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survival trailer at -40F LaserBillA 5 251 Saturday, 14, November 5:25 AM 
Broken-up road asphalt safe for building? Tao 3 622 Thursday, 12, November 10:45 AM 
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Tankless, LP water heater for mobile home? drylandfish 2 109 Tuesday, 3, November 8:51 PM 
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exterior celotex John Stiles 0 133 Thursday, 15, October 12:52 PM 
thermal mass John Stiles 4 426 Thursday, 15, October 10:48 AM 
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Looking for info on Pyramoid soasoar 7 1111 Monday, 24, August 2:05 PM 
Stove Question MC 4 906 Tuesday, 18, August 12:27 AM 
Anyone living off-grid or want to learn how ?(2) lamar5292 1 730 Saturday, 1, August 10:22 PM 
Residing house, I would like to remove plywoord and reinsulate with foam(soybased) from the outside Daniel52 2 467 Sunday, 26, July 1:27 PM 
Single female in need of really inexpensive building ideas Waves5 26 2712 Saturday, 30, May 1:23 PM 
frost line cooling system redring 8 718 Monday, 11, May 9:50 PM 
Must have missed the Mass Transit Ferry (read boat) on this one... JC 2 594 Sunday, 3, May 1:34 PM 
What are the benefits of an Energy Star rating? katydaly 1 583 Friday, 1, May 9:34 PM 
Green flooring with radiant heat katydaly 3 997 Tuesday, 28, April 11:42 AM 
Concrete and Geothermal Heat jkevinwolfe 4 687 Sunday, 26, April 5:35 AM 
Finding drafts / sealing house TdiGuy 4 1427 Sunday, 12, April 1:20 PM 
Heating our new Log Home with hot water - suggestions please sjp 2 663 Sunday, 5, April 3:23 PM 
Earth Shelters Most Intriguing Pat Miketinac 0 817 Sunday, 29, March 9:45 PM 
Shipping container housing tomatolvr 0 700 Friday, 27, March 1:07 PM 
Drinking well question Elwood P Dowd 2 694 Friday, 27, March 3:53 AM 
Sheathing necessary with metal roof? Tao 1 687 Thursday, 26, March 1:11 PM 
Best shed design? S. Arizona Nomad 5 1427 Tuesday, 24, March 5:44 AM 
Subfloor Insulation MC 3 651 Saturday, 21, March 2:20 PM 
underground home roof sonja_p 5 1668 Saturday, 14, March 10:41 PM 
Green Homes in Florida Gina 2 1183 Saturday, 14, March 10:13 PM 
Fire in Florida Nathaniel Emmert-Keaton 6 1030 Sunday, 8, February 8:48 AM 
Eave overhang calculator Jeff@Restoule 1 908 Friday, 6, February 8:22 PM 
Shipping container houses Brigit-Carol 3 980 Tuesday, 3, February 12:32 PM 
ELBOW GREASE Joe 0 701 Tuesday, 3, February 1:33 AM 
Where do I find financing to build "green" structures? Vision Log Homes 1 799 Saturday, 31, January 10:38 AM 
Cistern with Pond Liner? Tao 1 877 Friday, 16, January 11:13 AM 
Copper Naphthenate... Opinions Hobbyfarmer 1 910 Thursday, 8, January 6:54 AM 
Water Storage plumbing? GeorgetownRon 3 1025 Wednesday, 24, December 11:26 AM 
Water Storage ?s Rufus Cracklecorn 2 905 Wednesday, 24, December 11:05 AM 
Hello to all... olekuntry 4 1073 Tuesday, 9, December 7:07 AM 
Taking the Plunge! Emily 6 1334 Saturday, 22, November 7:45 AM 
Building a wood boiler frank1981 5 2206 Saturday, 15, November 7:23 PM 
Learning/helping to build & earth plaster in San Diego? KimJoy 0 956 Thursday, 6, November 12:50 PM 
PBS premier of Atchafalaya Houseboat rocketman73 2 1457 Monday, 1, September 5:45 PM 
new to group tesa 6 1123 Wednesday, 27, August 9:52 AM 
Tips and Advice on Green Homes and Green Living Homewatcher 0 949 Wednesday, 27, August 9:50 AM 
Still looking at soapstone firebrick El Wapo 1 1087 Wednesday, 27, August 7:14 AM 
planters for greywater tesa 2 1016 Tuesday, 26, August 6:50 PM 
cob or earthbag? cavegrrl 6 1441 Saturday, 23, August 12:19 PM 
how to built an energy effivient house in the US virgin Island? vincent millet 15 1620 Friday, 22, August 8:42 PM 
Building Cabin on Hydro power(Water wheel) jwrape 1 1062 Saturday, 2, August 9:57 PM 
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