Climbee
2019-05-06 12:33:01
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My father did the same thing about 40 years ago – partly with support where it was necessary, but basically he built the house himself, chased slots, etc. And actually, that was always my idea of "building a house."
But when I remember that back then only a few slots were chased and no one even thought about ventilation systems, descaling, heat storage, photovoltaics, and solar, then there are worlds of difference.
We knew we wanted to supply ourselves as independently as possible – and then technology came at us on a scale that we no longer really managed to handle. Moreover, as already mentioned several times, we are both heavily occupied with work. I had four weeks off in April – during that time I did something, namely painted the ceiling on the ground floor and the boards for the ceiling on the upper floor. Now I am working again and am glad if I manage to get everything else done in time.
Sure, you can also build rudimentarily, meaning everywhere the simplest so that with reasonably normal intelligence and eagerness you read up on everything accordingly and do it. But I still believe that a very sophisticated energy concept, for example, or a well-thought-out BUS system is better left to a professional.
Our general contractor has a customer who I think is an IT specialist, so tech- and electricity-savvy, who configured a very elaborate BUS system and also installed it himself – although: I don’t know if he has finished by now. We visited him once because we had also toyed with the idea of a BUS system; at that time, he was pretty exhausted, the whole family helped out, and he was already behind schedule because further work could only continue once all the cables were pulled. Four weeks later, our general contractor was still waiting for his "go" to continue there. No idea when this BUS was finished and when they went on with it. That was exactly what we didn’t want.
If time does not matter and delays don’t necessarily cost money, of course, you can do a lot more. But who has such luxurious conditions? That probably isn’t the norm.
But when I remember that back then only a few slots were chased and no one even thought about ventilation systems, descaling, heat storage, photovoltaics, and solar, then there are worlds of difference.
We knew we wanted to supply ourselves as independently as possible – and then technology came at us on a scale that we no longer really managed to handle. Moreover, as already mentioned several times, we are both heavily occupied with work. I had four weeks off in April – during that time I did something, namely painted the ceiling on the ground floor and the boards for the ceiling on the upper floor. Now I am working again and am glad if I manage to get everything else done in time.
Sure, you can also build rudimentarily, meaning everywhere the simplest so that with reasonably normal intelligence and eagerness you read up on everything accordingly and do it. But I still believe that a very sophisticated energy concept, for example, or a well-thought-out BUS system is better left to a professional.
Our general contractor has a customer who I think is an IT specialist, so tech- and electricity-savvy, who configured a very elaborate BUS system and also installed it himself – although: I don’t know if he has finished by now. We visited him once because we had also toyed with the idea of a BUS system; at that time, he was pretty exhausted, the whole family helped out, and he was already behind schedule because further work could only continue once all the cables were pulled. Four weeks later, our general contractor was still waiting for his "go" to continue there. No idea when this BUS was finished and when they went on with it. That was exactly what we didn’t want.
If time does not matter and delays don’t necessarily cost money, of course, you can do a lot more. But who has such luxurious conditions? That probably isn’t the norm.