Catarina Log

Mon Mar 3, 2014

FeF Requirements for Year-round Operation

HabLab

• Insulate bathroom/kitchen wall
• Robust water heater
• Sufficient heating for common room, kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms
• Finish interiors (paint walls/floor, close holes, finish ceiling, etc)
• Mud room (physically separate from main room)
• Covered porch/patio
• Outdoors and indoors firewood rack
• Finish exterior rooms
• Robust plumbing
• Robust water system
• Robust electrical system
• Robust internet
• Cell phone signal amplifier

Exterior

• Gravel or wood chip paths connecting all buildings - for both pedestrians and vehicles
• A way to shovel/clear snow-covered paths
• Solar lights or reflective cells along the paths

MicroHouse

• Draft insulation
• Permanent (buried) water system
• Permanent sewage system
• Permanent electrical system (30A)
• Internet connection
• Cell phone signal amplifier
• Two additional modules (bedroom + living/working room)
• Heating on all modules
• Covered porch/patio
• Outdoors firewood rack

Workshop

• Second stove

House Painting

Hi guys,

I think the best contrast colors for dark brown walls are white, yellow and apple green. See for example:

http://blog.styleestate.com/storage/thumbnails/2908662-2950705-thumbnail.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1243374071765

http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/844425/Da_Lime_inda_Coconut

Menards doesn't have any bright greens (only boring ones), but Home Depot does have one that looks pretty nice (bamboo leaf). So here's the palette I suggest:

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Links for the paints at Home Depot:

Bamboo Leaf (green): http://www.homedepot.com/s/Bamboo%2520Leaf%2520%2520paint?NCNI-5

Lemon Lime (yellow): http://www.homedepot.com/s/lemon%2520lime%2520paint?NCNI-5

Chalkboard Paint: http://www.homedepot.com/s/chalkboard%2520paint?NCNI-5

For the MH I think we should go with white for the walls as that will make the space appear bigger.

Cheers, C

Fri Jan 16, 2014

edit

Looked into Swimming Pool idea for morale management.