No more plans!!!
Posted by Chris in Graywater, Plans on 05. Mar, 2009 | 0 Comments
Okay … I am excited!
After too many long hours of work we took the plunge and submitted the plans to the building authority yesterday.
I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders … until the plans are actually submitted the urge to change and hopefully improve them is irresistible and it begins … Read More →
Plans have been submitted for a building permit!
Posted by Sandra in Plans on 04. Mar, 2009 | 1 Comment
The whole thing cost us $200 (application fee only, more to come!) and we still have to double check a few things. I sent the original HPO application by Greyhound ($13) to ensure we could get the paperwork back in the 2-3 weeks it may take for permit approval from our regional building authority.
The … Read More →
The Complete (incomplete) Plan set
Posted by Chris in Plans on 13. Feb, 2009 | 2 Comments
The rendered perspective at the beginning of this post is an image of the earthship buried in the ground.
You can see berms at the back (north end) of the roof to channel collected water from the roof into the cisterns. The ducting to accomplish this collection is not shown. The two cylinders behind … Read More →
Investigating Graywater
Posted by Chris in Graywater, Plans on 23. Jan, 2009 | 0 Comments
I’ve spent the last couple of days trying to wrap my head around the implementation of a gray water recovery system for the earthship. The information provided in the Earthship volumes by Mike Reynolds is not detailed, and as gray water recovery is not a common building practice it is difficult to find information on … Read More →
Floor Insulation; to insulate or not … that is the question!
Posted by Chris in Insulation, Plans on 15. Jan, 2009 | 5 Comments
This is a hot topic … people have been weighing in both for and against floor insulation by email and on the blog. In fact you might even say the discussion has been heated … alright I’m going to drop the puns from this point forward!
As near as I can make out the basic … Read More →
The First Drawing of Our Earthship!
Posted by Chris in Plans on 27. Nov, 2008 | 0 Comments
Over the last couple of weeks Sandra and I have been visualizing what our house will look like.
This is our initial floorplan.
The building would be slightly more than 2000 square feet.
I have drawn up numerous plans for our log house business, but an earthship definitely does not follow the norms. Consideration has to … Read More →
