>kathryn marsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >
>>Sometimes they try to build an earth sheltered house and the local
>>planners won't let them(sigh)
>
>Jen Hannum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I'm curious about your earth sheltered house. What is it exactly
>>that the planners are objecting to? Is it a zoning ordinance problem?
>>Jennifer
>
>Hi Jennifer, Don't know if Kathryn got a copy of your message
>(she is on a different ecopath list) so i'll jump in. Also,
>she lives in Ireland which might impact how zoning is
>handled.
>
>It has been over ten years since we built underground so my
>information is way out of date. Are you considering an
>underground house?
>
>jeff
Here in Ireland there are only half a dozen earth sheltered houses.
So they haven't seen them. So they don't like what they haven't seen.
In the end people tend to get tired and build what they are allowed
to build. The house we live in now was built 60 years ago from mass
concrete and has to have had the world's worst Uvalues in its
original form - which it isn't in now. its amazing what a south
facing conservatory does for fuel consumption
kathryn
