Water / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...waterproofing windows, doors and glazing the material itself is intrinsically water repellant which is great if carefully and well applied to direct water away from possible ingess points into a building structure. Which caulk or sealant lasts the longest? In general, silicone sealants (acetic acid-cure) are solvent-fr...

...water - no, really!  Another thing that I didn’t quite get, was the idea that somehow shooting a water cannon at my undercarriage was going to amount to ‘saving’ water. It just didn’t compute. Because, toilet paper was, you know, made from paper, not water. But it takes an awful lot of water to make a roll of toilet pa...

...water table to begin with, but water tables rise during the spring snow melt, and without proper basement drainage (French drains or weeping tiles at foundation footings) you could have a big problem as water forces its way in. Dig a hole to build a basement and it often starts to fill with water very quickly - no big...

...water savings when recycling gray water with a Hydraloop system What can recycled gray water be used for?  First, we should distinguish what graywater or grey water is. Graywater refers to waste water from showers, bathroom sinks and laundry, but not kitchen sinks or toilets. That’s known as 'blackwater' and there is ...