Re: New to the group-looking for suggested reading

February 16, 2006

Hi

We will be building our new home also, but not immediately For the

exterior and interior walls, we are planning to use a product called E-crete

which will totally eliminate fiberglass insulation (Exterior E-crete is even

better in sound insulation also and is used in highways) and will use plaster

(or clay paint) on the interior walls instead of sheetrock. E-crete is an

autoclaved aerated concrete block. I think it is about 10% more expensive than

wood framing but saves you plenty of time. Here's their website.

Any mason can learn to work with it and they will ship it to anywhere in the

country from what I understand.

We haven't decided on other things yet.

Goodluck

Jay

kimtauch <kimtauch@...> wrote:

My husband and I are about to start construction on a new home. We are

building ourselves, so we have the luxury of doing it the right way.

Does anyone have a good source they would recommend for materials,

etc. that we could use as a starting point to get this thing built in

a smart way? We have three young kids, 5m, 2, & 3. A history of

allergies, etc. on my husbands side and we are looking to minimize

problems in this new home.

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February 16, 2006

you can google a subject like ''green building'' to find out

sources/books...also, there's a magazine called natural home that profiles a lot

of green building techniques, contractors and materials. might be a good place

to start.

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