cool homes

[tgapp]

Ever since I was a little kid I've been kinda sketched out by gas stoves because a little girl a year younger than me in our neighborhood lit her nightgown on fire reaching over the stove to get something and was horribly burned, it was a miracle she even lived but it's been a tough life for her the whole way, she's still obviously a burn victim over 50 years later. Gas torches and stuff don't bother me a bit but I guess I had gas stoves=danger beaten into my head by my parents and at school.

Which is a long way of saying induction rocks. Big fan. Fuck gas.

I've said this before in the home remodel thread, but I see us putting a (nice) gas stove into our new place as a compromise because running 220 to our kitchen would be cost prohibitive. Would much rather have induction, but I guess gas will have to do.

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[ötzi]

I mean, they cook well and they can be affordable, and I've used them plenty without incident. It's just a prejudice I have, do what you gotta do.

[dunfree]

Ever since I was a little kid I've been kinda sketched out by gas stoves because a little girl a year younger than me in our neighborhood lit her nightgown on fire reaching over the stove to get something and was horribly burned, it was a miracle she even lived but it's been a tough life for her the whole way, she's still obviously a burn victim over 50 years later. Gas torches and stuff don't bother me a bit but I guess I had gas stoves=danger beaten into my head by my parents and at school.

Which is a long way of saying induction rocks. Big fan. Fuck gas.

beats my “girl who singed her eyebrows lighting a cigarette from a frat house stove drunk” story

back to cool: the hanging fireplace and the pool are nice, the whole not quite perfect

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/s...-dully-vd-1195

[riser4]

I like vinyl flooring for the kitchen and entry ways.

[Nobody Famous]

beats my “girl who singed her eyebrows lighting a cigarette from a frat house stove drunk” story

back to cool: the hanging fireplace and the pool are nice, the whole not quite perfect

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/s...-dully-vd-1195

Those suspended fireplaces are uber cool. Saw one in a contemporary home and it was jaw-dropping, focus of the entire home, the complete suspended assembly allowed for 360 deg rotation.

European sourced, links, ... great pictures:
https://europeanhome.com/suspended-modern-fireplaces/
https://www.focus-fireplaces.com/

[rideit]

How do you clean the thing out without getting ashes absolutely everywhere?
Monster shop-vac?
I guess that’s a problem for ‘the help’

[schuss]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...88898117_zpid/

I think this qualifies

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...88898117_zpid/

I think this qualifies

I love how zillow gives you "financing" options for that one.

[rideit]

I wooden’t buy it.

[Supermoon]

They had one Canadian come stay and now they claim “visitors from around the world.”

[old goat]

I was reading a long article in the New Yorker about Richard Neutra LA area mid-century modern houses. Going for 8 figures but a lot of them are too small for the kind of people who pay that much for a house so they wind up as guest houses next to much bigger McMansions are with bad add ons bigger than the original house.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...-vanishing-act

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Good article. Around 1990 I was working for a commercial director who had me chase the homeless squatters out of the Neutra that he was going to tear down in the Santa Monica mountains. I guess it wasn't truly considered a Neutra because it was one of his remodels, but it still felt like bad juju.

A lot of these places are hammered. Even though he was an engineer, his designs (though he wasn't the only one) were way ahead of the engineering and materials of the time. The people that lived in them didn't have the means to keep up on them, or were afraid of any alterations that might detract from the original design. Their conditions can greatly complicate the present situation.

[Crock]

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...88898117_zpid/

I think this qualifies

I’ve been here- a buddy of mine almost bought it. The property is fucking RAD. That main “treehouse” is pretty cool, and there are other small cabins on the land. The castle turret/lookout tower was my favorite, and if you’re into disc golf it’s a paradise.

[::: :::]

Somewhere in the People’s Republic of Boulder…

https://www.archdaily.com/971331/goa...nee-del-gaudio

[Danno]

Nice looking house, in the hills just outside town. I have never seen it, but it is just off a popular gravel loop from town.

[ghosthop]

The simple, open floor plan allows for natural ventilation, abundant daylighting, and passive solar heating. Floor-to-ceiling casement windows eliminate the need for mechanical cooling. A radiant concrete slab and wood-burning stove efficiently heat the home. Continuous exterior insulation with a built-in rigid air barrier wraps the walls and roof framing to create an air-tight building envelope.

Closed-cell foam insulation and recycled blown-in cellulose in the walls and roof exceed building code efficiency standards. The home is net-zero electric, operating with a 4kW photovoltaic array located on the roof. High-efficiency electric appliances, 100% LED lighting on dimmers, and abundant natural light minimize electric consumption. The carport is wired with an electric vehicle charging outlet.

I would love to know how well the heating and insulation work. My first thought when looking at that photo is must be cold when the air temps are low.

Super cool to read about all the thought put into making the house fire resistnant. I have no idea if those same measures affect livability within the conditioned space but it's interesting to read about.

[dunfree]

Nice house, old man in me likes the covered joist parts better than th3 open joist affectation

[Nobody Famous]

Very nice.

I can't see any blinds or shades on the windows but I suspect they are there somewhere.

This image says walls R23 add roof R54: Gallery of Goatbarn Lane / Renée del Gaudio - 19 (archdaily.com)

[CarlMega]

Somewhere in the People’s Republic of Boulder…

https://www.archdaily.com/971331/goa...nee-del-gaudio

Cool house. For no good reason, I find the length of that pipe chimney unsettling. Like seeing a human being with a neck 2x longer than it should be.

[old goat]

Cool house. For no good reason, I find the length of that pipe chimney unsettling. Like seeing a human being with a neck 2x longer than it should be.

I hadn't noticed that until you pointed it out, but yeah.
Re the exposed joists, they add a woody touch to an otherwise too white and glassy vibe. But I am biased, we have exposed roof rafters.

[Buster Highmen]

Cool house. For no good reason, I find the length of that pipe chimney unsettling. Like seeing a human being with a neck 2x longer than it should be.

Our is 18 feet tall. Works great, radiates lot of heat.

[glademaster]

R-23 walls aren't compliant with our energy code here.

Also, interior stovepipe should be of the double-wall variety for draft and chimney cleanliness. If the radiant heat off of your single wall stove pipe contributes in any meaningful way to the heating of your home, you have an undersized woodstove. The stove is the heater, not the pipe. JFC.

ETA: yes, it is double wall in the house.

[dan_pdx]

This one's downright affordable, as these things go:
https://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellingham.../home/15836709

[stalefish3169]

This one's downright affordable, as these things go:
https://www.redfin.com/WA/Bellingham.../home/15836709

Last sale price in 2011 was 850k. Just wow.

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[::: :::]

Prolly a tear down or seed shack for what’s there now