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After the builder had left on Wednesday Structure Metrics stopped by to perform the blower door test and infrared scan of the house. The blower door (shown in the picture below) is used to determine the Air Changes per Hour … 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 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
The building envelope is only one piece of the puzzle to building a house. However, it is arguably one of the more important ones-it defines not only the interior space, but the comfort level of the house and informs the … Continue reading
Deciding to use SIPS has freed me of the need to worry about creating drawings and specifications to ensure a tight building envelope. However, structurally supporting the roof is now becoming a significant issue. A conventional roof would be framed … Continue reading