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Learn how to reinsulate an old house during CASL’s free workshop on Friday, August 14 from 12 noon-5 p.m. The workshop will be hosted at CASL’s house located on 1801 Moss Street. A professional contractor will lead the workshop, which will cover the first phase of the reinsulation process by exploring basic framing principles and explaining how to tighten up a drafty house.
In this workshop we will be doubling the thickness of the exterior walls to create a larger space for insulation. In order to do this we will be framing a secondary wall system on the inside face of the exterior walls. If you’ve never framed a house now is the time to learn!
After the workshop join us for our weekly BBQ potluck and meeting to find out more about CASL. The BBQ will be held across the alley from the CASL house at 1878 Villard Street. The BBQ starts at 6 p.m. and CASL updates begin at 7 p.m.
Questions? E-mail CASL project manager Nick Wakem at nwakem@uoregon.edu.
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Architecture students receive instruction from Professor Michael Cockram
The final review for the summer architecture class offered through CASL will be held Wednesday, August 12 from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at the CASL house located on 1801 Moss Street. The students in this class each designed their own interpretation of the CASL site and front porch and then in a collaborative effort established a final design plan for the front porch. After the design was created the architecture students constructed the front porch. The students will showcase their work consisting of design plans for the front porch and demonstration pods.
The work will be pinned up to the interior of CASL and will be open to the public. Come attend the open house to see the front porch that architecture students have spent the last 8 weeks constructing. Following the review CASL will host a potluck on the newly constructed porch. Bring your own dish and enjoy some food from CASL’s garden
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At Friday’s meeting CASL members gathered around a blanket that hundreds of paint swatches transformed into a quilt-like pattern. The goal: choose CASL’s exterior paint scheme. Members mixed and matched paint swatches to formulate a three-color paint arrangement for the house, trim and door. While the corn roasted on the grill, members discussed if they should paint the sustainable home an obvious green color to represent the “green” house or opt for a more fun color trio. CASL decided that three distinct colors will portray CASL’s rooted belief in creativity and flexibility better.
A long conversation among members produced 14 possible paint schemes, which allowed only one hour of daylight to make a decision. CASL members incorporated fresh tomatoes from the CASL garden to the potluck-style dinner to fuel the continued discussion.
After dinner, members voted on their three favorite color schemes. The votes revealed that two paint schemes were most favored. The first choice was a clay-orange house with a deep-red trim and a brown door; the second choice was a red-purple house with charcoal trim and a bright green door. Allie Corcoran, one of CASL’s new co-directors, offered her opinion. She said, “I prefer the scheme that uses the bright green door because it embodies CASL’s mindset of living ‘green’ in modern times.” The members agreed with Allie and raised their glasses to a final decision. When CASL completes the house, many people will exit the green door with a renewed sense of what it means to live sustainably.
