Comments on: Second Design Meeting (this time with our builder) http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/ The former home of the 100k Blog Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Kris http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-6773 Kris Sun, 28 Nov 2010 11:41:54 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-6773 I am late to this site and am working my way through all the posts. Very interesting. We are currently building a house for ourselves and it will be all radiant infloor heat since it is easy for us to run the tubing ourselves. We also are leaving all the floors as polished concrete (possibly acid stained if we decide we can afford it). We also have designed the house for no AC, plenty of cross ventilation and a "heat chimney" stack effect type cooling. But we will also have a ceiling fan in each bedroom and in the main living space. I have traveled a lot in tropical countries. I never pay for a hotel room with AC and have never spent an uncomfortable night with a good ceiling fan blowing over the bed. I am late to this site and am working my way through all the posts. Very interesting. We are currently building a house for ourselves and it will be all radiant infloor heat since it is easy for us to run the tubing ourselves. We also are leaving all the floors as polished concrete (possibly acid stained if we decide we can afford it). We also have designed the house for no AC, plenty of cross ventilation and a “heat chimney” stack effect type cooling. But we will also have a ceiling fan in each bedroom and in the main living space. I have traveled a lot in tropical countries. I never pay for a hotel room with AC and have never spent an uncomfortable night with a good ceiling fan blowing over the bed.

]]> By: Radiant Heat is Affordable! - Who Knew? | 100khouse.com http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Radiant Heat is Affordable! - Who Knew? | 100khouse.com Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:39:32 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-92 [...] mentioned in our last design meeting, we had decided that radiant heating was definitely a necessity and no longer a want. Well, I did a [...] [...] mentioned in our last design meeting, we had decided that radiant heating was definitely a necessity and no longer a want. Well, I did a [...]

]]> By: Taking ISA’s “Core” Concept to the Next Level? | 100khouse.com http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Taking ISA’s “Core” Concept to the Next Level? | 100khouse.com Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:24:27 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-82 [...] since Nick Allen posted the comment below earlier today I’ve been obsessed with the concept of turning ISA’s [...] [...] since Nick Allen posted the comment below earlier today I’ve been obsessed with the concept of turning ISA’s [...]

]]> By: chad http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-81 chad Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:02:05 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-81 Nick - I love the pod idea and think I'll dedicate a post to it shortly. Thanks for the great links! Nick – I love the pod idea and think I’ll dedicate a post to it shortly. Thanks for the great links!

]]> By: Nick Allen http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Nick Allen Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:02:02 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-80 Chad, Fantastic Blog! You're my daily read on the train ride home. <strong>Kitchen/Bathroom</strong> I think the kitchen/bathroom pod is a great solution. Prefabbing would be good too. I thought these might be of use, some old links I had about kitchen/bathroom pods: <a href="http://mocoloco.com/archives/002730.php" rel="nofollow">http://mocoloco.com/archives/002730.php</a> <a href="http://www.elements-europe.com/index.php?path=Products/Copod/Types" rel="nofollow">http://www.elements-europe.com/index.php?path=Products/Copod/Types</a> and star endorsements too: Jade uses them in her apartments.....<a href="http://www.jadenyc.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.jadenyc.com</a> <strong>Hobs</strong> I'd be having the same dilemma as well. I love gas and the gas central heating in my apartment, and I think radiant heating in the floor is the best way to go. Yet solar heaters, or solar panels running a boiler for the heating would mean you'd only have gas of cooking, so maybe the halogen cooker or even and induction cooker would be a good alternative. Nick Chad,

Fantastic Blog!

You’re my daily read on the train ride home.

Kitchen/Bathroom
I think the kitchen/bathroom pod is a great solution. Prefabbing would be good too.

