https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2943 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:10:52 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2943 Would you like to tell me
Would you like to tell me detail of install a piece of plastic pipe beneath the slab for a radon vent.  
tub reglazing

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2942 Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:10:08 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2942 Would you like to tell me
Would you like to tell me detail of install a piece of plastic pipe beneath the slab for a radon vent. 
tub reglazing

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2941 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:03:27 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2941 Paul S.:
Paul S.: Thanks. That was 10 years ago, and I really don’t know if the LVLs had fire retardants or not.  
 
Tina G.: Glad you liked the article and comments!

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2940 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:36:44 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2940 Absolutely love the phrase
Absolutely love the phrase “THINKING is the hard part of construction, building is the easy.” and will have to use it in a future post myself. The example of the bathtub without insulation is perfect to show the problem here … thanks for a fun & informative article.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2939 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:31:30 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2939 Allison, brave man you are
Allison, brave man you are indeed. If only my better half could understand the thinking/planning part before I hear “just build it already!” Is that a fire-retardant LVL? If so, a crucial feature in a SIP structure I’d think.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2938 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:24:08 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2938 Mike L.:
Mike L.: Thanks. Getting all the critical trades together ahead of time for a charette is definitely the way to go. Then the plumber can tell you why the water heater can’t go there, and the HVAC contractor can point out that he can’t run a duct through a steel girder, for example. If/when I get to build myself another, that’ll be one thing I do differently.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2937 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:46:16 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2937 A really fine “where the
A really fine “where the rubber hits the road” article.When my house was built, all the trades were given the plans to study.Then they met altogether for a charette( fancy name for a meeting) and worked out how to avoid problems that the designer had not foreseen.It wasn’t 100% successful, but the sub-trades didn’t whinge when things didn’t work perfectly.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2936 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:22:41 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2936 Todd V.:
Todd V.: Thanks! For those who’ve never built a house themselves, it’s hard to imagine all the details you have to keep track of and the myriad tasks that have to be done – in the proper order. Planning ahead and doing things in the right order are absolutely critical.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2935 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:37:29 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2935 Great article and being a
Great article and being a builder, few people realize the amount of thought and planning that are required to make a project run successfully and smoothly. That’s the key to making it work- thinking and planning.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home/#comment-2934 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:28:19 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=how-i-learned-to-count-by-building-a-green-home#comment-2934 John M.:
John M.: Great points! Sometimes, circumstances force you to jump in too quickly, though, which is what happened to me. We got our construction loan had to get going right away. I really needed the help of a building science pro but didn’t know any or even how to find one at the time. I think I also probably thought I couldn’t afford one, but it turns out I could easily have paid for one with the mistakes I made. Hmmmm. That gives me an idea for another article.

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