An update for the new year
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 Posted in design, siding | No Comments »With 2009 coming to a close we needed to decide what 2010 had in store for the SIPs house. With funds tightening (both our funds and funds available from banks), we decided to pull the house off the market and ...
We’re done, we’re done!!
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 Posted in LEED, design | 3 Comments »[gallery] Well, we're finally done with the house. We Past our final inspection, but we're still pending our LEED status. I thought it would be nice to post some recent images. Unfortunately, we had to pull the house off the market ...
Keep it rolling
Friday, August 14th, 2009 Posted in design | No Comments »We're about 2 weeks out from completion. I'll work on getting some decent images loaded, but the house is a bit chaotic at the moment with all of the subs trimming everything out. In the mean time, here are a ...
A few updated siding photos
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 Posted in construction, design, siding | No Comments »Here's a few more photos of the exterior. We started installing flooring and tile this week so hard to get in the house to take photos, but I'll post soon. [gallery]
SIPs framing
Sunday, November 16th, 2008 Posted in construction, design | 1 Comment »It's been a while since our last post. Because of the 'jenga' process of putting the panels together, we were on hold waiting for one little on site weld to happen. Apparently welding in the rain is not a good idea. We ...
Thoughts on windows
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, design | No Comments »We special-ordered windows with Cardinal 366 glass, an innovative product that both increases the insulation value of the windows and lowers the amount of heat that goes into the house when the sun is shining on it. The increased insulation ...
General update
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 Posted in cabinetry, design, kitchen | No Comments »Today is the magic day. We'll begin lifting the panels in position. We didn't have enough room to store all the wall panels and roof panels on site, so we won't have a roof today, but after a couple hours ...
Getting SIPs approved
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in design | 2 Comments »This is David (the one playing at owner/developer) coming in with my first post. I thought I'd start back at an initial challenge we faced as it will be relevant to anyone else who wants to build with SIPs in ...
Floor plans and Sections
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in design | No Comments »Check out the design tab at the top of the blog page. We've posted floor plans and a section through the house for your viewing pleasure...
Cabinets
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 Posted in cabinetry, design | No Comments »Cabinets are one of those great opportunities in a house to interject a sculptural piece into a space. Cabinets can be extremely personal. For many reasons, we have opted to have our cabinets custom built rather than purchased from a ...
