House tour video (in case you missed it)

Here are the videos from our Periscope house tour from June 2nd.

Construction updates are minimal: drywall and siding! The whole house has been boarded now. We're moving on to plastering. And the siding on the South side will be up this week. Feeling the time/money squeeze! 

Mark and Meghan give a tour of their passive house build in Hintonburg, Ottawa, Canada.

Mark and Meghan give a tour of their passive house build in Hintonburg, Ottawa, Canada.

Upcoming Periscope House Tour: June 2 @ 11 am

For anyone who missed our last tour, and for those geographically challenged, Mark will be live-streaming this upcoming Thursday (June 2) at 11 am EST. You'll have to download the Periscope App to tune-in. Follow @marktrosen. Highly recommend you do so because you can ask him questions and interact as he walks you through the house. 

Grand Designs

A Passive House in England, designed by architect Richard Hawkes

I was reminded of a great UK tv show after speaking with one of our tour-goers. Britain's first Passive House, amongst others, have been featured on it. It's such a great show – Grand Designs. I really wish our HGTV had something more to offer... Host Kevin McCloud documents self-builds of particular architectural interest. It's in it's 16th season now and has off-shoots in Australia and 'Abroad'. It's worth checking out (although I noticed most of the videos have recently been removed from YouTube :( I found a couple for you through other channels:

Britain's first Passive House
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm279a_grand-designs-s09e04-the-eco-arch-kent_tech

A Passive House in the Cotswolds:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xm0zu1_aaf-grand-designs-s10e02-pdtv_tech

And my all-time favourite Grand Designs episode:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2jmjo3_grand-designs-series-14-4-of-10-the-shipping-containers-house_tv

Construction week 14: first floor framing complete

The sun sets over another week. 

The last two walls went up this Monday. Here is a Periscope from the weekend with a special guest star appearance. Teaser: it was me. We put the final touches on the walls together. 

We are counting our blessings lately for all this "warm" weather. 

Watch our house build on Periscope

My techie husband has started to Periscope from site. What does that mean? Periscope is social video streaming. You can follow him live when he's on site, listen to him explain things as he walks around the house, ask him questions and interact. The future is now.

Follow him @marktrosen. He'll probably announce the live stream on Twitter beforehand. If you're not following him on Twitter yet, get on that. He's been posting his own updates there too. AND if that's not enough, our builders Cornelis Grey have been Periscoping too. Follow them @cornelisgrey.

Mark live streams the ICF pour of his Passive House build in Ottawa Canada.

Mark's first broadcast on Periscope

Legacy building

I found this video on a Portland builder's site. It resonates. Because no matter how green or well-built you make your building, if it's not beautiful and functional, it will end up getting torn down like the rest of 'em.

http://www.hammerandhand.com Learn how Hammer & Hand builds for this generation and generations to come. --------------- Hammer & Hand is a Portland and Seattle general contractor dedicated to inciting evolution in building through science, service and craft. Showcasing classic kitchen remodels to detailing high performance building practices, Hammer & Hand publishes new videos twice a week.