Southeast Living February 2012

February 2012 • Vol. 1 • No. 12

Southeast Alaska’s Premier Home, Lifestyle, and Real Estate Guide VENTILATION: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

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PHOTOS: THUNDER MOUNTAIN BIG BAND – Page 10

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he days are getting something either on the floor lighter and the or on myself. The advantage artist inside me is to living with an artist is that getting more active. Being when I do finish a project, it stuck inside more often usually ends up spectacular than not with cabin fever and unique. One of my most doesn’t help either. It’s Febfavorite projects is a birch ruary, a month for possible tree accent wall in our famcraftiness for Valentine’s ily room (pictured). The wall

By Anna Hoke Day and my husband’s is painted a deep eggplant birthday, not to mention all the winpurple with three simple lighter birch ter projects that have been piling up trees in the foreground. This project over the colder season. Reflecting on was fairly simple, at least as simple as my successful and failed projects I painting goes. I first painted the enmust say that living with an artist isn’t tire wall eggplant purple with two coats of paint for a nice even finish. After letting the initial paint dry I took some of the remaining purple paint and mixed it with a white paint of the same brand and finish. I made sure to stir the two paints together very well until the color became even. Once I had the desired lighter purple color I freehandedly painted the birch trees.

Now for my “artist” disclaimer: I assumed that mixing the two different paint colors (white and purple) together would turn out fine, I did not seek an expert’s opinion for this project. So far the trees and under-wall painting look great together and I always a good or easy have not seen any problems, but if thing. I am messy when doing tasks you decide to try and replicate this around the house whereas my husproject I would advise you speak to a band is quite meticulous and careful. local paint expert.

I’ve been known to install crooked • Anna Hoke is the graphic designer and shelves without making sure lines owner of Southeast Living Magazine. are straight or hang pictures making She can be reached at Anna@seaklivmore than one nail hole to find the ing.com. right placement, and I always spill

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HOME SHOW REMINDER

Don’t forget about the Home Show in March Photos by Valerie Williams Don’t miss the Home Show happening in Juneau, Alaska during the weekend of March 9 at Centennial Hall. Friday evening kicks off with wine tasting from 5pm to 8pm. Tickets for the Friday event can be purchased for $20 in advance and $25 at the door. All attendees at the wine tasting event must be 21 years of age or older. Home Show hours for Saturday March 10 are 10am to 5pm and Sunday March 11 from 11am to 4pm. Admission for Home Show attendees is $5, children under 12 are free. The Home Show offers attendees a chance to visit and learn about participating businesses and also attend specialty seminars.

Photos were taken by Valerie Williams at the 2011 Home Show in Juneau, Alaska.

For more information about the Home Show please visit www.seabia.com or call 463-5774.

Now’s the time to buy and sell!

419 2ND STREET Downtown Investment Opportunity. Apartment building with 7 units, 2 efficiency and five 1 bedroom units. Stellar rental history, built in 1937 and has been extremely well maintained.

In 1998 windows, roof and siding were replaced.

MLS# 10628. $469,000

3580 GREENWOOD AVE Custom built 4 bedroom home with a view. 2016 sq feet with a 480 sq ft garage. Cathedral ceiling in the great room and bamboo floors. Kitchen features maple cabinets, stainless steel appliances with a 6 burner gas range. Large master bedroom with walk in closet and a Family room on the lower level. Deck off the dining room surrounded by windows. Hardiplank siding, 50 year roof and 5 star energy rating when built. MLS# 11119 $419,000

1004 WEE BURN DR Single Family North Douglas charmer has it all. Located in the popular Bonnie Brae subdivision this 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath sits on over 3/4 of an acre giving it the feeling of nature and privacy. Remodeled kitchen and baths, sunken living room and french doors off the dining room are just a few of the amenities. Lots of windows, sky lights and pellet stove make for comfy, cozy living. MLS #11211 $389,000

9229 EMILY WAY Save $$$ owning this 4 STAR + energy rated single family home. Conveniently located, 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath Valley ranch. Enjoy the open concept with a gorgeous remodeled kitchen, Cherrywood cabinets, stainless steel appliances and granite counter tops. Huge master bedroom with doors leading to the hot tub & fenced yard. MLS# 11138 $339,000

ANDREANOFF DRIVE 3/4 of an acre to build the home of your dreams. This piece of land is located on the corner of the 3rd Andreanoff and Glacier Hwy. MLS #10621 Priced to sell at $125,000

2500 SHERWOOD LANE 5 Acres of Industrial Zoned Land at the end of Sherwood Lane! 3 plus acres have been filled and are ready for use. Plat available upon request as well as list of permittable usage.

