Finally, winding down my work... still have some more harvesting to do but the bulk of it is done. Have not really done many of the projects with the house that we need to do. Have not spent many hours in the house but feel that I need to "post"...
So the good news, the passive solar (heating with the sun's help) we think is pretty good. The house stays pretty warm and does not get very cold without added heat (62-ish with 20* outside temp.). We did fire up the wood stove and we're pretty impressed with how slow it burns and the amount of heat it puts out (maybe a bit too much).
Minor problem with the sewer vent pipe, it leaked water onto the bathroom ceiling, had to rip insulation out and dry it out. Builder is coming this week to "look" at it. The builder himself, is a good man and does good work. His hired help or sub-contractors are definitely not that good. He can not do it all and he ended up firing a few of them during our build.
Now to the bad news, in my opinion, the sheet rock is pretty crappy. They have fixed several areas but overall it's really pretty crappy looking. I don't mind it... question is; would I pay extra for perfect sheet rock? Most likely not... depends on how much "extra" we are talking about.
A few years ago, we added on where we live now and pointed out a few "problems" that we saw and the contractor said, you could not afford to have me do it perfectly... which I agree is true. The things that bother me, I will fix or correct. I think we did ok with the price we paid.
"...Modular homes built in climate control facilities.." are basically built by factory workers at the lowest price. The material is about the same, used the cheapest material. I had always planned to replaced / upgrade what we deemed necessary when funds are available. If you didn't get the factory installed (POS, BTW) dishwasher, then they did not run water and electric to it. So, yes, we plan to replace that pretty soon. Bathroom exhaust fans... omg; actually it's OMG!!! ..it's loud.
Things I would change... there's a couple changes to the floor plan I would have made (might have a new post on that)... more insulation in the interior walls. Foam core doors vs. hollow core doors. List goes on but I'm rambling enough as it is now...
I will update this as I see the need but based on views (only once a week and I'm not sure if that wasn't my wife "checking up" on me....) Take care...
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