from the lift yesterday. We began to stack more APEX wall blocks. We completed placing blocks on the north, south and west walls. Here is a pic from the south at the end of day 36. Green comment for the day:. Made the top course of block sturdier by combining it with the course below. Santa cruz green home.

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A Green Home: Day 13: APEX blocks arrive, and more Plumbing

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Day 13: APEX blocks arrive, and more Plumbing. Correction from the plumber:. The reason the ABS pipe is wrapped in foam when in concrete is to allow expansion and contraction of the pipes so they don't wear and fracture over the years. Thanks Coady! These will turn into walls over the next several weeks. Here is a pic of 2 blocks shown in position over the rebar. The pipes that come into contac...

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A Green Home: May 2009

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Saturday, May 30, 2009. Day 14: Spreading gravel and laying out the first course of block. Here is a pic of the site from the East. Green comment for today:. Consider manual labor now and then. It does take more time, but it has some advantages:. It’s quiet, so you can and hear the tunes playing on the solar powered radio. If you are working with someone else, you can have a conversation. Labels: apex.apex block.

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A Green Home: Blower door test

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Tuesday, January 12, 2010. Sharon and Andy from Block Energy Design. Showed up Tuesday morning to do a blower door test. On the home. This test determines how airtight. The home is. Here is a pic of the Minneapolis Blower Door. Made by The Energy Conservatory. Installed in the entry of the home. ACH50). Air changes per hour. ACH) is the number of times per hour the volume of air inside the home is exchanged with fresh...

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A Green Home: Day 144 & 145: Rock wall and moving in

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Sunday, December 20, 2009. Day 144 and 145: Rock wall and moving in. On Thursday and Friday, Trevor worked on construction of a rock wall along the north edge of the entry porch. The wall will facilitate drainage and add a few more square feet to the porch area. Here is a pic of the work in progress. Santa cruz green home. Congratulations and Happy Holidays to you too! December 21, 2009 at 5:59 AM. Many many congratul...

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A Green Home: Day 43: Loft floor

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Searching for myself.searching for land.designing, building and living in a green home. Sunday, July 12, 2009. Day 43: Loft floor. Several weeks ago, I picked up a variety of wood materials from Heritage Salvage. In Petaluma, CA. Part of that purchase was 1-1/2 inch thick douglas fir. From the floor of the dismantled Fort Hill Lumber Company sawmill. Grand Ronde, OR. The wood is dry, brittle, battered, beaten and torn. In other words, it has lots of character. Green comment for today:. I hope that low VO...