I thought these might be of use, some old links I had about kitchen/bathroom pods:
http://mocoloco.com/archives/002730.php

http://www.elements-europe.com/index.php?path=Products/Copod/Types

and star endorsements too: Jade uses them in her apartments…..http://www.jadenyc.com

Hobs
I’d be having the same dilemma as well. I love gas and the gas central heating in my apartment, and I think radiant heating in the floor is the best way to go.
Yet solar heaters, or solar panels running a boiler for the heating would mean you’d only have gas of cooking, so maybe the halogen cooker or even and induction cooker would be a good alternative.

Nick

]]> By: chad http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-79 chad Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:00:48 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-79 Sorry not to get to your comment earlier Brandon. As Greg said, we may go only with passive cooling methods due to our location and design. Opening the windows at night and closing them during the day when it is hottest should work for 98% of the days in Philly. Another consideration is a ductless air conditioner placed in the upstairs master bedroom to supplement the cooling on the hottest nights. Something that costs $2K-$3K and would be easy to install. I like some of the products that Mitsubishi has on their site and something in the Mr. Slim line <a href="http://www.mrslim.com/Products/itemDetail.asp?ProductSubCategoryID=139&ProductCategoryID=24&ProductID=1495" rel="nofollow">like this</a> might work. Sorry not to get to your comment earlier Brandon. As Greg said, we may go only with passive cooling methods due to our location and design. Opening the windows at night and closing them during the day when it is hottest should work for 98% of the days in Philly.

Another consideration is a ductless air conditioner placed in the upstairs master bedroom to supplement the cooling on the hottest nights. Something that costs $2K-$3K and would be easy to install. I like some of the products that Mitsubishi has on their site and something in the Mr. Slim line like this might work.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Brandon Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:33:21 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-78 Ahh I must have missed that. Sorry. Ahh I must have missed that. Sorry.

]]> By: lavardera http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-77 lavardera Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:35:59 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-77 See earlier posts Brandon - they are going to use passive cooling techniques in place of electric cooling. See earlier posts Brandon – they are going to use passive cooling techniques in place of electric cooling.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Brandon Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:16:08 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-76 Thanks for all the advice and info. What are you planning on doing for cooling? Would running cold water through the hydronic system be enough to cool a well insulated house in the summer time? Central air seems the easiest and most obvious if cold water doesn't work but then that goes back to the problem of forced air and ugly duct work which you said Brian wasn't a fan of. Thanks for all the advice and info. What are you planning on doing for cooling? Would running cold water through the hydronic system be enough to cool a well insulated house in the summer time? Central air seems the easiest and most obvious if cold water doesn’t work but then that goes back to the problem of forced air and ugly duct work which you said Brian wasn’t a fan of.

]]> By: chad http://www.100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/comment-page-1/#comment-72 chad Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:23:10 +0000 http://100khouse.com/2007/12/09/second-design-meeting-this-time-with-our-builder/#comment-72 Check out the link in my last comment for a lot of useful pricing info for different applications. I am early in my research so I can't offer an in depth cost analysis yet... I can tell you that heating only the first floor will work in a well-insulated 2-story home. I have seen it done firsthand from a friend I know who lives in such a home as well as confirming this from an HVAC professional. The keys are having both a well insulated home as well as open pathways for the heat to travel up to the second floor. In our case we will have both so it is not an issue. To the gas point, I spoke to another builder yesterday who said that the gas company may provide the hookups for free on such a small project so there is still hope for a gas range. I'll post on this when I have a more definitive answer. Check out the link in my last comment for a lot of useful pricing info for different applications. I am early in my research so I can’t offer an in depth cost analysis yet…

I can tell you that heating only the first floor will work in a well-insulated 2-story home. I have seen it done firsthand from a friend I know who lives in such a home as well as confirming this from an HVAC professional. The keys are having both a well insulated home as well as open pathways for the heat to travel up to the second floor. In our case we will have both so it is not an issue.

To the gas point, I spoke to another builder yesterday who said that the gas company may provide the hookups for free on such a small project so there is still hope for a gas range. I’ll post on this when I have a more definitive answer.

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