After 8 years of construction we were more than ready to move in. We purchased very economical windows and doors with plans to upgrade at some point. The floors were concrete which we cut groves in and stained and sealed, giving them the apperance of tile. The inside wasn’t really “finished” but the inspector had [...]
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The house is roughly 50′ by 50′ with 2500 sq. ft. of living space. When we planned the house in 1975 one of the major requirements was that we could do most of the work ourselves. Ideally we would have liked reinforced concrete walls. Many, if not most homes built today use reinforced concrete for [...]
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We started our home in about 1975, not long after the 1974 OPEC oil embargo. Faced with an energy crisis people began to look for more energy efficient solutions while at the same time the environmental movement was going strong. I saw an article about underground homes and my dear wife was willing to go [...]
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I purchased an old greenhouse frame to use as a large cold frame. Enclosed in plastic but not heated. I wanted a place to store bamboo in late fall and winter. Most bamboo is dug in the fall and even the winter and cold air can be extremely dry. Plus newly potted up plants are [...]
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I purchased an old hoop greenhouse frame to use for a large cold frame to protect newly dug bamboo during cold periods. The left over hoops were used to build a small greenhouse about 16 feet long by 10 fee wide using only half of each hoop, a 1/4 circle. I wanted a place that [...]
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When we poured the concrete driveway we stopped about 5 feet short of the road. The local government paves this section with asphalt to connect it to the paved road. It looked great at first but degraded over time and when they repaved the road it really looked bad. We decided to remove the [...]
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