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26988. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:13:30 PM Hi, Arky -
Can you get electricity to it? 26989. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:15:39 PM Even if you want to go 'off grid', it's a lot cheaper if you have an electric feed because then you can do without a lot of expensive batteries when you get to that point - just sell power back to the grid. In the meantime you can get well and septic in, and even a heat pump as finances allow. 26990. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:18:34 PM Btw, I've found a couple of places that sell polyisocyanurate insulation foamboard insulation 'seconds' and 'overstocks' - one in Illinois and one in Idaho, so I wouldn't be surprised if there's others nearer Arkansas -they're letting that stuff go for real cheap and it's about the most effective insulation you can buy as far as R-Value per thickness today except for the exotic stuff. 26991. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:22:30 PM If you can find any artesian wells on your property, especially uphill, that might be a potentially really easy way to get water. How much land do you own with this house? 26992. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:26:31 PM When I told a girl from Japan how environmentally friendly my house was, she couldn't believe it. Just well and septic and a geothermal heat pump. 26993. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:37:42 PM When I had my house built, I specified cement board siding and I'm glad I did. It's got a wood grain texture and is regular lap board siding size. The great thing about it is it doesn't rot, warp or split with age and it doesn't absorb moisture so it will hold a coat of paint much longer than wood will. I had a single coat paint job done my house (in northern Illinois) 12 years ago and it still looks just like new on the cement board siding - a lot of it has deteriorated or come off on the cedar trim - I wish I had insisted that the trim be cement board back then because now I'm seriously considering replacing much of it now with cement board siding.
26994. concerned - 7/10/2012 9:47:26 PM Of course, you need carbide circular saw blades to cut cement board (and breathing protection, but you should be using that anyway for construction work with regular and especially pressure treated wood). 26995. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:04:58 PM Okay I'm going to voice this because it's going to be long. Thanks concerned for the great information.
Here's the story we have a house in Arkansas that we built about 16 years ago that it's about 2000 ft.² on 3 acres. My grandparents bought a little cabin in Colorado in 1954, and we go there every summer. last summer a cabin nearby the one in the picture came up for sale for cheek and we bought it.
The previous owner got in trouble for adding an extension without a permit. He had remodeled and our old railroad cabin to what you see in the picture. 26996. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:06:38 PM Because of his extension, it had to be removed before it could be so, so he left it. The bank took it and so, and we bought it from the woman who bought it from the bank. before she could sell it she had to remove the illegal extension. So one side of the house has no siding. They painted a light brown on those two boards but we won't painted that color because we don't like it.
Hope all that makes sense without too many typos 26997. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:08:21 PM It did have electricity it has a will and what they call a septic which is actually a vault it's on top of a mountain in Colorado it's 8500 feet high. And the little town it's Ian has no city water facilities. we will have to re-hook up redo and finish the electricity the well and the septic system, but this summer we're just going to stop the leaking right from where they tore the sawed-off the house 26998. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:16:05 PM Typing again: that's GREAT news about the siding. Our neighbor said we bought a wooden tent., so we can really do anything with it. It sits on 2 1/2 lots (small) and cost less than a new car. It's two tiny bedrooms, one small bath and a small kitchen, but a huge living area. The windows are fantastic. We'll make one BR a closet because there's no storage. When we retire we'll stay there in the summers. 26999. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:16:55 PM Before then, actually. As soon as it is livable, but we are in no hurry. 27000. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:18:05 PM Hello millennial! 27001. arkymalarky - 7/10/2012 11:45:52 PM Clarification after getting to reread the voice to print: the cabin in the picture is the one we bought. You can see our family cabin from there. 27002. arkymalarky - 7/11/2012 12:02:27 AM Okay. That insulation sounds like just the thing. The house will probably end up being gutted. 27003. arkymalarky - 7/11/2012 12:07:26 AM I would like this house to have just what yours has, except the heat pump. But it's so tiny we won't use much electricity. I may sacrifice a tub, which is a big sacrifice for me and Mose. No gas or propane. It has a huge wood stove, and tho I'm deathly allergic to wood smoke, this one is top notch and it doesn't affect me as much as in AR. We'll rarely use it anyway 27004. concerned - 7/11/2012 12:32:15 AM Re. 27002 -
I am seriously considering using some for my basement for wall insulation.
I found the website for the place in Illinois:
Insulation for Less
Might have some place in Colorado like this. As you can probably tell, they are aching to unload the stuff. I like the pictures of a big truck flatbed trailer loaded with it in their lot. With a R Value of 6.5 per inch it looks like you can get an insulation value equal to that of a 6" wall using fiberglass or rock wool in a 4" wall.
They also have big honking bundles of 'odds and ends' all strapped together for $50. Looks like you could do the walls of the whole place for two or three hundred if you went with those. They also appear to have foil backed which is useful for radiant heat barriers for attics and such as well as walls. 27005. arkymalarky - 7/12/2012 1:09:38 AM When we get to a decent connection tomorrow I'll show Stan. 27006. judithathome - 7/12/2012 4:13:43 PM And the little town it's Ian
I had to chuckle because as soon as I saw that "Ian", I knew your Iphone was not used to an Arkansan accent! 27007. wabbit - 7/12/2012 7:00:04 PM LOL, that was the same thought I had, that the voice software is actually picking up her accent!
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