Posts Tagged ‘ house ’

Keeping Cool with HVAC

June 29, 2010
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A friend of mine was asking me how I keep my house so cool in the summer heat?  He knows I don’t have an air conditioner and wondered how I apply my HVAC to deal with it.  Well, in Calgary, the one truly hot week we get in summer just isn’t worth air conditioning...

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Framing Basics

June 14, 2010
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Framing Basics

Framing is the most important step in building a structure such as a single detached house.  I say that with all due respect to cribbers (the guys who put the foundations together.)  Think of a home as you would your own body.  Basically, your skeletal system is the framing of your body.  If you...

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