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Sustainable buildings: passivhaus, low carbon design and NABERS | Pablo Gugel, Director of Sustainability

2025-10-08 21:38:50

If you follow me on Facebook, then you may have heard about how we hit a bit of a snag when it came to installing the new faucet.

The taping took maybe 10 minutes, the painting, about 20.Seriously, what took me so long to do this?.

Sustainable buildings: passivhaus, low carbon design and NABERS | Pablo Gugel, Director of Sustainability

Well, you’ll notice that it’s still not quite done, because it could use some quarter round to finish up the bottom of the baseboards there..The thing is, I waited so long to do this project, that we’re actually just in the process of getting ready to put down the real floors in there.. No more hideous yellow carpet for this room!That also means no more painted paper floor, but I still just had to try it out and see how it would work.

Sustainable buildings: passivhaus, low carbon design and NABERS | Pablo Gugel, Director of Sustainability

I couldn’t believe how crisp the lines came out!.If you need a quick and easy, dirt cheap, temporary or permanent solution to an ugly floor, this just may be the ticket!.

Sustainable buildings: passivhaus, low carbon design and NABERS | Pablo Gugel, Director of Sustainability

Closets are impossible to photograph!Well, since Halloween is fast approaching, I thought now might be good time to share a little story about our house with you.

Who doesn’t love a good scary story around this time of year?.you had.. What Materials Will You Use?.

We like to use a combination of MDF, pine, hardwoods, and drywall for our built-ins.Don’t think you need to stick with all one material for all parts of your project.

There are some places where you’ll want to use MDF for it’s straightness, while there will be other places where a small piece of wooden trim will looks best once everything’s painted.Plain painted MDF edges are not the prettiest thing so plan to cover up the rough, exposed ends if you go with MDF, like we did.