Imagine if you had no control of the amount, quality, location, temperature or timing of the water coming into your house. Imagine if you were to shower, wash your dishes, do your laundry, and cook based on whatever water was hanging around, from whenever it felt like coming through the pipes or the roof or the basement. In this fantasy/nightmare world you also have to deal with the repercussions of unwanted, dirty water coming through your faucet, walls and crawlspace when y

As much as we love retrofitting homes to make them more energy efficient, there is quite a thrill in building from the ground up because we can build them tighter than we can ever fix them (unless you want us to strip you down to the framing and redo your foundation!). Here is a countdown of the 3 houses we've built with jaw-droppingly low "air exchanges per hour." (under pressure) #3 Nelson County Cottage 1.5 Architect: Frazier Associates Photo Credit: Kevin Blackburn This a