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  • Building Envelope 10/01/2009The SIP panels arrive! Four semi loads worth
  • Building Envelope 10/01/2009 Using the Loadall to unload the panels from the semi
  • Building Envelope 10/01/2009 The SIP panels are 12 ½ inches thick and provide R45 insulation
  • Building Envelope 10/01/2009 The SIP panels are incredible strong yet light weight
  • Building Envelope 10/01/2009 The SIP panels are constructed with 7/16" skins of OSB bonded to EPS (Styrofoam)
  • Building Envelope 10/02/2009 SIP panels come precut from the factory, we had NO dumpster waste!
  • Building Envelope 7SIP panels can even be made curved
  • Building Envelope 10/02/2009 SIP panels are have electrical chases predrilled, and come coded to reassemble
  • Building Envelope 10/15/2009 The first SIP panels installed!
  • Building Envelope 10/20/2009SIP panels with beginning of interior framing
  • Building Envelope 10/20/2009 SIP panels for first floor of West "pod" and garage "pod"
  • Building Envelope 10/22/2009 Interior framing of West "pod"
  • Building Envelope 10/22/2009 Setting metal beam inside garage
  • Building Envelope 10/22/2009 Dogs appropriately inside kids' playroom area
  • Building Envelope 10/28/2009 Putting floor on above garage
  • Building Envelope 10/28/2009 Floor in place for great room in West "pod"
  • Building Envelope 10/30/2009 Open web floor trusses. No flex and easy to pass utilities
  • Building Envelope 11/01/2009 The first panels of the second floor, great room of the West "pod"
  • Building Envelope 11/04/2009 Base plate along edge of garage "pod" to attach SIP panels
  • Building Envelope 11/04/2009 Westside of West "pod", blue tubes at bottom to heat hot tub with solar heat
  • Building Envelope 11/04/2009 Fire place chimney panel installed
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 Metal beam to carry weight of roof, will be insulated with polyurethane foam
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 Todd and Shaun showing how the panels are installed
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 "Green Goo" mastic is applied at all panel joints for an air tight seal
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 The SIP panels are connected with 2X12's
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 The SIP panels are nailed to a base plate for a very stable wall
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 Ratcheting straps snug the panels together
  • Building Envelope 11/05/2009 Dropping the last garage "pod" panel into place, very snug fit!
  • Building Envelope 11/11/2009 The front of the house takes shape
  • Building Envelope 11/11/2009 The view from inside the second story of the garage "pod" contains Master bedroom, guest bedroom and media room
  • Building Envelope 11/11/2009 Todd insulating curved base plate for the Tower
  • Building Envelope 11/13/2009 The curved Tower SIP panels from the inside
  • Building Envelope 11/19/2009 Using the Loadall to place the tall Tower SIP panels
  • Building Envelope 11/13/2009 The curved Tower SIP panels from the outside
  • Building Envelope 11/13/2009 The SIP panels dimensions agreed very closely with the foundation, less than ¾ inch disagreement in over 100 feet!
  • Building Envelope 11/16/2009 The last Tower SIP panel proved challenging to install!
  • Building Envelope 11/19/2009 The front of the Tower mostly completed, work on deck and indoor green house underneath it
  • Building Envelope 11/19/2009 The Tower from the inside
  • Building Envelope 11/20/2009 Looking up the face of the Tower, notice "Green Goo" mastic used to seal 2X12 to SIP panel on right side of doorway
  • Building Envelope 11/20/2009 Gluelam beams set atop the SIP panels in the great room
  • Building Envelope 11/20/2009 West "pod" seen from the southwest corner at sunset
  • Building Envelope 11/26/2009 Gluelam roof rafter beams set on garage pod
  • Building Envelope 11/26/2009 Roof rafter beams anchored to the "Wall" with fabricated metal "buckets"
  • Building Envelope 12/01/2009 The roof SIP panels are 7'X20' and 12 ½ inches thick
  • Building Envelope 12/01/2009 The panels are attached with special pancake screws that are 14 inches long
  • Building Envelope 12/01/2009 The design and layout of the roof made it very rigid
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 All the garage pod roof panels are on, preparing to add an additional 4 inch layer of EPS
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 Placing the additional EPS, total thickness is 17 inches for R64
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 View inside 2nd story of garage "pod", roof on. Double wall framing design between rafters
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 North (back) of garage "pod"
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009House from Northeast corner
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 Garage "pod" roof with Visible 2X12 spines, additional EPS and OSB layers
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 Adding 4 inch thick sheets of EPS to garage pod roof
  • Building Envelope 12/03/2009 House seen from corner of garage "pod" roof
  • Building Envelope 12/04/2009 House at sunrise
  • Building Envelope 12/04/2009 West "pod" at sunrise
  • Building Envelope 12/04/2009 Last layer of OSB added to garage "pod" roof, two 5000 gallon tanks for solar hot water storage
  • Building Envelope 12/10/2009 Placing Gluelam roof beams
  • Building Envelope 12/10/2009 Metal anchors to hold roof beams
  • Building Envelope 12/10/2009 Roof beams West "pod" in place
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 Roof SIP panels are lifted. The panels can be as large as 7'x20'
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 The green "goo" mastic is applied to seal panels
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 Straps and sledgehammer used to put panels together
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 Marcello places insulating joining piece
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 ... they slide easily into place
  • Building Envelope 12/17/2009 Placing 2"X12" spline to join next row of panels
  • Building Envelope 12/19/2009 West "pod" with roof panels in place
  • Building Envelope 12/23/2009 Ice and water shield placed on roof
  • Building Envelope 1/12/2010 Tower walls complete
  • Building Envelope 1/12/2010 Metal beam for tower window header inside SIP panel
  • Building Envelope 1/20/2010 Tower roof is on
  • Building Envelope 1/20/2010 Side view of tower roof
  • Building Envelope 1/31/2010 House framing is done!
  • Building Envelope 1/31/2010 SHW pipes cut inside SIP panel
  • Building Envelope 1/31/2010 SHW pipes are insulated with high temperature tolerant insulation
  • Building Envelope 2/04/2010 Vew from the road below
  • Building Envelope 2/04/2010 In-wall carriers for dual flash toilets; insulated SHW pipes
  • Building Envelope 2/16/2010 Wiring begins; recycling bins on a background
  • Building Envelope 2/16/2010 S3 installs low voltge wiring including Cat-5, telephone, cable, speakers.
  • Building Envelope 2/16/2010 12 inches EPS has been applied to the exterior of the concrete wall.
  • Building Envelope 2/16/2010 Insulating 5000 galon solar hot water storage tanks with 12 inches of EPS.
  • Building Envelope 2/16/2010 The two 5000-galon solar hot water tanks are now insulated with 12 inches of EPS
  • Building Envelope 2/19/2010 Wood spacers on underneath side of ceiling to allow wiring with minimal penetration of roof SIP panels.
  • Building Envelope 2/19/2010 Playroom cubbies and more wiring
  • Building Envelope 2/23/2010 Marcello is sealing roof SIP panels
  • Building Envelope 2/25/2010 Panel tape is used to seal SIP joints.
  • Building Envelope 3/05/2010 TempCast masonary wood burning stove weighs 2000 lb
  • Building Envelope 3/08/2010 Applying house wrap
  • Building Envelope 3/08/2010 Metal coils instantly shaped into metal roofing
  • Building Envelope 3/10/2010 More house wrap
  • Building Envelope 3/12/2010 Metal roofing done by Nielco
  • Building Envelope 3/12/2010 White pipe is for radon mitigation; the two copper pipes are for the solar hot water panels