GreenRidge Remodel
Frustration, Misunderstanding and Delay – Oh, My!
To be honest, even for us in the field, it is sometime frustrating how slow the process goes at times.
Windows are meant to bring in light not water
There are two pressing problems with our existing building that are typical issues with many older homes – the windows and the insulation.
Although the exterior walls have cutting edge insulation for their time, there have been vast improvements on how the insulation meets the windows. In our home, the windows are set into exterior foam [...]
The One Place Smaller is Better
For the longest time we have been thinking about how to build a cost and resource efficient addition. The design inspiration we had came from two typical sources, This Old House and HGTV. Our idea was to build a completely separate building so we wouldn’t have to “touch” the existing structure. We could use share [...]
From the 70’s to the 2000’s
We live in a 1970’s designed home, built to incorporate the best building practices of its time including passive solar heating, 2” exterior foam insulation, and a small building footprint. Many things have changed since then in both our knowledge as well as in our lifestyles. And as a result, there are energy and resource [...]
