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A Near Net-zero Month! 16 Nov 2010 | 03:45 am
We just got our electric bill for November and it was $39.00, approximately 22.50 of which is a service availability charge. We only used 181 KWH!. We think that since our highest bill so far was for ...
Tour 20 Oct 2010 | 04:03 am
I can't believe that September and half of October have slipped away since I last posted. We are enjoying the new house tremendously. With the cooler nights, the morning view of the lake is quite love...
Electric Results! 18 Aug 2010 | 09:22 am
Moving has kept us pretty busy. We've been in the house for almost a month now and are really enjoying it. When I get all unpacked and organized, I will post pictures of the interior. I will also be r...
Almost Finished! 11 Jul 2010 | 06:40 am
As you can imagine, a lot has happened over the last month. Unfortunately, we were not able to keep up with our posts due to family illness that required two trips out of state and a traumatic lay off...
Septic System 31 May 2010 | 01:46 am
I wasn't going to post about the septic system, but then we saw it. In addition to the main storage tank, we have yards and yards of pipe for the leach field. The pipe is rigid, maybe made out of meta...
Getting Close! 23 May 2010 | 11:23 am
Sorry for the delay in posting. I dropped my camera and the lens cracked. :-( These pictures were taken with a borrowed camera, so I only have a few. Almost all of the upper level is bamboo flooring f...
Painted Walls 9 May 2010 | 03:09 am
The main interior painting is finished. The contractor will come back and touch up after everything else is finished. The main living area is a caramel color: The billiard and music room downstairs i...
Ready for Paint! 1 May 2010 | 09:09 am
The taping is done, and the texture has been applied. So, we went over the colors today with Lupe, the painter. He will be using Pittsburg Paints Pure Performance, a no-VOC low-odor paint. In the co...
Stone and Sheetrock 21 Apr 2010 | 02:07 pm
We were thrilled to see that the stone is almost finished. We love the color. Hopefully it makes our choice of trim color make more sense. I took this at about 7 PM, so the color is subdued because it...
Roof Finished, Insulation Sprayed, Sheetrock Arrives 16 Apr 2010 | 05:06 am
Things are moving so quickly now that I've fallen behind in my posts. Here is a shot of the finished roof: The spray foam insulation is in. Don used a closed cell product. This wiki page describes th...
