Experiments
Learn by building. Keep the misses.
The questions below are in play on Just Haus Alpha. None of them is a finished method, and this page does not keep score.
Being tested
What the foundation can do without
How much of the usual basement and the usual concrete the building can skip, in this climate, and still sit there honestly.
Being tested
Insulation, and keeping it on the building
A thick coat is the easy idea. The weather has edited it. Foam that winds up in the yard is still part of the lesson.
Being tested
Interiors that can come apart
Wood, and panels that are meant to be removed, so a change does not start with demolition. Drywall is the thing being avoided where it can be.
Being tested
Air, on purpose
A tight building only works if fresh air is a decision. How that system should be is still being learned in use.
Being tested
Energy for a snowy season
Making power on the building, storing some of it, and spending it in a cold climate. The interesting question is the tradeoff, not a record output. Figures are not published here.
Being tested
The order of the work
Sequence is its own experiment: what one person can do, in what order, without burying a problem inside a finished wall.