6030 House panels done

Panels are installed, but much trimming to do.

The roof is complete making this the end of panel installation. There are few more that will be incorporated into the canopy, but all in all the house is closed in now.



I am posting late so I won't comment. We pack for the CABoom show tomorrow, so I may only get one more update in. I'm not bringing my computer so I'm taking a little break from cyberspace for a few days! Don't email me! We will have a bunch of new images when I return.

Photos of the installation are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. I apologize that this page is getting so long to load - bad web manners. Dial-up run for your lives.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House panels nearly done

The walls are finished, the roof well underway.

The roof is underway, and also the framing crew for the interior partitions has come and gone.



Following this the openings and corners need to be trimmed. We are in the final stretch here. I also have a few clarifications from John Stewart, our project manager in the field. He has been following the blog and providing all of the photos you have seen. John said that this homeowner has opted to drywall his interior, and you will see intermediate framing by the framing crew on top of our structural frame at the exterior walls. He also gave me the scoop on the insulation values of the installed panels: R-34 roof, R-25 walls. Both exceed code requirements.

Photos of the installation are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. I apologize that this page is getting so long to load - bad web manners. Dial-up please beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House panel progress

3 sides of the house are done now.

One more wall and then the roof will begin. They saved the easiest wall to access for last so it should go faster than the other 3.



Photos of the panel installation are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. I apologize that this page is getting so long to load - bad web manners. Dial-up please beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House panels begin

The first panels did indeed go on the house today.

Garage doors were installed and base flashing as well, so panels really just begun today. Tomorrow it will continue as the sole task at hand.



Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. The page is getting quite fat so be patient while it loads. Dial-up beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House windows complete

Let the panels begin.

We are clear to begin installing panels today. Somehow I feel like this is what everybody has been waiting for - it will really look like itself after the skin goes on and we cover up all those bones. One last look at it with all the windows in:



Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. The page is getting quite fat so be patient while it loads. Dial-up beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House windows begin

Let there be windows.



Strange as it may sound, windows go in before the walls in this house. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. The page is getting quite fat so be patient while it loads. Dial-up beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House plywood...

The floor deck went down



The plywood floor deck went down over the past two days along with some other misc work. I have to say that these floor joists and the plywood deck were the slowest part of the build so far. The alternative of steel bar joists and steel deck would have gone in faster I am quite confident. A small observation about carpentry vs steel. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. The page is getting quite fat so be patient while it loads. Dial up beware.

More info on the EcoSteel products at the EcoContempo web site.

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