john_kidder
Senior Member
West - are Garrell Associates your architects/designers? Beautiful homes.
john_kidder said:West - meetings last night, couldn't get to the TV.
But this discussion about buildings is very interesting as well. I'm trying to evaluate options for our place in Ashcroft - not comparable to Texas, but we do get more sun that anywhere else in Canada (total precip about 4-5 inches/yr, sagebrush, cactus, rattlesnakes, kind of like the Big Bend country), plus we have a river running by. Gotta get it off the grid.
Solar hot water's a natural, ?do we pipe it through the floor for radiant heat/coooling?, solar electricity still not cost-effective for lighting/general use, but how about a micro-hydro turbine in the river?, at least use the flow of the river to power the irrigation pumps, etc. Recycyle grey water in the houses?
And, just presuming for the moment that there may be some merit to a little risk aversion so one might plan for warming whether onr not it's actually occurring, it seems likely that our rivers will go to peak flows earlier in spring and get drier earlier in autumn. How do we plan for reduced water availability then - we have no ground water to speak of here in the desert, it's gotta come from the river.
Fun, really. Little need for tornado doors, anyway.
Scratch said:Get ready; here come the lawsuits...
Graham said:Scratch said:Get ready; here come the lawsuits...
I used an aerosol paint several years ago, am I libel or can I sue the manufacturer?
Love the avatar Scratch. :wink:
Graham said:Scratch said:Get ready; here come the lawsuits...
I used an aerosol paint several years ago, am I libel or can I sue the manufacturer?
JerryR said:Graham said:Scratch said:Get ready; here come the lawsuits...
I used an aerosol paint several years ago, am I libel or can I sue the manufacturer?
Yeah - bet it was doing a bit of graffiti :wink: