by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 24, 2000
Building Solar Collector Frame – Part I Like most projects for this house, building the frame support for the solar panels has become quite an arduous task. A total of 28 post holes needed to be dug and were accomplished using an auger attached to a tractor....
by Alan Stankevitz | Sep 1, 2000
Like a Bridge Over Doubled Circulators Like A Bridge over Doubled Circulators Okay, I know it’s a stretch but I felt compelled to some how fit Simon and Garfunkel’s song into the title. This week the bridge was completed from the second floor deck to the...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 20, 2000
Preparing Solar Collectors If you recall, the February 12, 2000 journal entry discussed the arrival of the 4 x 10 foot solar panels. These panels were purchased used, so there was quite a bit of clean up work required. I had hoped that this procedure would have gone...
by Alan Stankevitz | Aug 5, 2000
Radiant Floor Tubing and Concrete Floor Pour This was the week that it all came together. Here’s a review, day by day. Monday – This was vapor barrier day. A vapor barrier is typically a sheet of 6 mil plastic. Although it is often described as a vapor...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 28, 2000
Go… And Pound Sand Go… And Pound Sand I can’t quite recall who it was that told me to do that, but just for the record, I have done my life’s share of it over the last couple of weeks. Four and a half dump truck loads of sand later the trench...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jul 15, 2000
Underfloor Plumbing Before filling the trench or laying down the radiant floor tubing, the under-floor drains must be carefully placed. Much time was devoted to measuring and re-measuring the placement of the toilet, shower, vanity, washtubs and kitchen sink drains....
