Saturday, June 9, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Extend Your PC's Battery Life With A Car Battery
Better Backup Power: Just in time for hurricane season, we show you how to hack your UPS and replace the tiny battery with a car battery. Why? So you can run your PC for up to 48 hours during a power-outage.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Things to consider before buying land
When buying a land……
• Soil condition of the land
• Soil test and with whom should I proceed
• Street line, building line, reservations etc
• Is it affected during heavy rains
• Get in touch with a lawyer whom known to you, to do the title search
• Is it free from legal encumbrances
• Check details of the land from neighbors
• Check the possibility of getting water and electricity
• Ask seller to get the street line, non vesting and ownership certificates from local authority
Designing your home
• Think what kind of a design you would like to proceed with
• You can choose either a typical home design or very contemporary, living friendly home design
• Does the architect qualified to do the work
• Is he/she does have enough experience and taste to deliver what you want
• How flexible the architect is on changing the design
• Is he/she aware of the present regulations etc.
• Is the architect is available at any time you want
• Is their chargers are reasonable
• Are they providing you all the service drawings on completion of the home
• How often architect is visiting the site during construction period
Building your home
• Reliability, trustworthiness and capability of the contractor
• Are they specialized in building homes
• Do they have in house Chartered architects, Qualified engineers, Interior designers & quantity surveyors
• Are these professionals are available for you to meet if you want any clarification
• How qualified the person who’s design the structure of the home
• Materials they are using for construction
• Do they have completed projects, homes
• Are their engineers visiting the land before starting the design
• Is the construction supervised by a qualified engineer
• How much they concern about the finishes
• Are they completing the home on time
• How committed they are to deliver the home on time keeping the quality
• How much the house will cost
• Will they stick to the agreed price
• Are they doing the constructions as per the specifications
• Are they flexible enough to accommodate changes as per your requirement
• Are they contactable at any time
• Are they inform you the progress time to time
• Are they giving any proper guarantee for the structure
• Are they allowing you to visit the site at any time
• Is there any defects liability period
• How soon the contractor attending to your requirement during defects liability period
• How are they arranging separate manufacturers warranties for materials and accessories
• After sales service
Monday, June 4, 2012
Basic Construction
We want to follow the basic earthship construction techniques for the walls and the exterior of the house. In our case the house will be north facing with a beg emphasis on cooling. This house was built for a colder climate in the northern hemisphere. But the basic construction principals are sound and tested.
Our biggest changes revolve around methods to cooling and food production.
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