Nock House - competition project
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nice work!!! .. I'd like to ask that how did you create those filled walls in sectional views? SketchUp is modelling... my walls come as hollow on sectioning...
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Cheffey
I enjoyed looking at your design, it is well considered. I support your selection of a helical wind turbine.
The building I work in has an array of small (residential scale) traditional 2 blade prop turbines which require constant maintenance. The mechanisms that allows them to turn into the wind need regular tweeking. As I understand it, there is also 2 gearing systems, one to increase the number of revolutions that go to the transformer but also a mechanism that restricts their spin in high wind as they could shake themselves apart. This gearing adds a lot of weight to each turbine so they are inherently inefficient. According to the expert that does the maintenance for us helical turbines have nowhere near as many problems! You probably know this Cheffey but I thought it might be good info for somebody else.
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Cheffey,
I was keeping an eye on the design's progress in the competition and noticed one of the comments,
%(#0000BF)[3/3/2010
Mike: From the living room, you'd see the water closet of the shared bath unless you kept the door close, otherwise, not a bad design.]
I hope you don't think it was me after my above comments in relation to what I said above.
I also noticed this,
%(#0000BF)[3/4/2010
Greg La Vardera: This is a great scheme - I love the play between the two volumes of rooms. And this is something plausible for a middle class home owner to afford. This should have more votes than it does.]
I know Greg from the old @Last Forums. He designs some really cool houses. Receiving this comment from him carries weight ..... so SketchUcation Members! Get your arses over to the site http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43 and give the Nock House a vote.
Mike
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Cheffy
Nice work
Don't give up on wind yet. Honeywell has just released a new wind generator that operates in winds as low as 2 mph, can produce 2750 kwh /year and is a complete package with inverter ready to install for about $5500 U.S. The system dumps a lot of restricting drag by placing the coil around the tips of the blade.
http://www.earthtronics.com/honeywell.aspx
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Thanks for the comments guys. I don't mind it being a work in progress for a while
I know the Mike that was he's a developer friend of mine. He doesn't care for modern design at all.
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@linea said:
According to the expert that does the maintenance for us helical turbines have nowhere near as many problems! You probably know this Cheffey but I thought it might be good info for somebody else.
I had not heard this but I did get have some info on these wind turbines from a local newspaper article about a residence that has been adding wind and solar to bring their monthly bill down. I'll have to see if I can dig that article up.
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@mike lucey said:
I also noticed this,
%(#0000BF)[3/4/2010
Greg La Vardera: This is a great scheme - I love the play between the two volumes of rooms. And this is something plausible for a middle class home owner to afford. This should have more votes than it does.]
Yup - thanks Mike. I've also entered the competition, but I'm voting for my favorites including Cheffy's. I also had wind generators featured prominently in my scheme although I just made them up - not based on any real product.
I've been bookmarking new small wind generators as I come across them. The Honeywell product is promising as described - the generator is at the rim rather than the hub, so gearing is eliminated. And the vertical axis type also seem simpler. There is a lot of innovation going on with small wind generators. Its fascinating. Some links:
vertical axis:
http://urbangreenenergy.com/turbine.php?id=14
http://www.oregonwind.com/Non bladed - less blade tip noise:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/09/03/energy-ball-by-home-energy/
http://swiftwindturbine.com/?r=1
http://www.jetsongreen.com/2009/12/honeywell-wind-turbine-coming-soon.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jetson_green+%28Jetson+Green%29this one is interesting - vertical or horizontal, and you can build arrays:
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@mike lucey said:
I know Greg from the old @Last Forums. He designs some really cool houses. Receiving this comment from him carries weight ..... so SketchUcation Members! Get your arses over to the site http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43 and give the Nock House a vote.
Mike
Mike, I agree. Greg has been doing a high level of design work that I've been admiring for awhile. To have him make such comments is a big win for me regardless of how the competition goes for me. It's a total honor to have him give me a vote and even take the time to comment on my thread here. There have been a lot of people come and go from the modern residential scene here in the USA; but Greg has been doing it the right way year in and year out. So, go over and give Greg a vote on his entry as I did!
http://www.freegreen.com/WhosNext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=27
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@arjunmax09 said:
nice work!!! .. I'd like to ask that how did you create those filled walls in sectional views? SketchUp is modelling... my walls come as hollow on sectioning...
Thanks, I exported the view from sketchup and then did a filled layer above in photoshop and filled in the section. There is a plugin for this but I never loaded it up.
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Hi Greg,
Good to see you popping in here, reminds me of old times at the @Last Forums. I have indeed given you a vote for the LAGOM HOUSE. I've actually viewed design this some time ago as I often check out your site to see what you are up to.
For the members that are not familiar with Greg's work, I am attaching an image. A nicely designed, practical house all under 1500 sq.ft. I particularly like the stairs treatment, dual entry from what I can gather and a widened well to give an anti claustrophobic feeling when using it .... if I am reading it correctly. The dormer window treatment is something that I have not come across before but imagine they serve their purpose well.
Mike
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Thank you Cheffy and Mike! But I have to protest - this is Cheffy's thread and you both are mucking it up!
I appreciate the vote - things have slowed down a bit there and if we could gain 30 or 40 votes Chefy and I could both punch up in the ratings a good bit - so let fly with the mother of all voting!
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Just wanted to say thank you to you guys for the support. I'm working on some changes and will re-post the full design here. cheers!
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Glad to have been able to help the cause. Looking forward to viewing the finished design.
Mike
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Come on Folks - its friday, your day may be winding down, you are reading the messageboards, maybe wasting some time on YouTube? Instead - why not jump over to the contest and place a vote for Cheffy and me. Here are the links:
Cheffy:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43Greg:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=27It will only take you a minute and you will make two very happy architects.
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Greg, is there a pint in it for everyone that votes for you guys ..... that is if one of you wins!
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If I win, and we meet some day, then I would be honored to share a pint with you on me!
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This is is Sketchuppers - Today is the last day of voting - closes in roughly 6 hours at 5pm EST. Give your fellow Sketchup users some support by jumping over and voting for our entries:
Cheffy:
http://www.freegreen.com/whosnext/view/plan-general.aspx?id=43Greg:
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Greg, I have done 'my duty' but I think you might be flogging a dead horse. I was surprised and disappointed not to see more members checking out your entries and giving support
It only takes a few seconds 
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Yes, well when it comes to this contest flogging a dead horse is my speciality. I'm actually very glad its almost over and I can refrain from badgering everybody I know...
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