Category Archives: 4. Interior

Climbing the new stairs

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If felt great to see Nicholas run up and down these stairs. We are one step — or 15 steps — closer to home. Nick did the math and installed the stringers and Chris pounded on the temporary treads. We’ll probably paint this staircase, which goes down to the lower level. It is long because the ‘basement’ ceiling is more than 9 feet high.

Planning the plumbing and HRV

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John Tufano and his brother, Rob, will be installing our Zehnder ComfoAir 350 HRV. Today we talked about the placement of vanity sinks, toilets and washers and dryers. Note the plural “washers and dryers”. We doubled up given the pixie size of the condensation unit versus the daily mountain of laundry. Susan wondered aloud if we should have recalculated the PHPP to see if we could pierce the envelope with a traditional dryer vent, thereby gaining capacity and saving cash. But we wanted to hold the Passive House line. Moments after we said, “Hmmm, yeah, this would look good about here,” the deal was done. Decisive hole-drilling by John and Rob closed the door on doubts. Full speed ahead.

 

 

27 feet of cabinets

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Thanks again, Bill Stratton Building Company, for donating this set of oak library cabinets salvaged from another home. They will become our long workspace upstairs for Susan’s office and homework space for the children. Free is good, and the chance to be a little greener in our building is great.