Off Grid Living , Renewable Energy

I am an independent contractor building an off grid home in the national forest. This group is for folks interested in knowing more about the project, but also a place to share your own construction related stories. This group is not only for construction professionals, I would love to hear from everyone who has tried to build something naked, from a bird house in the garage and up. Lets have...

To start things off

I've had lots of requests about my off grid home that I am building. I hope to be able to answer questions, Please ask questions. So I'll start with the specs. Land: 30 acres Where: Roosevelt National Forest (The original deed has F....

Off grid - Micro-Hydro

Hi guys, I'm hoping to get started on our straw-bale house in the not too distant future, we're currently looking at various parts of France and a suitable piece of 'real estate' (around 4 hectares/10 acres) to fulfill the build and...

Saving Energy- Phantom Loads and Lighting

One of the biggest things with a Renewable Energy System is not how much you produce but what you do with what you have. Simply being aware of your power consumption will really help you go further with what you have. A good first step is to...

Blog Talk Radio Show

I participate on Thursday's at 11:00 AM PST on a Blog Talk Radio show regarding Alternative Fuels presented by the Antelope CleanCities. https://www.antelopecleancities.com/#!__clean-cities-radio Also Starting on this Friday at 10:00 Am I will...

How to 101- Raised Panel Cabinet Doors

How to 101- Raised Panel Cabinet Doors Skill Level: 2 of 5 Suggested Tools: -Miter Saw- Could use a Skill Saw and Carpenters Square -Table Saw- See Above plus Framing Square -Drill Press- Hand Drill will work -Biscuit Joiner with #20 Biscuits...

Gulf Island Home

Mickey, I'm doing this as a test post to see if the photo works. If not, we can just dump it. Sorry to have to use you as my guinea pig.

Inserting pics in thread

Does any one know how to do this?? I tried and the pic ended up as hundreds of lines of code. Mickey

Wood Shops

Wood Shops, WoW, What I am currently useing is a 10x20 back room, the only room I have not finnished in this house. In it I have the basics. A Table Saw, Planer, Drill Press, Router Table, Band Saw, full size dust collector and 2 3x5 work benches...

Off grid and high-tech in Nevada City

Hi to the group. I am living in an off-grid home near Nevada City, California. The house is controlled by software I wrote to turn on heavy power users such as the well pump only when there is plenty of solar power. I don't have much information...