by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 22, 2002
I’m still working on the paneling for the ceiling and I imagine I will be doing this for weeks to come. The good news is that I’m getting closer to getting the foam insulation applied to the walls, but unfortunately it will not be the soy product. It...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 13, 2002
The weather has finally cooled off this week after a 94 degree day on Monday. Since this is September, I would hope that the trend in cooler temperatures continues. Working in the attic space is not a lot of fun in hot weather to be sure and Monday ended up being...
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 1, 2002
Now that the exterior walls are done, it’s time to start sealing up the house and insulating it for winter. The walls are still drying, so the next step is the attic space. At the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair this year, I had the pleasure of meeting Rob and...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 15, 2002
It seems like it took years to get to this point…hmmm…I guess it did. On August 15th at 15:53 CDT, wall number 32 was completed. This is a major milestone for the project with all of the exterior walls now in place. Things went pretty much as planned this...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 10, 2002
Ed McAllen beat me to it. When Ed built his beautiful cordwood house he used glass bottles to display the Big Dipper. I really liked his idea, but I just couldn’t have another Big Dipper—it was already taken. So, instead I decided to do the Orion constellation....
