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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...

John

Nov 6, 20221 min read

Sustainability and ecological friendliness have always been interests of mine. In High School I wanted to be an architect who designed...

John

Dec 31, 20212 min read

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...

John

Jun 13, 20211 min read

Basic Frame Building Information NFBA Post Frame Building Design Manual, Second Edition (2016) Introduction to Post-Frame Buildings...

John

May 30, 20211 min read

So I am going to use the current design for our Hunter Hill House country home as the basis for determining Passive House criteria....

John

Mar 29, 20211 min read

I am starting in earnest to prepare for building our Sullivan Countly, NY country home in the Catskills. It is my intention to document...

John

Mar 28, 20214 min read

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...

John

Mar 10, 20211 min read

Houzz has an interesting discussion thread on building a foundation on bedrock that is just a few feet below the surface of the soil....

John

Jan 21, 20212 min read

So we are pulling the trigger and purchasing 11 acres in Sullivan County near Liberty. Now to find a contractor. Here are some lists:...

John

Dec 23, 20201 min read

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...

John

Dec 5, 20202 min read

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...

John

Nov 27, 20201 min read