Codes Changing for Climate Change
Rules: M-19 and OFFICIAL PLAN REVIEW: II-18 Hotter. Colder. Wetter. Dryer. This is called climate load, and it comes in an evermore random order. The need to design homes and buildings which can live through many decades of crazy weather i Read more
YOUR OLDIE-BUT-GOODIE DAYS : Aging-In-Place
This topic is located on the Home Building Timeline, beginning with the construction phase HOUSE PLANS - MOVING AROUND IN THE HOUSE, at grid location V-24. NOTE : This article will remain free to read until May 16, 2019. Until then, read it all Read more
CLOSETS : Her Heart’s Desire
This topic is located on the Home Building Timeline, beginning with the construction phase HOUSE PLANS - USEFULNESS, at grid location X-24. NOTE : This article is free to read. Read it all you want and share it with all your friends, so they can Read more
Staircase Space: Curved vs Straight
This topic is located on the Home Building Timeline, beginning with the construction phase HOUSE PLANS - MOVING AROUND IN THE HOUSE, at grid location V-24. NOTE : This article will remain free to read until April 26, 2019. Until then, read i Read more
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Ready Planner 1
On you mark. Get set. ....STOP!!! Before you plan a single room or roof line, right now, apply the BEADS Keystone (on the Home Building Timeline: described beginning at H-10, implemented at L-12). Assure complete knowledge of the locat Read more
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Garage Size: NN-7
There’s no standard size for a garage. There should be. There’s not. FOR EXAMPLE (wrong, by the way) - The perception by the general public is that a customer will tell the architect/designer/planner to include a “double garage.” Th Read more
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Shutter Shadows Change Farmhouse to Main Street
2000, the turn of the new millennium, saw the #1 trend in new housing become The New Old Home; a brand new house that mimics a vintage home from the beginning of the previous century. The main traits of the New Old Home are : a front porch with s Read more
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Avoid Aluminum Failure by the Sea
Aluminum was first used in the 1920’s for decorative detailing, and, then as now, hailed as a miracle material, because it won’t rust, it’s lightweight, and easily formed and shaped. By the 1930’s its uses expanded to structural component Read more
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IF PLANS COULD TALK
Homebuilding is habit-based. A routine develops, like Standard Operating Procedure, and embeds itself so deeply into the mind and muscle memory of every tradesman, that the concept of “I should look at the plans” is replaced by “I’ve done thi Read more