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Can you jack up a cottage and build a slab on grade underneath it?

...building high enough to build underneath is a much more risky undertaking that jacking up a cottage a bit to level it.  Your cottage would need to lifted high e...

Posted by William Rae June 6, 2021 Slab on Grade 5 responses

What is the best method of building a slab on grade?

...building these slabs? Having built several LEED certified High performance homes on slabs with different methods, our preferred method on how to build a slab on...

Posted by Jay Law April 19, 2021 Slab on Grade 1 response

Can you create a passive wine cellar by insulating and air sealing a crawl space?

...building a wine cellar – I would treat those as two separate issues for the moment, because each space will have different humidity levels and likely temperatur...

Posted by JC Wong April 2, 2021 Crawl spaces 5 responses

How do you create a slab on grade on a slope?

...building a pole barn home in an area where there is likely to be bedrock if we tried to dig much.  Over the 24 foot width of the home, the ground slopes down to...

Posted by Adrienne Rayna June 30, 2020 New foundations and slab-on-grade 3 responses

How do you rebuild an existing basement?

We bought an older home with an existing basement. We would like to take down the top of the house and rebuild on the basement. What do I need to do to make sur...

Posted by Lisa Tuck April 14, 2020 Basements improvements 1 response

How do I build or buy a salt battery for my home?

...build storage and I would like to use a salt battery.

Posted by Sakthi N Dec. 26, 2020 Renewable energy

How much does it cost to build an Earthship?

...build an off-grid, passively heated home, we have lots of pages that will help you design properly for whatever climate your building in. Below are a few starte...

Posted by Robin Skidmore Dec. 17, 2020 Passive solar home design 1 response

How do you make an airtight house envelope?

...building down to the sheathing? If so, I’d go with an exterior membrane as the air barrier before you apply any rigid insulation. We did that on one of our demo...

Posted by Valeriy Kraydman Dec. 1, 2020 Air and vapour barriers 1 response

Can you recommend consultant for hire to optimize tiny home build?

...build the best tiny house I would start on this page here , its the best tiny house we have seen -  How to build tiny houses on Wheels for cold climates And on ...

Posted by grrr skunk July 20, 2020 Tiny house 3 responses

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