I Get By With A Little Help From Richard Flatau

Last week I got the green light from the state’s electrical inspector to go ahead and start mudding. I have nothing but good things to say about the cooperation and advice received by the inspector. He is thorough and quite willing to work with me on my project....

In A Bunch of Hot Water

  Not only is it hot water, it’s solar hot water! Zeus Stark from Next Step Energy Systems came out last Tuesday afternoon and plumbed in a custom made heat exchanger for our 80 gallon tank. The exchanger is plumbed in-line with our solar heating system, so...

I Think I Conduit

  Little did I know that when my mother would read to me the story about the Little Engine That Could, (my favorite bedtime story) she was preparing me for building a double-wall, cordwood house. As I chugged and puffed around the house installing the electric...

Interior Cordwood Wall Framing

  It’s been a couple of weeks since I last wrote, so I figured I better get on the stick and post a journal entry. Things have been busy here at the house the last couple of weeks and there’s always odd jobs to be done besides building a house. It...

Cistern Cleaning

  It’s been a few years since the cistern was installed and now that I have completed the plumbing, I decided that this was a good time to clean it. It hadn’t gotten a whole lot of use as of yet considering the well has been the primary source of...