Nock House - competition project
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Cheffey,
I was keeping an eye on the design's progress in the competition and noticed one of the comments,
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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,
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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,
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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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