by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 14, 2000
Interview with James Juczak I first learned about Jim in a paper that he wrote for the CoCoCo/99 Papers. (CoCoCo stands for Continental Cordwood Conference.) Jim’s paper discussed various experiments and ideas for cordwood structures. I was amazed to read about...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 4, 2000
The last few years of El Nino and La Nina weather are a thing of the past it appears and it looks like we are in for a full blown winter. The past month has found me buttoning things up for the winter. But, just because winter has a grip on things, does not stop the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 4, 2000
I returned on Saturday afternoon after spending a couple of days at home in Illinois. Weather-wise, things looked ominous for the week. The forecast called for mild temperatures, but very little in the way of sunshine. I had only a couple of days of work left before...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 28, 2000
Ah yes, what would a hydronic heating project be without a few troublesome leaks? Here’s a synopsis of this last week’s tales from the field… Sunday With the weather threatening to turn wet during the week, Sunday was spent digging a pit in back of...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 21, 2000
Now that the collectors are up, light can be seen at the end of the tunnel. (The question is, is it daylight or an oncoming freight train.) This last week was spent trenching in one inch pex tubing from the bridge to the two banks of solar collectors. I thought about...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 15, 2000
The weather couldn’t have been better for Saturday’s solar collector raising party. Temperatures were in the low 70’s with bright sunshine. The only damper on the day was the hoards of Cajun, Asian ladybugs that were everywhere. There were thousands...
