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Design­ing a pool can be fair­ly straight­for­ward, espe­cial­ly when work­ing with an expe­ri­enced builder. The three main aspects are: where to put it, what’s the shape, and what will it be made out of?

Resilient build­ings must be built heav­ier, denser, and stronger. And — as a hap­py con­se­quence — they are also built accord­ing to the prin­ci­ples of sus­tain­able design.

To design a suc­cess­ful ther­mal mass home, it’s nec­es­sary to under­stand the syn­er­gy between the archi­tec­tur­al design, con­struc­tion mate­ri­als, and sur­round­ing nat­ur­al envi­ron­ment.

Typ­i­cal­ly insu­la­tion is installed in one of two ways, cav­i­ty or con­tin­u­ous, each with its own advan­tages and dis­ad­van­tages. Learn more.

Insu­la­tion types are rat­ed using an R‑value sys­tem, the high­er a material’s R‑value, the bet­ter it is at insu­lat­ing. What is the R Val­ue of Con­crete?

Learn more about the most com­mon things to con­sid­er for your beach home to keep it reli­able and sta­ble for many years to come.