Spray painting the primer on the inside walls of New Cottage in the Woods.

Seal It Up Tight

One of the things I have learned through my “net zero” education is the importance of sealing up the shell of the buildings. I witnessed the haphazard performance of the advanced weather barrier wraps over the years, and it seemed like it was time for an advance in science and methodology of these wraps. And…

Cottage in the woods - the construction of the road with bulldozers and trucks.

Thinking About Construction Methods

Home construction techniques are one of the most challenging issues, be it for the home owner designing his first home with a professional, or a custom home builder building his 120th home. So many aspects are evolving in the interrelated approaches, that must work in a coordinated fashion, not independently.  It would seem problems present themselves when these independent approaches interfere…