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The end is insight! The crew has spent the last several days installing drywall. One of the side effects of installing drywall is that mud puts a lot of moisture into the house. As a result of how tight the … Continue reading
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Over the past weekend I worked tirelessly to install ductwork for the HRV and the two mini split heads. The house will be heated and cooled solely with electricity using mini-split heat pumps. The mini-split has an indoor fan-unit called … Continue reading
I have spent a lot of time talking about the building science behind my project and very little about the smart home technology that I am packing into the house. Now that I have started running thousands (yes thousands!) of … Continue reading
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My builder handed me a key today! The house is officially dried-in. All of the doors and locks are installed. One of the most incredible things is how warm and quiet the house stays. When you shut the massive Intus … Continue reading
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The walls have been marked-out and the studs cut. The inside will soon be shaping-up!
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The builder managed to dry-in the house just in-time for the first snow! Over the last couple weeks, the builder foamed all the joints in the SIPS, taped them, laid-down the Solitex Mento 1000 weather resistive barrier (WRB), put furring … Continue reading
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The electrician laid the electric cable conduit and pulled the electric wire from the house to transformer. The house is situated about 500 feet off the road which dictated the need for the electric company to extend the primary line … Continue reading
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The SIPS have gone together incredible quickly. In two weeks time, the walls have been erected, loft framed, beams set, and roof erected. Of course, because the house is constructed of SIPS, this also means at this point it is … Continue reading
The SIPS arrived last Wednesday. By the time I arrived on-site they were piled all over the place. As you can imagine, the panels to build an entire house take up quite a bit of room! As you may recall … Continue reading
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Since my last visit to the site, a lot has happened. One of the more obvious changes in the installation of the septic system. The excavator had to dig from the house to a 1500 gallon tank to the base … Continue reading