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Wrapping it up and Tweeting

July 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

Well, we’re finally coming to a close on the SIPs house.  These week we’ll be buttoning up a lot of large items to prepare for the open house this sunday.  Seed will be there later in the afternoon and we’ll be updating via Twitter.  Follow us @seedarch.  I’ll post some interior images of the house soon.

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  1. 3 Responses to “Wrapping it up and Tweeting”

  2. By lee on Jul 9, 2009

    I completed a new construction project on 13th and Brazee in Irvington summer of 2007. The house and roof were composed entirely of SIPS panels, sitting on an ICF foundation. I think your advertising may be a bit misleading.

  3. By darin on Jul 9, 2009

    Lee,

    What was the address? In that area, there are a few additions / alterations, but I couldn’t find a permit on file for new construction. The closest I could find was a garage addition in 2007 at 2508 NE 13th.

    We’ve run into this same topic with a couple of other projects. If you completed in 2007, you were reviewed under the previous code which had a loop hole for SIPs. Current code does not allow SIPs in a seismic zone D without an approval through the type ll land use review. Additionally, if you build on an ICF foundation, I’m assuming you either had a crawl space or basement for floor, which means the entire house was not built from SIPs. In our case, the entire structure including the floor is SIPs.

    At any rate, our intention is not only to draw attention to our project, but also to draw attention to non-conventional framing techniques and we congratulate you and anyone else pioneering for a better system.

  4. By Lee Gibson on Jul 10, 2009

    address: 2542 NE 13th ave. PDX

    Darin -

    It is true that the house does have a basement. However, to indicate that a 5579 sq. ft. house constructed using SIPS panels for the walls and roof is not entirely constructed of SIPS because we chose a basement is hard for me to swallow. My opinion, and that’s all it is, is that we built a house using SIPS panels, designed by R-control, that was completed in 2007. That being said, the statement, “the SIPS house is Portland’s first Structural Insulated Panel home” is frustrating for me. I don’t want to discredit your project. I just don’t want mine discredited either.

    Lee Gibson

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