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         We have made it through the maze of permitting for our house with a relatively new wall system of precast concrete  (Ideal Walls- https://www.idealbuildingsystems.com/home.aspx ).  Plan […]

  We have begun again. Our new house project is starting to take shape, at least on paper. Hopefully all of the trial and error will be done before we

Spray foam makes houses tighter, right?  Maybe.  Usually.  Having blower-door tested hundreds of homes with every insulation combination you can imagine, I’ve developed some opinions. Spray foam insulations have a

Life on the Farm My great grandmother lived to be 103 years old. She was born, lived and worked, and died on the family farm in Hildebran, North Carolina.The farm

According to my neighbor’s rain gauge, Asheville has had 16 inches of rain in the past 2 weeks.  The 14-day forecast says that 10 days from now we might have

Where we build is often as significant as how we build or what we build. A super efficient small green built home in town often has the lowest energy costs

    We have always included a solar greenhouse as part of our homes.  Our first one in 1983 was an attached greenhouse with leaky French doors that separated it

June is solar energy month! This makes a lot of sense because it’s one of the most productive months for the solar technologies in our house.  It’s also time for