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| Green Home Blog Announcements, updates, notes and news about My-Green-Home-Project.com. Find out what's happening here that may be of use to you in your own project! |
| My Green Home: How To Pick A House For A Green Makeover My green home makeover had to start with the right kind of fixer-upper: what to look for before deciding to fix your present house or not. |
| My house before and after the renovations, a brief photo album My house before and after the renovations -- and some from in-between too -- photos taken over the four years that it took. |
| A Folding Attic Ladder For My Green Home | Full Installation Instructions We install a folding attic ladder to provide easy and safe access to the attic space. See how we did it, step-by-step; it's quite simple, and an economical and safe way of accessing the attic. |
| Tired Of Your Damp Basement? Hate Your Leaky Basement? Five Strategies For You. Five strategies to get rid of your damp basement. We show you how to implement the one/s most appropriate to your situation. |
| Deconstruction is the eco friendly sister of demolition. Include some deconstruction for achieving your sustainability goal! We show you how it's done, with valuable tips and pointers to maximize this phase of your project. |
| My Home Doors And Windows Were Made Greener By A Judicious Mix Of Old And In my home doors and windows project, old windows wink at new windows and an old front door rubs shoulders with a new energy star door. This is indeed a case of Repair, Improve, and Replace -- in that |
| Use Our Drywall Calculator To Figure Out How Much Drywall You Will Need Type your wall area into our drywall calculator and presto! you get how much drywall, how much joint compound, how many fasteners, and how much tape to buy. Easy! |
| Your energy audit will reveal the true nature of your home's energy deficiencies Before embarking on your green remodeling project, you need an energy audit, done by a specialist. |
| Home insulation is one of the best ways to save energy Let's simplify this complicated subject by answering the questions I was asking myself about home insulation when I embarked on my green project. |
| My Green Home's Kitchen-Dinette Rebuild, Step-by-Step When it came to recreating the kitchen-dinette, I practically had to start from scratch. Here's how and how much. |
| A stair remodeling project that involves moving stairs to a new location. Ever thought of moving a staircase? It's easy! Watch our step by step stair remodeling how-to explanations. Don't be afraid to do it, it's worth every moment and every penny. |
| The Photo Album Photo album of the future Green Home, showing all the "Before" photos of this extensive home rescue/extreme makeover. |
| A Gutter system Can Prolong The Life of Your Home; Here's Why, How and How Much Have you ever wondered why it's important to have a gutter system on your home? Would you like to install it yourself? The answers are here. |
| Rebuilding The Sunroom Roof Structure, Step-By-Step A new sunroom roof was required in order to achieve a cathedral ceiling, but first we had to get rid of the dangerous old structure. See how rebuilding was done. |
| New Sunroom Walls for my Green Home -- See It, Step-by-Step See how my crew replaced the rotten sunroom walls -- in a single day! Learn from the step by step account of how it was done, from beginning to end, and be encouraged if you face a similar problem. |
| Vapor Barrier Installation Is The Key To A Tight, Energy-Efficient House The system that creates a tight house envelope must include a vapor barrier installation. Our step by step account in words and pictures offers invaluable info for your own vapor barrier project. |
| Drilling A Water Well: Water For My Green Home A family feud had deprived my house of its water supply; now we were drilling a water well, our very own water well. See how we did it, step by step, with lots of useful pictures. |
| Downsizing your home is the first step towards reducing your impact on Mother Ea If you're really serious about reducing your consumption and about saving money, you can start by downsizing your home. Here are the reasons why you should do it, and some help about how to do it. |
| Does Global Warming Exist? Yes It Does, And Here's Why A quick overview of the subject of global warming, how it affects us, and what we can do about it if we're serious about caring for our unique Blue Planet. |
| Going organic in your garden: a quick guide. Planning on going organic in your garden? Wondering where to start? You've come to the right place! Our expert guest writer will point you in the right direction. |
| For energy efficiency incentives, New Brunswick residents have quite a choice. Chances are there's an incentives program just for you here -- just view all the different options and decide which ones apply to your particular circumstances. |
| A passive solar house costs less to heat. See how we proved it. You could have a passive solar house and not know it! Try this test and find out. See how we measured the heat gain from the sun at different times and seasons. |
| Solar Energy For Homes: Solar Energy Possibilities For Your Green Home Get the facts about solar energy for homes and what are the energy possibilities for your own green home |
| About Me And My Green Home Project About us: a few tidbits about this green homeowner, her green home project, the motivation behind it, and the tools she used to realize her dream of sustainability. |
| Contact Page for my-green-home-project.com Use this contact form to send in your comments or ask questions about this green home project or your own home renovations. |
| Remodeling Costs of my Green Home, Dollar by Dollar and Step by Step You can have a green home, even on a modest budget. I promised to share the remodeling costs of this project, and I always keep my promises. |
| Your Green Home Questions Are Answered Here Visitors' questions about green homes are posted here, along with our answers. Use the contact form on this page for your own questions. |
| Disclaimer, Disclosure, and Privacy Policy Read the site policies for my-green-home-project.com |
| Visitor Site Map for My-Green-Home-Project.com The site map will help you navigate the site; it's alphabetical as opposed to being ordered by section. |
| Personal Green Home Stories From Around The World Our readers share their green home stories with us and with you. Read them and be inspired. |
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 SEAL UP THE HOUSEThe what, where and how-to of our complete vapor barrier installation.  INVEST IN SPRAY FOAM INSULATIONOur insulation project uses two kinds of foam. You may need both too.  MOVE THE STAIRSMoving a staircase? It's easy! Watch this step by step stair project how-to from top to bottom. (All puns intended!)  PILE ON THE INSULATIONLooking for ways to save energy? Home insulation should be high on your list of priorities. Get the facts.  ANOTHER STAIR STORYWe took out the stairs to the second floor, so now how do we get up there? A folding attic ladder supplies the answer.  TAP THE EARTH FOR WATERWe prospect for water by ancient means and lo! water appears. See it happening, step-by-step.  DOWNSIZE YOUR LIFEAre you serious about reducing your impact on the environment? Start by downsizing your home! See how I did it -- and why.  LEARN ABOUT SOLAR ENERGYIf you thought solar energy was only about solar panels, think again... and read this article by solar energy expert Michael Martinez. |
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| BACKGROUND |
A few years ago, I bought this fixer-upper for $10,000. It had been vacant for six years, had no water supply, needed a new roof, and was likely to conceal an unsuspected number of nasty flaws. Don't believe me? See these "Before" pictures. My intention was to turn into as "green" as home as I could, within my physical, financial, and geographical limits – and to share this adventure with you, step-by-step and dollar-by-dollar. I'm not quite finished, but I do have a few "After" pictures to show. If you want to follow me on this exciting adventure, you can subscribe to this site by RSS feed -- see the box below the navigation bar on the left. |