We need to orient the home in regards to prevailing cooling winds including an orientation away from the cold blast of Winter winds. If you plan to live in Texas like I do, then special attention needs to be considered to avoid unnecessary heat gain. And Boy! It does get hot here in Texas. If you plan to line in Minnesota, the plan is about the opposite. You do want to plan you home for heat gain in the winter months.

It is preventing debris from being washed away and down the storm sewers or having construction trash blowing in the wind. Any debris that is recyclable needs to be flattened and place in bins for recycling. Of course, that sounds like something we should have been doing anyway. We need to give thought to the building site as to how rain water run off is going to effect the immediate surrounding neighborhood.

How about collecting the rain water from the roof for irrigation during the dry times? I believe that if we were to collect rain water for our irrigation needs and flush our toilets with grey water, then we wouldn't be so concern about these severe droughts that are happening with more occurrence. That's just my opinion.

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