High Desert Permaculture and Natural Building

Author: Christine

True South – sizing system

http://www.solar4power.com/solar-power-sizing.html GENERAL SIZING FOR SOLAR POWER In sizing an electric system using solar power the first two factors we consider are the sunlight levels (insolation values) from your area and...

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Update 9/13/08: Somehow, what I built isn’t at all what I planned and I find that smaller and simpler is definitely better.

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Building a flat roof

Building a Flat Roof Right 3. Screw Down Underlayment The sheet-rubber roofing material that Tom is using requires a substrate called iso board—½-inch-thick rigid foam (made of polyisocyanurate) with a special fiberglass...

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Trusses

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles/harris23.html … Today, in almost all parts of the country, one can go to a local lumberyard with a building design on the back of an envelope, watch the technician keyboard all the critical...

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