Posts Tagged ‘energy star homes’
Final rainwater harvesting system components – gutter foam installation
gutter foam installation, originally uploaded by GreenBuildingDallas. The final touches are being added to this LEED home. The 16,000 gallon tank, trunk line & gutters are already installed for this rainwater harvesting system. Before we get our first rain, we want to make sure and have our pre-filtering system installed, a product called “Gutter Foam”.
Reclaimed long-leaf pine flooring | finishing
These floors look beautiful. For those of you who haven’t followed this project on a regular basis, the floors are approx. 100 year old reclaimed long-leaf pine. The material comes out of an old church in South Texas and has been milled to T/G material. The floors had been installed for about 2 months and
Floor finishing with GreenGuard certified products
We installed beautiful 100 year old reclaimed long-leaf pine floors in this project several months ago. The finishing process started on Monday and Trinity flooring had two sanding crews working to get this project completed on schedule. We use a dust reduction sanding system, which means all sanders are hooked up to an external vacuum
Geothermal HVAC | System installation
A geothermal system installation is actually quite simple. First, the wells get drilled. After they are drilled they need to settle for a while about 1-2 weeks. In our case, we drilled and let them settle for 2 weeks. We drilled a total of 12 wells – all at 250′ depth. Originally we had only
