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A good building book! Cosmo 11-19-2006
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Posted by Cosmo on November 19, 2006, 2:32 am
I'm planning on building a house in the next year or so and would like
to be involed in the construction. I would like to pick and choose what
I want the lastest and greatest in. The foundation for example is one
area where I want the best technology put to use, the area in Eastern
Ontario where I'm putting the house seems to have alot of problems with
basements. Is there a layman's book for picking material to build a
house, something that gives advantages such as longer life and
disadvantages such as not proven?

If there is no such book, where would you guys put your money and what
areas of the house would you upgrade (from usual construction) and why?

It's a wet climate with snow, ice! Very similair to the north east in
the US.

Thanks,


Posted by kickstart on November 19, 2006, 7:21 am
> I'm planning on building a house in the next year or so and would like
> to be involed in the construction. I would like to pick and choose what
> I want the lastest and greatest in.
, where would you guys put your money and what
> areas of the house would you upgrade (from usual construction) and why?
> Thanks,
>
energy efficiency



Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 19, 2006, 8:13 am

Cosmo wrote:
> I'm planning on building a house in the next year or so and would like
> to be involed in the construction. I would like to pick and choose what
> I want the lastest and greatest in. The foundation for example is one
> area where I want the best technology put to use, the area in Eastern
> Ontario where I'm putting the house seems to have alot of problems with
> basements. Is there a layman's book for picking material to build a
> house, something that gives advantages such as longer life and
> disadvantages such as not proven?
>
> If there is no such book, where would you guys put your money and what
> areas of the house would you upgrade (from usual construction) and why?
>
> It's a wet climate with snow, ice! Very similair to the north east in
> the US.
>
> Thanks,


Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 19, 2006, 8:18 am

Cosmo wrote:
> I'm planning on building a house in the next year or so and would like
> to be involed in the construction. I would like to pick and choose what
> I want the lastest and greatest in. The foundation for example is one
> area where I want the best technology put to use, the area in Eastern
> Ontario where I'm putting the house seems to have alot of problems with
> basements. Is there a layman's book for picking material to build a
> house, something that gives advantages such as longer life and
> disadvantages such as not proven?
>
> If there is no such book, where would you guys put your money and what
> areas of the house would you upgrade (from usual construction) and why?
>
> It's a wet climate with snow, ice! Very similair to the north east in
> the US.
>
> Thanks,

Canadian Home Builders Association Builders' Manual, Energy &
Environmental Building Association publications, Builder's Guide to
Cold Climates from Building Science Corporation, Journal of Light
Construction are all useful.
TB


Posted by Jay Stootzmann on November 24, 2006, 10:11 am
Check these places out:

http://www.buildingscience.com/resources/homeowner.htm

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_sealing.hm_improvement_sealing

http://www.advancedenergy.org/buildings/knowledge_library/crawl_spaces/

http://www.advancedenergy.org/buildings/knowledge_library/

http://homeenergy.org/archive/hem.dis.anl.gov/eehem/00/001110.html

These will get you started.


> I'm planning on building a house in the next year or so and would like
> to be involed in the construction. I would like to pick and choose what
> I want the lastest and greatest in. The foundation for example is one
> area where I want the best technology put to use, the area in Eastern
> Ontario where I'm putting the house seems to have alot of problems with
> basements. Is there a layman's book for picking material to build a
> house, something that gives advantages such as longer life and
> disadvantages such as not proven?
>
> If there is no such book, where would you guys put your money and what
> areas of the house would you upgrade (from usual construction) and why?
>
> It's a wet climate with snow, ice! Very similair to the north east in
> the US.
>
> Thanks,
>



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