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Site
work, stem walls and underground utilities.
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Bill
Galagher and Professor Scheatzle at site in AUgust 1995. Site cleared
and ready for footings.
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Completed
stem walls - October 1995.
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| Routing
of buried electrical, water, radiant system supply and return, and
drainage -December 1995. |
Ready for
slab rebar - January 1996. |
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Ready
for slab rebar. Stub ups for radiant
system, plumbing and drainage -December 1995. |
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Placing
the radiant floor tubes and pouring the slab
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| Radiant floor tubes
attached to rebar in living room/dining room area - January 1996. |
Pouring the slab, showing
floor manifold for the center zone |
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| Slab
pour finished - January 1996 |
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Adobe
Walls
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| Delivery
of adobe blocks-January 1996. |
Start of
adobe walls showing window forms -January 1996 |
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| Placing
lentils in south wall-January 1996 |
Forming
bond beams on top of adobe walls-February 1996 |
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| View of
bond beam from the top-March 1996 |
Framing
above bond beams-March 1996 |
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Roof
Framing
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| Beginning
the roof framing-March 1996 |
Roof framing
progress looking southwest- 1996 |
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Roof framing
showing detail of ridge beam
and rafters- 1996 |
Roof framing
nearing completion- 1996 |
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Roof/Ceiling Construction
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| Section
through roof/ceiling assembly showing various components |
Applying
radiant barrier in rafter air space-January 1997 |
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| Looking
into rafter air space showing radiant barrier, 2 inch air space below
and 8 inch fiberglass batt insulation- 1997 |
Beginning
to apply Styrofoam board insulation over vapor barrier at bottom of
rafters. This prevents water vapor from the outside from reaching
the cold capillary tubes and condensing.- 1997 |
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| Styrofoam
board insulation over vapor barrier at bottom of rafters. This prevents
water vapor from the outside from reaching the cold capillary tubes
and condensing.- 1997 |
Roof ridge
venting before cap is applied.- 1997 |
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Roof ridge
venting with screen in place before top cap is applied.- 1997
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Exterior
Work
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| Installing
windows.- 1998 |
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Interior
Work
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| Flagstone
floor completed.- 1998 |
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Carefree House
Objective
Project Description
Construction Photos
Data
Performance
Animation
Environmental control
Simulation
Conclusions & Observations
Future Work
Acknowledgements
References
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