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We’ve had a busy couple of weeks here at Postgreen with the attendance of Greenbuild ‘08 and trying to juggle finishing our first project while starting the second. Unfortunately, Nic has not had time to put the full SIPs Week video footage together. He has however, given us a quick trailer of what is to […]

Things got a little more exciting the past two weeks in our Daily 100K Construction photos. This set includes a picture taken every day of construction from the same spots in front, back and to the side of the 100K House construction site. With the SIPs going up in the past two weeks, the set […]

While we are gone, we thought we would give everyone a chance to catch up on our latest construction photos. The SIPs Install photo set is part of our 100K House Construction Photos collection on Flickr. We tried to take a picture from a couple of different angles after each panel went up on the […]

Overall the SIPs install has been going very well considering no one involved has ever seen or handled a SIP before in their life. The crew is probably on pace to beat traditional framing by a few days and we will have the benefit of having the insulation complete at the end of our process. […]

The SIPs are going up this week, but until we finish shooting and producing on our most elaborate construction recap video to date, you’ll have to make do with our recap of the last few weeks of construction. Enjoy.

Just a quick post here to let everyone know that the long awaited SIPs Week has finally arrived. After many delays, we are finally throwing up our first wall panels today. Our participant list is full but anyone is welcome to stop by and observe the process. I am going to try to be around […]

Problem Statement
The high efficiency Munchkin gas boiler is more expensive to install (>$3,500) than budgeted as both a backup to the Schuco Slimline II-80 solar thermal system spec’ed out for domestic hot water and a sole source of heat to our hydronic radiant heating system (more on these mechanicals here). Installing gas service to the […]

We haven’t had a construction update since Oct 14th when we finished the foundation walls so I figure it’s time for another one. The site doesn’t look a whole lot different as shown in the photos below, but we have actually accomplished a decent amount of labor intensive tasks.

Front of 100K site at end of […]

On our site visit yesterday with Brian the Builder, we ran into a bit of a design issue that just sprouted its ugly head. The plumber on the job brought to our attention that since we don’t have a basement, we will need to install the water meter and main shutoff on the ground floor. […]

This post is just as much a reference post for myself as it is to help anyone else out there interested in building a house in Philly. There can be a lot of hurdles and forms to fill out, but if you know what needs to be done step-by-step, it goes a lot smoother. I […]