Last week I had a meeting with Scott at Level 5 to discuss using SIPs in detail. We called one of the manufacturers and asked all questions that we had regarding our project. Once we got off the phone Scott quickly said that he was willing to go forward with SIPs or the project and […]
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SIPs Have Been Chosen as the Building Method of Choice
February 18th, 2008 — insulation, framing, budget
100K House Budget Review - Our Biggest Meeting to Date
February 7th, 2008 — floorplan, insulation, size, framing, budget, design, planning
Yesterday afternoon we had our much anticipated budget review with the entire team for the 100K House. Scott from Level 5 Construction had taken the past two weeks to come up with a comprehensive estimate based on the most recent design of both homes in the project.
I knew we were exceeding our $100K budget with […]
ThermaSteel - Light Guage Steel Insulated Panels
February 5th, 2008 — framing, budget
Recently I’ve received a few recommendations to check out an alternative to SIPs that uses light gauge steel to give insulated panels structural integrity rather than sheets of OSB. The most local company that provides such a product is the ThermaSteel Corporation located in Virginia.
Some of the touted advantages include the following:
Using light gauge steel […]
SIP Quote Update for 100K House
February 1st, 2008 — insulation, framing, budget, planning
I am heading out the door now for a weekend getaway but have a quick update on SIP quotes for the project. I have received quotes from four of the seven companies I requested bids from. I have agreed not to disclose exact pricing from each vendor at this time so for now I will […]
Plans Released to SIP Manufacturers for Quote
January 21st, 2008 — framing, budget, planning
You may recall our Preliminary SIP Mfg Evaluation in early December. After speaking with the various manufacturers about their basic process, product and market differentiators I owed them more detailed plans to give us a quote for the two homes. I just finished contacting the manufacturers and delivering the plans to each of them for […]
Preliminary SIP Manufacturer Evaluation
December 12th, 2007 — framing, budget, planning
One of my taks from the last design meeting was to research local SIP manufacturers and get quotes to pass on to our builder to formulate into his calculations for the rough estimates of the construction costs. We do not have a detailed builder spec package for quote so I can not get official quotes […]
Feasibility Meeting
November 7th, 2007 — HVAC, framing, foundation, design, budget, planning
A couple weeks ago on Thursday, October 25th the team had its first meeting to discuss the feasibility of building a modern and green home in Philly for $100K. Prior to this meeting the 100k house was nothing more than an idea or dream in the heads of myself (Chad) and Brian (Brian Phillips - […]