Up Hill House - page 13 of 23
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Attic and 2nd floor insulated
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Shell blower door test results
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Bathroom is sheetrocked
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Cellulose installation in basement
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Air sealing the ceiling
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Irene
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More sheetrock: gaskets and taping
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Problem area: Stair well and at 2nd floor trusses. 
Gasket at ceiling. Also shows foam to seal penetrations through top stud plates. 
Intersection of exterior (left) and interior (right) walls. 
Gasket around top of ceiling and at exterior walls. -
Let the sheetrocking begin!
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Net-zero home comparison study
We’re participating in a study initiated by a doctoral student at UMASS Lowell. I’m just finishing up the initial survey questions. He currently has 21 homes in the survey. We’‘ll be a bit late in the data comparison since we’re not planning to be finished and moved in till November, but It will be great to see over the coming year how we compare to other net zero houses in the extended New England area.
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Porch finished, for now
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