I'm up. Have to get some cleaning done.
Didn't get to dishes last night. Cement mixer took longer than expected. But it's a cement mixer, what can you say? I still have final adjustments and a little tightening to do on that but shouldn't take any longer than 10 minutes. For real, for once.
Not really sure how much I'll have to roll over to next check. That purchase did leave things slightly thin but I will have money to roll over. How much depends on how frugal I am the next two weeks.
That will be easier now, with all the canning done and building supplies purchased. I have been spending extra money here and there for canning jars, the film for the solarium and things like that. Plus I had to renew the internet phone. I rarely use it but it pays for itself if I have to send one or two faxes. And it's a good backup for safety. Has to be paid by the year, though. Not much in small bites but adds up.
Tha original plans for the solarium don't seem completely practical in construction terms, after all. What may be a better option would be the solarium as I am about to complete it, then a separate greenhouse. That would allow for two different temperature environments. The solarium kept at a cooler but non-freezing environment. The greenhouse kept at a warmer temperature and less temperature controlled in winter. (Though I may install a heat capture system in there, as well.) Solarium for potting and cool pants, plus keeping dogs warm and a relaxation area. The greenhouse to encompass long season plants and extend the growing season. For now, I'll focus on the solarium and maybe do the greenhouse later.
I did come up with the concept of using the heat capture system to help the cooling process in summer. Rather than just turning the system off, I could divert the exhaust to the outside. It would intensify and capture rising heated air and vent it outside, which would accelerate the ventilation of cooler air to the inside. If I add a couple of swamp cooler panels and a solar powered water pump, the only expense would be the water that goes into it, which would be in a recycling system.
I did learn this summer that the filters I put in place for the well pump were highly effective. The swamp cooler had less sediment buildup than it has in previous years with municipal water. I somewhat expected the filters to turn brown from iron but that didn't happen. So using well water for the larger cooling system for the solarium would be a good option. I think it actually decreased allergies a bit, as well. Very possible that breathing the chlorine from municipal water increases allergies. Well water may increase ambient nitrogen but nitrogen is resident in natural air, any way and tends to be low in desert environments. Even possible it increases Nitrous Oxide, which improves mood and enhances relaxation. (Naturally high in forest and wetland environments.)
Okay, gotta wash dishes and mop.
Didn't get to dishes last night. Cement mixer took longer than expected. But it's a cement mixer, what can you say? I still have final adjustments and a little tightening to do on that but shouldn't take any longer than 10 minutes. For real, for once.
Not really sure how much I'll have to roll over to next check. That purchase did leave things slightly thin but I will have money to roll over. How much depends on how frugal I am the next two weeks.
That will be easier now, with all the canning done and building supplies purchased. I have been spending extra money here and there for canning jars, the film for the solarium and things like that. Plus I had to renew the internet phone. I rarely use it but it pays for itself if I have to send one or two faxes. And it's a good backup for safety. Has to be paid by the year, though. Not much in small bites but adds up.
Tha original plans for the solarium don't seem completely practical in construction terms, after all. What may be a better option would be the solarium as I am about to complete it, then a separate greenhouse. That would allow for two different temperature environments. The solarium kept at a cooler but non-freezing environment. The greenhouse kept at a warmer temperature and less temperature controlled in winter. (Though I may install a heat capture system in there, as well.) Solarium for potting and cool pants, plus keeping dogs warm and a relaxation area. The greenhouse to encompass long season plants and extend the growing season. For now, I'll focus on the solarium and maybe do the greenhouse later.
I did come up with the concept of using the heat capture system to help the cooling process in summer. Rather than just turning the system off, I could divert the exhaust to the outside. It would intensify and capture rising heated air and vent it outside, which would accelerate the ventilation of cooler air to the inside. If I add a couple of swamp cooler panels and a solar powered water pump, the only expense would be the water that goes into it, which would be in a recycling system.
I did learn this summer that the filters I put in place for the well pump were highly effective. The swamp cooler had less sediment buildup than it has in previous years with municipal water. I somewhat expected the filters to turn brown from iron but that didn't happen. So using well water for the larger cooling system for the solarium would be a good option. I think it actually decreased allergies a bit, as well. Very possible that breathing the chlorine from municipal water increases allergies. Well water may increase ambient nitrogen but nitrogen is resident in natural air, any way and tends to be low in desert environments. Even possible it increases Nitrous Oxide, which improves mood and enhances relaxation. (Naturally high in forest and wetland environments.)
Okay, gotta wash dishes and mop.
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