Visitors are invited to experience the romance and camaraderie of an old-fashioned “barn raising” Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24, in the Chautauqua community of Lakeside, Ohio. Homeowners Frank and Brenda Baker will lead a crew of family and friends in raising the timber frame of their new cottage by hand, and look forward to a [...]
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Here is a great recent article from Eco Home Magazine about a recently built Ultra-Efficient Hybrid Home. Give the article a read: http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/01/case-study-ultra-efficient-hybrid-home-utilizes-high-performance-building-techniques.aspx Here is a quick excerpt from the article: Utilizing several high-performance building techniques designed to make it ultra insulated and efficient, a 4,200-square-foot home in rural Pennsylvania was constructed using a systems-built [...]
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Last June our 100 year old seasonal cottage in Lakeside, Ohio www.lakesideohio.com took a direct hit from a 100 year old maple tree during a storm that came across Lake Erie. We loved the funky old cottage but we knew from the outset that repair versus replacement would be the major decision in front of [...]
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