Some Tips about

REAL FLORIDA ECOHOMES

1. Planned for FUTURE ADDITIONS.

2. Built only for what is Needed, is beautiful and LOVingly Used.

3. Maybe Rebuilt AN old “DINOSAUR” home INTO A FL-SMART ECOHOME.

4. ELEVATED HOMES are cooler, more-secure, and mostly-above floodING, critters & skeeters.

5. A proper Garage door should FIT YOUR BIGGEST VEHICLE(s).

6. Driveways should have SAFE WALKING PATHS along EACH side.

7. Provide ON-SITE ACCESS AND PARKING for ALL VEHICLES.

8. SHORT ROOF OVERHANGS ARE best FOR resisting HURRICANE UPLIFT.

9. WHITE ROOFS are way-cooler YEAR-ROUND and last longer.

10. Wood OR Steel Framing allows MORE INSULATION VS BLOCK WALLS.

11. WALL VAPOR BARRIERS face the EXTERIOR IN “COOLING” CLIMATES.

12. Putting SOUND INSULATION INTO Interior walls reduces noises.

13. 8’ high doors do little but make one appear SHORTER :-)

14. 2’10” WIDE INTERIOR DOORS ENABLE wheelchair/walker USE.

15. Have a door from KITCHEN-to-one’s food GARDEN & ORCHARD.

16. build Kitchen Pantries INSTEAD OF awkward upper wall cabinets.

17. FIT Kitchen COUNTERS to one’s elbow height minus 3"/-5”.

18. Grow edible LANDSCAPING to reduce high-maintenance lawns.

19. Use TREES for shade on South AND West walls, AND for fruit.

20. Thinner WINDOWS save energy AND INCREASE interior wall AREA.

21. STEEL interior FRAMING is fireproof, quiet, longer, AND straighter than wood.

22. Pre-stall 2x12 WALL BLOCKING for future HANDRAILS AS NEEDED.

23. PREWIRE FOR FUTURE SOLAR electricity SYSTEMS & Storage.

24. RAISE interior CEILING heights for better natural cooling.

25. Stilt-homes are not for Elders, FOR STAIRS ARE NO JOKE!

26. Expensive Fireplaces serve no real purpose IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

27. Porches need to be 6’+ wide TO really BE FUNCTIONAL.

For more, please view:

> the ECOhome page,

> my Opinion Page,

> Suggested reads on BOOKs page