M. Adam Davis wrote:
> So I'm moving to a bit of dirt about 15 miles south of ann arbor and
> building a home. I've long been interested in home automation and
> other such projects, and it'll obviously be wired for 1000baseT,
> phone, cable, etc with space for future wire runs. It'll also be
> suitable for wireless use, but frankly I hate moving DVDs across slow
> wireless connections.
>
> So I have a few questions to brainstorm about:

In-floor hydronic heating - A must
Solar assist - On demand boiler.
2x10 outside walls with expanded foam insulation
Real storm windows - They're a little hassle but I'm replacing
my "modern" storms with the old wood frame ones.
Empty conduit runs with oversize junction boxes
Consider building an earth berm for the north side
of the house. Thought about a hill, but 15 south
of Ann Arbor is pretty flat as I recall (around Dundee?)
Tree borders on the northwest through northeast

I've got an old house with knee walls on the second floor.
Great for accessing wiring and stuff behind the bedroom
walls.

Have fun, Jim

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