Re: Water Alarm / Bush ranch

July 2, 2008

I like the idea of washer in garage. I think it would be good to build

homes with water facilities in separate part of building, unconnected

to air in rest of house. That way if accident, then whole house is not

ruined...and you have some place to sleep and live, and you don't spend

all day long in sick building if leak goes undetected for long period.

Kitchen, bath, shower, laundry in part 1 of house and living room,

family room, bedrooms in part 2 of house, connected by short path.

Can you imagine how much better that is. If water damage from water

pipe or leak, you can have some place to sleep and live without

worrying about every breath you took. You'd just have to go out to eat

and take a shower..or you could go into house long enough to take a

shower and that would be it for day until water damage could be

repaired. Or other way around, living area of house has water damage

in foundation or roof, but kitchen, laundry area etc are okay, so you

live over on that side of house. I don't think it would have to be

large house for that, just designed differently.

If I were going to build a house now I would do that. Also build a

house without gutters like Bush's ranch house. It just has very

large overhangs that let water run off wherever and into a moat around

house to drain off. The moat is filled with rocks so you can walk over

but it is a water collection area that collects water that runs off

from land and house and carries it off underground. Neat plan. Ranch

also is heated and cooled by geothermal system so he doesn't have to

worry too much about the price of heating gas or oil. I would build

the house totally around water and moisture protection and alternative

energy sources if I had the MONEY. If, if, if!!

Oh well, I have to remember to be thankful to have a home. At one time

this was a worry.

Here is a link to NBC's broadcast of visit to Bush's Crawford Ranch

describing the way ranch was built without gutters and other green

building features. Really neat building practices:

>

> the wash! I have friends that have their washer and dryer in the

garage! We

> wouldn't be able to do that here but their garage is right off the

kitchen so

> it's perfect and no worries at all!

>

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