Well, it finally happened. I finally just sat down and wrote the book I've had in my head for over 5 years. The experience (and experiences) that made up it's content has been accumulating for over 30 years though. Between field experience in my youth, practical experience as I've been "practicing", and application experience the entire time, there is quite a bit of information here.
I've included explanations as well as some details to show why and how it can be done. I've been told it is very good and a very easy read, suitable for everyone from the "do-it-yourselfer" to the experienced builder. I am in the process of writing another one based purely on true stories of experiences during my 30 plus years of experience. There are many stories that can be told of which some are serious, some are funny, and some are hysterical to the point of the reader wondering if something like that can really happen. While public speaking on this topic, I remember a number of times mentioning how I should write a book on experiences...as a learning tool. Part of the reason is based on how successful (I've been told many times) these stories were to helping people remember what to do...and what not to do, when it came to decisions made during design and construction. You can tell someone to make sure they use "reduced expanding foam" around doors and windows many times, but when I told them a story of what happened when someone didn't, well, they will never forget.
The book is called "Guidelines for Design and Construction of Energy Efficient Homes" and is available for the NOOK and the KINDLE. One of the nice things about these two options is they both have free downloads for reading your eBooks on your computer. So if you don't have a "hand eBook reader" yet, or don't plan on getting one, you can still read it on your computer by just downloading the free KINDLE or NOOK reader for your computer. You can also download the first 10% as a free sample to see if you like it. Really cool.
My third book, will be my Catalog of Plans. This has also been started, and accumulating for over 30 years, but it will finally be put out for publication within this month.
