by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 5, 2003
A Chilling Subject For the last five years a small, simulated wood panel refrigerator has done an adequate job keeping food cold, but its quite energy inefficient and it can only store a few items in its freezer. The refrigerator is barely adequate for one person and...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 28, 2003
I Got So Plastered As you can see by the above photograph, there’s a bunch of gray matter stuck to the wall on the left—that’s PEP (Paper Enhanced Plaster). The color is a dark gray at the moment, but once the walls dry out (pick a year), the color...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 22, 2003
Two More Walls Completed and The MREA Fair Over the past few weeks, I’ve managed to finish two more walls. The going is a little easier compared to the outside walls since I have been placing the logs flush with the mortar. It still requires a bit of pointing...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jun 6, 2003
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...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 31, 2003
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...
by Alan Stankevitz | May 24, 2003
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...