Sherwood Lane is road that DMV is located on.

MLS# 10755 $1,500,000

3718 EL CAMINO ST Great starter home. 3 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath in convenient valley location. Very recent kitchen remodel including cabinets, countertops, floors and S/S appliances. Energy audit was done and all work completed to bring this gem up to a 4 star rating. Work included insulation, all new windows, slider and exterior doors. Large lot and a 1 car garage just add to the value of this home. MLS# 11225 $255,000

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Ventilation: A Breath of Fresh Air Part 1: Basic Residential Ventilation and The Bathroom Fan With all of the energy updates, efficiency upgrades, and weatherization programs today, I have to wonder if the indoor air quality of homes is beginning to sufBy Greg Stopher Stopher Construction fer. I have personally noticed a rise in moisture problems in homes with increased energy efficiency where ventilation was not properly considered.

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worth sacrificing you health or can we have the best of both worlds – an efficient and healthy home?

would say when we actually did leave the door open.

My parents decided to build a new home on the property next to our old house. It was a simple home with an unfinished basement. The focus was on energy and it was well insulated, then wrapped with more insulation.

The windows were top of the line for the time with good u-value and low air leakage. The windows were wrapped and insulated using spray foam and the home turned out to be pretty tight and efficient. Soon after we moved in, my dad noticed condensation on

In older homes, like the home I lived in as a young child, we didn’t experience moisture problems and there was always plenty of fresh air.

For one, we pumped all kinds of energy through the un-insulated walls when we burned cords and cords of wood. Most of the doors and windows were so drafty in that old house that it was probably like having the back and front door open. We were basically heating the outdoors, like my dad

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the windows and higher humidity in the house. We had bathroom fans but with three boys with the second level to ourselves, we didn’t use them much.

In the end, my dad was convinced that the home was too tight so he removed the foam insulation from around the windows. The moisture problems mostly went away along with the efficiency. Could my parents have continued to enjoy a home that was energy efficient while also solving the moisture problem? Yes, they could have!

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Beautiful mountain views! Evergreen Condos is a solid, well run association and is on the FHA approved condo list! MLS: 10901 . Price $195,000

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On the interior you will find updated flooring including engineered hardwood, carpet, and tile, and updated water heater, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer and dryer .

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tightness of the home. We don’t want the heat that we paid $3 to $4 a gallon for to exit through leaks in the home.

I support energy efficiency, adding insulation, and getting a house as tight as you can. But the one thing that is often overlooked or not the top priority on the list of energy updates is ventilation. Ventilation should always be considered first when upgrading the energy efficiency of a home.

The entire home should work as a system and the ventilation has to be part of that system. Ventilation can be achieved in a variety of ways. Bathroom fans, kitchen exhausts or other ventilation where moisture is exhausted at the source is part of the system.

Other types include passive ventilation as well as whole house mechanical ventilation systems. Whatever the system is, it must work effectively with the super tight, extra efficient homes of today.

The most common ventilation a homeowner will see is the bathroom fan. Code requires there to be 50 CFM intermittent or 20 CFM continuous ventilation in a bathroom. CFM is cubic feet per minute, which means that a single bathroom fan should exhaust a bathroom at a rate of 50 cubic feet of air per minute because it’s intermittent. Is this rate of exhaust adequate to rid all that moisture from the shower to the outdoors? There are a lot of factors that will have an impact on the

