I haven't posted in a long time partially because I've been frustrated at the lack of progress. I can now tell you that after this weekend there should be something to look at... and keep the snow off of our cars.
On Thursday a delivery is scheduled for the lumber for the walls and sheathing. The roof trusses should be coming Friday. Since it is a nice square building, I am going to attempt to build the four walls completely on the ground and then tip them up into position. Since I have the "new" work van (8'2" tall Dodge Sprinter) I am putting up 10' walls and squeezing in a 9' high door. I've done a little playing with the shadows on Sketchup and I don't think the added height will adversely affect the passive solar at all. The only real effect I see is that instead of the majority of the solar radiation concentrating on one side, it will be more toward the center of the slab. I should still be able to test my theories of spreading out the heat within the slab to increase the delta T... More on that after I actually have some windows collecting that energy. On to more important business:
Who wants to help with the construction? I could probably use a couple more bodies (prefer construction experience? heh.) The roofing part might be exciting; There is a chance of snow over the weekend. Bring the ol' toboggan. Seriously, let me know of anyone might want to help.
... so excited for some big progress!
