Mark Norman
Designed and built The House on Third Street to promote the use of advanced sustainable building techniques and materials. In addition to continuing to develop and add systems to reduce The House on Third Street's energy and maintenance costs - Mark is an instrument rated pilot and a self confessed NPR, current events and technology junkie... Read More.
Completed loft’s ceramic floor
The ceramic floor marks the end of a long list of major projects that have been on the board for a long time. All projects take a lot of thought and...

Loft Progress
They certainly have dragged out, but project by project I’ve been plugging away on the garage and the garage loft. The work and planning are finally...

Lesson from Andy Stack
I’ve got this friend I would like to tell you about In my life, I’ve known and worked for men who claimed to be self-made men. But I also knew ...

It’s been 12 years!
We broke ground on The House on Third Street ten years ago. I was ten years younger and I had a whole lot more gumption and ambition than I do today. ...

Update:Attic Heat Recovery system automated
Thanks to Tim Work, a friend and NASA electrician, I no longer have to monitor the attic's temperature - and turn the Attic Heat Recovery system's cir...

Making time for details
Sue and I have always kept a pretty full plates. The drive to make the assorted projects, events and time tables work results in an constant sens...

For the record
It's been 1 year since our 20kw solar system was installed. I tracked the system's production, so here's what I learned. The system produced 6.16 me...

On my adgenda
The garage has been an on going project, but this winter I was able to wire, drywall, prime and put a finish coat on the upstairs. As with previou...

2nd Floor Drywall
My goal for the winter was to finish the upstairs of the garage, but my activism has turned into almost a full time job - and slowed my progress on t...