A collection of house projects I happen to have photos of. Some of them even documented before the Digital Age. I have annotated the pics to show what I was trying to do (touch one if you can’t see it). I’m not proud or embarrassed by the little projects. Maybe you will see something you can use.
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 This photo series shows how to create a small patio area with good drainage. A technique for a surrounding Zen rock garden is also shown.
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 Having carpentry as a hobby means helping your family build an out-building is a good way to spend your free time. This was a unique project in that the walls for the shed were already made before I started. I mostly helped with the bottom and top. The roof was pre-assembled…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 Fieldstone pavilion made over several summers. Just about all of the work done by hand in the woods. Here is some captions that used to go along with the slideshow: The final product. Bonfire ready | Had help from some machinery to dig channels for the walls | Then I squared out…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 This was a “by request” birdhouse for a local land trust. One requirement was that the birdhouse would be used to hold the solar panel which powered a pump in a bird fountain. The next request was to include three units instead of one to observe if more than one house…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 I created a separate website containing a huge collection of writings my father created later in his life. I repeated part of the “About” page below that describes it. The posts on the website will be a collection of mostly one-page articles written by my father, Jack Briggs. Many were printed…
Print 🖨 PDF 📄 Summary This is a project that I completed while attending the National Science Foundation’s workshope on solar energy and energy engineering in 1981, my junior year in high school. The main discussion throughout the paper is about energy sources that are alternatives to traditional petrochemicals (oil and gas). The passive solar…