adequacy of the fan. Is the fan sized bers? One remedy for not running the to accommodate the length of ducting exhaust long enough is to put a timer or resistance the ducting puts on the on your bathroom fan. It is a good fan? An 80 or 100 CFM fan might not idea to run it during and 20 to 30 be able to overcome the resistance of minutes after you’re done showering, 100 feet of ducting so it might only so it should run for a good 30 to 45 be providing about 30 to 40 CFM of minutes to exhaust all that moisture exhaust. To put this in simple terms, a from the shower. bathroom fan will have a CFM rating Why not just install a larger exhaust at a certain resistance (usually grains of water, w.g.). A bathroom fan that has than required? I definitely agree that more resistance than it was tested at exhausts are sometimes undersized, will have a lowered CFM. Ducting is especially when there is added resisadded up in linear feet along with the tance in the ducting, but a bathroom linear feet of the fittings in the duct- fan can be oversized as well. A bathing, using a formula, to come up with room fan that is pulling 175 cubic feet of air from the amount a 320 cubic of resistance. bathLarger diame- The entire home should work foot room may be ter duct equals less resistance, as a system and the ventilation overkill, especially if it’s left more fittings, has to be part of that system. on all day. An bends, and oversized fan turns equals will exhaust a lot of warm heated air more resistance. The fan must overcome this resistance to provide the unnecessarily and result in heat loss. necessary ventilation. Most do not. A bathroom fan already takes a lot of A lack of exhaust can create very hu- heated air out of the home. Another mid air in the bathroom, resulting in a disadvantage and potentially dangerous situation is that too much exmold or mildew. hausted air results in a high negative Take a large bathroom, an eight by pressure in your home and can lead to ten foot space with nine-foot walls, back drafts and carbon monoxide inwhich is 720 cubic feet. A 50 CFM filtration from combustion appliances bathroom fan will take a little less than or the garage, if the garage is attached.

15 minutes to clear a bathroom that I do believe that a slightly negative size. Do we run the fan for 15 minutes pressure is better than a positive presafter our shower? Some of us might, sure in your home. It is important to but do your kids or other family mem- make sure that the attached garage is

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slightly negative of the home and everything should be okay. A positive pressure can potentially push unwanted moisture into your wall cavities where it can condense and create even more problems.

In conclusion, a bathroom fan should be correctly sized for the bathroom size and the number of fixtures in the room. The bathroom fan should also be used and used long enough to bring the moisture in the air back to the normal levels. Remember, you can have ah home that is energy efficient while successfully solving moisture problems.

Please Note: Properly ventilated fans should always vent to the outside, never into a crawlspace or attic.

Part 2 of the ventilation series will cover kitchen exhaust and whole home ventilation systems, as well as, other air quality hazards that are lurking in the home.

Greg Stopher has over 16 years of experience in the construction field and earned a degree in Construction Technologies from the University of Alaska – Southeast. His company, Stopher Construction, LLC, is a general contracting company specializing in remodeling, custom finishes, additions and new home construction projects. He can be reached at 907-321-2350.

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Apartment would rent for $1000.00 a month to help with your mortgage on this wonderful Auke Bay Home! MLS: 10677 Asking Price $469,900.

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MLS# 10983. $289,900

5050 Thane Road

Waterfront Beauty on Thane Road! This charming all cedar single family home boasts the following features and more: 4 beds, 2 1/2 baths, 2065 sqr ft, large 2 car garage (plus 272 sqr ft storage loft AND 445 sqr ft wood working shop), on site parking, private drive, 3 large decks, newer custom kitchen (2004), central vac, newer septic system and VIEWS VIEWS VIEWS! Many more upgrades within recent years. All of this on a huge 35,000 sqr foot lot with a 143 feet of beachfront! Call Marty McKeown today for a showing! MLS: 11139 Asking price: $589,900

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Two houses on One large lot, North Douglas Highway! This 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Single Family home shares this 1.27 Acre lot with adjacent house (attached only by a deck) that has 1 bed 1 bath apartment to help with the mortgage, extra also has a 1 bed 1 bath lower unit.

Properties feature many upgrades including vinyl siding, metal roof, new kitchen (main house), new flooring, paint etc. Zoned multiple building, zoning to change in 2012 when City Sewer is available. MLS # 11021. $445,000

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Beautiful Custom Home in Tenakee Hot Springs! This Single Family home sits on a huge 9375 sqr ft lot, rare for this town. Two building cedar home connected with a coverer wrap around deck. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath with nice open kitchen. Hardwood flooring, large woodstove for cooking plus another for heat. Monitor type stove in 2nd building. Home is approx 80% finished with materials on site to help with completion. Beautiful water views, lot in front is vacant.

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Pictured: Hannah Lindoff and daughter Marigold on their porch with a view of the wetlands.

Loving YOUR STARTER HOME

By Hannah Lindoff

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stretch of the year where the holidays lie behind us and spring is beyond our frozen grasps.

