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Downsizing your home is the first step towards reducing your impact on Earth.
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.
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Do you need a professional home inspection or can you do it yourself?
Learn when to get a home inspection, download my checklist, and benefit from my 40 years' experience as a real estate investor.
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So many shed kits! I need a garden shed, which should I get?
Time to start working on my outdoor projects. First on the list is a garden shed, but which of the shed kits is the one for me?
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Want to build a shed? You will need garden shed plans, but which?
So you've decided to go the DIY route and you're going to build a shed yourself. If you've never undertaken such a major project, we have some great advice for you.
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Spring Is Here! Time To Install Some Gutters.
Do you know how to install rain gutters -- you know, the kind of eavestroughs you can buy at the hardware store?
Well, we did it, and not just once, but twice!
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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.
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Use Our Drywall Calculator To Figure Out How Much Drywall You Will Need
Type your wall area into our FREE drywall calculator and presto! you get how much drywall, how much joint compound, how many fasteners, and how much tape to buy. Easy!
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Deconstruction is the eco friendly sister of demolition.
Renovating? 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.
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Foil Insulation Adds An Additional R-4 To My Green Kitchen
Foil insulation will add R-4 to my north-facing kitchen. See it, step-by-step.
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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.
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A Submersible Well Pump For My Green Home's New Water Well
How to get water from well to faucet? With a submersible well pump. Installation required a specialist: see my step-by-step pictures of the whole process.
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Going organic in your garden: a quick guid.
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.
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Why Home Insulation Is No. 1 When It Comes To Saving Energy
Let's simplify this complicated subject by answering the questions everyone is asking about home insulation. Question about how it works, the cost, the different types, and so on.
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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 well, our very own water well. See how we did it, step by step, with lots of useful pictures.
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A Spray Foam Insulation Project In Step-By-Step Photos
Step-by-step photos of a spray foam insulation home retrofit project which uses two kinds of foam for better energy efficiency.
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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.
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Does Global Warming Exist? Yes It Does, And Here's Why
A quick overview of the subject of global warming, and climate change, how it affects us, and what we can do about it if we're serious about caring for our unique Blue Planet.
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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.
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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.
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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 it 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.