An owner designed home utilizing passive solar elements and environmentally responsible materials for optimum efficiency, and lower impact construction.
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| Pre-existing in-fill lot. | |||||||
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| This foundation is made from a wood fibre/concrete product from Durisol www.durisolbuild.com . They are dry stacked and tied with rebar and the inside of block is poured with concrete. The insulation in the block is at proper code for R value so no further framing or insulation is required for the basement. | |||||||
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| This house is partially panalized in a factory. The tall walls we built on site and whatever roof structure we could put together practically. The crane came and all was lifted and placed into position. | |||||||
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| This roof features large overhangs required for passive solar design. Double walls are also incorporated to increase R values. | |||||||
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| The main floor heating system is a radiant heated floor embedded into light weight concrete to create thermal mass. | |||||||
