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- The Progression of Design
- Container House
- Improving the design
- The Compromise
- Updates to the plan
- Shell House
- Half House
- Two Octagons
- Three Octagons
- Clover House
- Four Pods Mushed
- Changing the dent
- Starter Pods, the real deal
- And the saga continues . . .
- 12 sides, 8′ Walls
- What Terry Likes
- Planning for expansion
- Just for fun
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Category Archives: House2 Construction
RMH Workshop
Last weekend I attended a rocket mass heater workshop put on by Ernie Wisner and Erica Ritter. I learned SO much! You cannot imagine! I’m going to try and cover a very small portion of what I learned. I learned … Continue reading
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Tempered glass
I’ve been reading up on tempered glass. I found a forum that talked about fixing thermopane windows with a broken seal and one of the contributors to the forum described what he thought might be a way to determine if … Continue reading
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And the weather has its say
It’s still raining. I’ve got blossoms on my tomatoes and the sky is providing hail. Ah, spring. We’re still pecking away at the sun porch. We have two rafters up and I’m ready to put up the first course of … Continue reading
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The weather
We have had fairly consistent rain for weeks now. We’re still pecking away at the sun porch but just as things dry out enough to make working on the project feasible, the sky opens again and we’re blessed with another … Continue reading
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Stainless flue liner
I scored some stainless flue liner to act as the thermal mass ducting for my rocket mass heater. This is pricey stuff and I am absolutely delighted I was able to find some free. Now I’m waiting a nod and … Continue reading
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Posts and foundations
I haven’t been posting. My apologies. I screwed up my neck and the result was ugly. I’m getting better. Now that Wadly’s done with his summer job, we’ll work around the weather to get more stuff done. Terry and I … Continue reading
A solid rest
Wadly and his brother got the east end of the living room leveled and properly blocked. Next I’ve got to get the 4×6 that runs under the living room just beyond the new blocking set on permanent supports . . … Continue reading
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Foundation
Wadly’s brother is here today getting the east end of the living room building properly supported. Once this is done I can get going on the foundation for the south wall of the bedroom/north wall of the sun porch. Wahoo!
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Temporary roofing
Wadly and his brother built a roof over the Airstream to keep the rain and sun off. One side of the roof is fastened to the living room, the other rests on posts and pier blocks. The lumber came from … Continue reading
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Diggin’ and a-diggin’
I’ve been excavating the new bedroom location. Wadly used Terry’s excavator to do the rough digging and I’ve been doing the clean-out and leveling. I’ve had to stop and wait for Wadly and his brother to reblock the end of … Continue reading
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