Have you ever started eating a big ol’ plate of spaghetti and after having eaten enough to stuff a football team find yourself staring at a big ol’ plate of spaghetti that doesn’t look any smaller?  Welcome to the Spaghetti Days of the Seattle Passive House project.  There is still enough work left for another meal, but Dan is almost stuffed.  He is pushing hard to get it wrapped up and it is looking good.  They are laying tile, the cabinets have been installed upstairs and need to be installed downstairs, countertops are coming, and the concrete slab has been stained a really great chocolate brown color.  A very spiffy hot water heater has been installed, the HRV needs to be hooked up, the gas has to be approved, stairs to the ADU are coming, the handrail has been started, the tile for the pervious driveway sections has been laid and the gravel/dirt mixture needs to be filled in on top.  There is a bunch of stuff that needs to be cleaned out and at the end of the day it still looks like a full plate of spaghetti, but Dan is still hungry to finish this project and is willing to talk to interested future Passive House homeowners about building their projects, so if you want to talk to Dan Whitmore about building a project, you can email him.

Stay tuned and keep your fork – there’s dessert coming!

Linda

I had a chance to tour the Mini B in its’ new temporary home at the Phinney Ridge Neighborhood center.  I love it!  It would be perfect for some property I have in Eastern Washington.  We held a meeting of the PHNW Events Planning committee with 6 of us sitting around talking for a few hours and it was really comfortable.    The bathroom and kitchen size is just perfect for a small retreat place, temporary dwelling, or even permanent dwelling if you have chosen your belongings carefully.  In its current location the Mini B does not have the plumbing hooked up, but the electrical, ventilation, and wall heater all work.  Check out the Mini B’s blog for times you can visit and tour it for yourself – the next big event is January 30th.

I have moved the Existing Resources blog from WordPress here to my own ExistingResources.com website.  The look is a little different, but the old content is all here.

Welcome to the first post of the New Year!  This year I will be blogging about an Existing Resource project  and talk about what needs to be done to take a 1968 Rambler and convert it into a Passive House!  At this point the owner is just looking for ideas and costs, so the project is not slated to go into actual construction, but planning is the key component of any Passive House project, and when you are starting with an Existing Resource it is even more critical.  I’ll walk you through the steps as I plan out the project.  Feel free to ask questions, suggest solutions, or just play the “What if?” game.  I want as much interaction on this thread from everyone so that together we learn and explore the ins and outs of an Existing Resource Passive House Project.