It's April 29 and there is quite a bit happening. At the first meeting with Dean and Joe the issue of a fan in the toilet came up. It wasn't clear if this would be needed given the waterless toilet has a 24/7 fan built in plus the mechanical ventilation system will draw air out of the toilet room (so long as the toilet 'room' is within the conditioned building envelope which is not yet...
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Aims Work out what the roof will look like on Jane's cottage; confirm roof and garage on David's cottage. Discuss revised floor plan. Work out access arrangements for cottages - verandah, deck, porch, stairs, ramps or combinations. Discuss air tight layer over ceiling. Discussion I know I don't want a hip or gabled roof. I like tent roof styles but am not committed to this. I really like eyelash aka concave verandahs transformed into a...
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Yesterday was our first 'team' meeting for the house. There are some things I need to do as a result but the priority one is modify the floor plan.Above is the original floor plan (it's a bit murky there is a better image at Dwelling in the Future Now on page 15) and below the following text is the second version of the floor plan, that had to have all possible spaces, that could be...
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