Disentanglement

[Homesick Gypsy]

Along with the supertight house envelope requiring no furnace      I was reading about the builder and architect's opinion about "disentanglement".  He believes that all wires, plumbing, etc. should be done in chases, raceways and conduits to make remodeling or repairs easy.  They even had the light switches (rocker-type) on the baseboard, which is where all their "stuff" is placed.

Thoughts?  Comments?

[n74tg]

Where are you reading about this stuff; maybe a website address or something.  I'm not against what you said and for a long time I have believed that most houses are built in such a manner as to make modifications/repairs as difficult as possible. 

Now, rocker switches on baseboards, unless I misunderstand, that's a lot of bending over to turn on/off lights unless you've got some kind of foot action goin on.

[glenn kangiser]

Think it over, Gypsy, but just because some guy thought of it , it isn't always good.  Read, judge, keep the good, dump the bad.

[Homesick Gypsy]

I thought it made a sort of logical sense, but in the actually building, didn't know if it would work out or not.  In log homes utilities are usually run through the base log but light switches aren't usually on the floor.  And the supertight envelope of a house really sent up a red flag.

I was reading on the www.brightbuiltbarn.com website.

The design is interesting but I want something much simpler.  I keep coming back to John's Builder's Cottage.