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John
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Interior Finishes
We are gathering thoughts for interior finishes for the house. Tile: Years ago I was in a first-class airline club in the Alaskan airport...
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John
Dec 31, 20212 min read
Our Sustainable Utopia
Sustainability and ecological friendliness have always been interests of mine. In High School I wanted to be an architect who designed...
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John
Jun 13, 20211 min read
Climate Data for Design
I am looking into the ways to get climate data to inform my design for a home in Sullivan County, NY. One simple source is this Bing...
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John
May 30, 20211 min read
Misc. Structural Information
Basic Frame Building Information NFBA Post Frame Building Design Manual, Second Edition (2016) Introduction to Post-Frame Buildings...
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John
Mar 29, 20211 min read
Hunter Hill PassiveHaus - the Basics
So I am going to use the current design for our Hunter Hill House country home as the basis for determining Passive House criteria....
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John
Mar 28, 20214 min read
Hunter Hill House - Checklist
I am starting in earnest to prepare for building our Sullivan Countly, NY country home in the Catskills. It is my intention to document...
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John
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Mitigating Radon
Sullivan County is high on Radon in the soil, and our property has bedrock two feet below the surface of the soil (not a good sign). So...
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John
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Foundations on Bedrock
Houzz has an interesting discussion thread on building a foundation on bedrock that is just a few feet below the surface of the soil....
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John
Dec 23, 20201 min read
Sullivan County Contractors and Suppliers
So we are pulling the trigger and purchasing 11 acres in Sullivan County near Liberty. Now to find a contractor. Here are some lists:...
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John
Dec 5, 20202 min read
Metal Buildings
My current building design is based on using a prefab metal building as the structure. It has become clear to me that for a variety of...
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John
Nov 27, 20201 min read
Construction Loans
So it looks like we will need to finance the construction of our new home in Neversink. These are some regional banks: List of banks in...
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