Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating crew came out to the Build And Eco-Friendly, Allergy-Free House (BEAH) project to do stage I of the fit-out for our radiant heating system: All 2 floors. Everything had been planned with the usual military precision and attention to detail: two day busy days! (And to top it off, we had Jacob Maggs, our masterfully-EMF aware electrician on the site … [Read more...] about Radiant Heat Fights Allergies with Hydrotherm Hydronic Heating (Part I)
Allergy-free House
McMansions for People with MCS and CIRS
Why is this house taking so long? [Update: our house is finished. More coming soon] It's taking us a an extended amount of time, more than 12 months now, to build our Allergy-free House. A good friend who built their own safe house, and has now recovered, told us, "Take your time. It's better to get everything right, rather than make a mistake causing your house to be … [Read more...] about McMansions for People with MCS and CIRS
Our Shoji Doors from ‘Shoji Screens and Doors’
(This post has been updated to reflect the accuracy of the shoji door material, Opal Rice, which is actually made from fibreglass not rice paper! Although it certainly does look like rice paper.) Shoji ~ Traditionally a sliding screen door or wall made of latticed screen and paper used to screen an area, thus making it private. Today, I'm going to show you a part of our … [Read more...] about Our Shoji Doors from ‘Shoji Screens and Doors’
How to Avoid Slab Moisture Ingress
Slab moisture ingress can cause indoor mould growth because it not only adds moisture and humidity to the indoor air environment but it can also cause the house to act as a petri dish where mould will grow, spreading spores around the house. This can happen if it hasn't cured properly, of if there are gardens with soil covering the weep holes—small rectangular spaces left … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Slab Moisture Ingress
Why a Pineapple Could Bring Good Fortune and Other Home Superstitions
Why a Pineapple Could Bring Good Fortune and Other Home Superstitions Click through the slideshow using the arrow buttons More Build an Eco-Friendly, Allergy-Free House: Building a Home with Ganesh All the Build an Eco-Friendly, Allergy-Free House blog posts Coming up The Book: Freedom: Build an Allergy-Free, Eco-Friendly Home (Release date 2017) … [Read more...] about Why a Pineapple Could Bring Good Fortune and Other Home Superstitions