Sunday, February 22, 2009

Dry Cough For 5 Days Baby

shower

Robert began working on the shower for some time. This has not always been easy, but he discovered a talent for mainta tiler!
As we had no showers either at our old house teepee, we begin to be slightly tanned to take baths! It's coming!

Robert who install tiles on the wall he had to start over.
For rectangular tiles at low prices, we cut the square tiles into rectangles! And voila!

tiler My favorite!
Have you noticed the pebbles! Wow!




Cause Of Blood Blister On Tonsil

cooking


The kitchen is the most advanced part of the house. It remains only to ask the ceramic floor and backsplash, and then ask the kicks.
Cases were built by Nicola, who handled the carpentry aspect, as well as myself, who looked after the sandblasting and dyeing, in addition to the design aspect. They are made from local maple, but melamine to the non-visible ... We try to marry our soul and our little green budget ... The counters are made of maple and stainless steel. Indeed, we recovered a stainless steel countertop with a pharmaceutical factory and have designed the island as a function thereof.


is the result:

the overview

The butcher block

island
the island
recovered from the counter a pharmaceutical plant ... and laboratory faucet to match!
the lunch counter



and small laundry area that sits in the kitchen.
Despite the opinions shared by all, me I am very happy that it is located in the kitchen!
It's so convenient!





















Thursday, February 19, 2009

Engraved Crab Mallets

freezing cold ....

When it was -35 degrees this winter, it was 11 degrees in our home.
We obviously a problem with insulation or heating ... We were really confused, really hoping there is not a problem with the walls of straw!

We brought a team that specializes Infrared photography as well and we had to answer our questions.

The major problem is our house .... lack of heating!
Indeed, the electrician did not provide enough power when calculating the necessary heating for the home. There we would take almost twice as much!

Then the second problem is that some parts of the house are door overhang. We have isolated with heart, but experts have recommended to isolate them with urethane, which will seal better these parts easily accessible.

Finally, to our delight, the straw is problematic, but it's only temporary! Let me explain: the plaster is not yet complete. We still have about 1 inch of plaster to put this spring on the inside. For now, the 2x2 framing the straw in the plaster and skim to these places, they drive the cold. But in our room, we covered more of the 2x2 and plastered on the infrared photos, no temperature difference is noticeable here. This tells us that when the 2x2 will be completely covered with 1 inch of plaster, no cold will not be felt.

For cons, the joint between beams and walls of straw is more cold, although behind the beams there are so many straw elsewhere ... Strange! But this is hardly the heart of the problem! Whew!

So we have work to do to make the house more airtight and more powerful level of heating. We began by installing fans on cathedral ceilings and an air exchanger heat recovery.

We have no more hot, but at least we are reassured!

PS. And experts were very impressed by the enthusiasm that we put the house to insulate and seal each piece of vapor barrier! It was sacred cons acoustic sealant, but it was worth it!

link to see some of our photos infrared

Brent Everett Mckenzie

oil operation!

During the holidays, we greased the doors and windows. As there are 33 in all, this is a long-term project. Soon, we will address the paneling and beams!



before


after



In this picture, one can easily see that winter, the sun enters deep into the house, helping to heat it.
And in summer, it will not at all, avoiding overheating the house. It is passive solar design of the house.
The dining room is so big and bright! Sometimes there is blinded by the sun! It's beautiful!

But now, the dining room is large, it serves as storage of materials .... Interior doors, scale, gypsum ... There is not much space!

But when this is finished, it's more like the top photos!

Cities And Knights Pc Game

home featured! (Repeat)

An article published in the journal house the 21st century Tergos this, the architects who designed our small straw bale house.

And there are a few words about the house and beautiful pictures ...

http://www.21esiecle.qc.ca/

Driver Logitech Elite

home featured!

A show about the web on ecological construction and renovation.

photos of our little house of straw were used in this program to illustrate the straw bale insulation ...

http://www.duproprio.tv/video/reportages/renologique-episode-2-partie-4