I’d like to go home tonight, park in my heated garage, kick off my boots in the mud room and sit so close to the fireplace that my eyelashes are in danger. But I won’t be doing that because my house doesn’t have a garage, or a mud room, or a fireplace. Nor does it have a spiral staircase, a cozy window seat, stain glass windows, and there’s no se-

cret passageway. In fact, our house cation. We both work downtown doesn’t even have a real yard. It’s and didn’t want a long commute. amazing how many elements of Yes, we are spoiled Juneau folks and our dream house if the windows of my husband and our car have deI put aside when before We hesitated for a fogged we bought our we’re done with moment, thought our trip, obviously house. However, we couldn’t be about not shoveling we’ve gone too happier.

Once We looked snow off our car in far. we realized that at some wonderful our starter home the morning, thought downtown houses would be limited about growing flow- but those in our in accouterments, range needed ers... but we could price we were able to a lot of work. It never really move sounded romantic focus on the elements that mat- away from that view. and fun to fix up tered to us. an old home at first, but ultimately we had to adOur major consideration was lomit to ourselves that we didn’t have

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the time, money or skills to put too much work into our house.

As our search wore on we found two houses of the same square footage for roughly the same price about two blocks from each other in the Mountainside neighborhood. One had a flat yard and a garage; the other, with no garage, was basically perched on a cliff but had a breathtaking view. We hesitated for a moment, thought about not shoveling snow off our car in the morning, thought about growing flowers in the yard and our dog playing in the grass, but we could never really move away from that view. On clear evenings we see the sunset over the Chilkats. We see the tide come in and go out in the channel, watch airplanes land and admire the lights from the traffic snaking around the wetlands. It is always 10 degrees warmer in our house than any other house in Juneau; if there is sun, it pours into our tiny home all day.

easily doubled the amount of time we spent in our home. It’s been a challenge because our house is small and we’ve reorganized several times to make room for baby furniture and toys and to keep things safe. We’ve given up on far-fetched plans for house accessories, such as adding a wood stove or putting in a stained-glass window in the kitchen and garage and the fireplace remains just a happy daydream. But as I’ve taken in our view hundreds and hundreds of times while rocking the baby to sleep, I haven’t missed a spiral staircase once.

Hannah Lindoff grew up in Juneau and returned to the community after graduating college. She now lives with her husband Anthony, daughter Marigold and dog Haagu on Mountainside. Hannah can be reached at htslotnick@gmail.com

A DAY AT THE

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Anna Hoke, owner of Southeast Living Magazine takes time to beach comb on a cold but beautiful Saturday in January.

When our baby was born we

HOME SHOW MARCH 9, 10 & 11 home sweet home 2012 EVENT LOCATED AT CENTENNIAL HALL

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VIEWS GALORE! Come to the top of the hill and enjoy the Beautiful views from this well appointed Executive home. This spacious 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home has a marble entry, Vaulted Ceilings, a huge window package to flood the house with natural light, granite countertops, master suite, and so much more! The Covered decks, formal dining room, and 3120 sq. feet of living space make this the perfect house for entertaining. Add a 905 sq. ft garage and it as close to perfection as it gets! Asking $630,000. Call for your private showing today!

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NEW LOCAL SPECIALTY CAKE BUSINESS OPENS IN JUNEAU Donna’s Delights is a new local business that specializes in designing and baking cakes and other baked goods. The business is owned by Donna Shelton of Juneau, Alaska. Shelton says she started recreationally making cakes for friends, family, and coworkers at work over the last year and recognized a need for a local specialty cake and baked goods business. She specializes in unique cakes for all occasions, cupcakes and other baked goods.

Shelton also delivers the baked goods to their final destination to insure the integrity of the product.

THUNDER MOUNTAIN BIG BAND Thunder Mountain Big Band is a local Juneau, Alaska Jazz Band led by Ron Maas. Maas has run the 17-piece group (plus one vocalist) for 12 years. Thunder Mountain Big band has performed at the Governor’s Ball and the Montessori Fundraiser. The band can be hired for special events and occasions. The musical group rehearses on Monday evenings at the “Big Blue” building downtown and Maas says that visitors are always welcome to come and listen.

The band plays a large variety of music including waltz, Latin, polka and modern swing.

Ron Maas can be reached by phone at 586-1362 for more information regarding Thunder Mountain Big Band.

For more information about Donna’s Delights or to reach Donna Shelton email her at donnasdelights12@gmail.com.

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