This is what happens when you watch too much TV. Well, I certainly don't watch that much TV, but I happened to catch a local news story last night about an energy efficient house that was too airtight due to spray foam insulation and lack of proper ventilation. Ummm...yikes! Basically, no fresh outdoor air was making its way into the house, and the air inside the house was stagnant and loaded with carbon dioxide -- causing in this particular case, the family's pet hamsters to fall over dead. Now, I just couldn't stand the thought of walking into our house one day after work to a dead Soxy Paws. So what did I do? What any crazy cat mom would do, of course, I got on the EPA's website to see how we could improve ventilation in our house. Now, you see, this spaz moment probably wouldn't have occurred if I thought the house was already properly ventilated, but I did not. Luckily, when I brought this up to Indy today (queue Noel chuckling at my ridiculousness in the background), he too had seen the news story and said he thought to himself, "Oh, no, Hannah's probably watching this." Well, you're right buddy, I was. So, he said it probably would not be a bad idea if we had a fresh air exchange added on to our geothermal system. And, yes, I have already called our geothermal dude, Joe, who actually had the same concerns and is going to make it happen. Soxy's lungs thank you.
News story link: Too-tight Energy-Efficient Home Traps Carbon Dioxide
What a difference a little sheetrock makes! Apparently, we have some very efficient sheetrockers. It took them a day and a half to hang sheetrock in our house. Today, two guys were applying tape and plaster to the seams, corners, and screw heads. The house seems more cozy and more like a home now. Next week, we will walk through the house and decide which way doors should swing and discuss crown moulding and other trim.
Back of the living room at the overlook and entry to the kitchen.
Tray ceiling in the bedroom.
Bonus room.
The geothermal well drillers were at work today finishing up the third and final vertical well. It is quite the dirty job, and fittingly these boys have been featured on Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe (or so they tell us). Each well is 300 feet deep, and the remnants of rock or mud that is pulled out of each well is pulverized into a lava-looking substance that is oozing down our front yard as we speak.
Front of drilling truck.
That is one dirty job!
The ooze oozing down the hill.
The head of the first well surrounded by the ooze.
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