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	<description>recycled renovation on a low-budget ration</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>wood you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
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It started with a casual comment from Tom about a tree that needed to come down next to his cabin and how he thought it would make nice lumber.  It turned into numerous days holding on to the screaming end of a chainsaw full throttle for 15 minutes at a time.  Looking at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>step 3: adhesion coat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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Between the bare, smooth drywall and our clay plaster, we need an adhesion coat to make the clay stick.  No one wants the clay to delaminate into a slump on the floor. As a first coat, sand and its sharp, gritty texture will help bond the clay to the wall.  To make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>pay dirt yard clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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To mine the backyard dirt for its valuable clay, we first sifted out the earthworms, rotting leaves, tiny rocks and other non-clay chunks.  We built three sifting frames with different metal mesh sizes:  1/2-inch, 1/4-inch and 1/8-inch grids.  We dug a pit in a spot where we&#8217;ll need to remove soil for leveling the patio, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>we got mud</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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We could pay someone a few thousand dollars to mud the walls. But why start subcontracting out jobs now? Being broke helps motivate us to find alternative solutions that are leaner and greener.  Our latest adventure: mud, real mud, free from the backyard mud.  And it&#8217;s going on our walls.

A gypsum wall finish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>from nuisance  to nuance - wood walls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 17:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
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In an attempt to keep progress moving with materials we had on hand we took on finishing the walls in the downstairs bathroom.  On a not too recent weekend (circa 2008) we found some cheap oak flooring leftovers on craigslist.  With some ideas about what we could use them for we went and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>who has the power?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 02:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
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We made a great stride yesterday getting off of the temporary power pole and on to our new and improved main panel.  The day started with PG&#38;E replacing a transformer around the corner which was deemed unable to match the power demand that Jen and I will be levying upon it.  Now, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>power down, amped up</title>
		<link>http://leangreen.org/wp/?p=201</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 15:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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PG+E has taken their sweet time attending to our request for a service upgrade.  We were ready in November: electrical panel in, electric work inspected by the city.  Over five months later, their arrival is announced by a letter in the mail:  &#8220;We are upgrading the transformer in your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hangin Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brian</dc:creator>
		
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When Matt visited we spent a few hours one day cutting the plywood panels for the dropped sloping ceiling above the bed.  The plywood is 3/4&#8243; thick with a douglas fir vaneer that we purchased at EarthSource (formerly Pals Lumber) in Oakland.  We wanted something a little nicer than standard plywood but beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>on the roof</title>
		<link>http://leangreen.org/wp/?p=199</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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In the wake of hurricanes Jako (Bri and Jake went snowboarding at Kirkwood) and Z (Bri and Matt went snowboarding in Tahoe), we are regrouping for some wall finishing upstairs.  In the meantime, the fruits and veggies on the shed roof have been absorbing rain, growing tall and avoiding the slug slaughter that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>floor find</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jen</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[wood]]></category>

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After chopping the house in half and cutting out the floor for the stairs, we added a 6-foot by 10-foot overhang into the new addition.  Someday this floor will support Brian&#8217;s desk/computer setup (we think).  It&#8217;s been a good storage spot for the time being, but it lacked a floor.  We [...]]]></description>
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