About the house
An update as we move into spring – last week it was sunny for a few days in a row with outside highs in the 40s/maybe low 50s, inside the greenhouse has been in the 70s and up to 80 F. I had all the house doors and windows open for a few hours. At 80F I opened the ridge vents to cool the greenhouse … Continue reading Temperature Update
Mold is a living organism and, therefore, has conditions needed to support that life. So before committing to the time, money, and effort to build a greenhouse-enclosed home, I researched the potential for mold in the home. Once I knew what conditions mold needed to grow, I could try to find ways to maintain the home’s environment in such a way that it did not … Continue reading Mold Watch – February ’23
Mold is a living organism and, therefore, has conditions needed to support that life. So before committing to the time, money, and effort to build a greenhouse-enclosed home, I researched the potential for mold in the home. Once I knew what conditions mold needed to grow, I could try to find ways to maintain the home’s environment in such a way that it did not … Continue reading Mold Watch – January ’23
My claim of owning the first greenhouse-enclosed tiny home in the United States has received pushback that it is a) not tiny, and b) not the first. This spurred a conversation about the definition of both “tiny” and “home.” Should the use of the term “tiny home” be defined only in legal terms per the International Residential Code and/or local building codes? Or, is a … Continue reading What is a Tiny Home?
Designing a home that is functional and supportive of its occupant’s lifestyle is a leap of faith – you may consider hundreds, or even thousands, of details toward a coherent design, but can not know the result until months or years later. Amping up the stress to get the design right is the fact that a house is most people’s greatest single financial outlay and, … Continue reading Evolution of the House Design
