6030 House trim complete

Our work on the house is done.

The crew finished the last of the trim this week and are now complete. There are a few outstanding items which still have to arrive - railings at the Porch Room doors, and the entry canopy. These will be installed after they arrive. The time for the build was 30 days. It was slowed by it being the first one, and by the down-slope site. Northern is confident that they can take a week off of that on an easier site.



a view from down the hill



the entry side of the house awaiting the canopy

More photos of the completed build are on the 6030 House Flickr set. Again I apologize that this page is so large with so many images, but this is the end - it won't grow much larger now.

I will post any updated images as the outstanding items are installed and anything forwarded by the owner as the interior fit-out and site work are completed. I want to thank everyone who enthusiastically followed the build and commented. We have more good things in the works and I look forward to sharing them here with you.

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

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6030 House getting trimmed

The trim is nearly done.

The trimming is mostly done now and the house is really looking like itself. The horizontal band that ties the front windows together is very clear. The corners are closed up and almost all of the exposed edges of the panels are finished.



We had some recent photos at the booth for CABoom. The biggest reaction came from people when told the build began on Feb 28th.

Some close up photos of the trim and house surfaces are up on the 6030 House Flickr set. I beg your forgiveness for letting this page get so long. We are almost done however.

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

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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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6030 House frame near end

The framing work is just about done.



The last of the framing work went in today - a few loose ends to finish tomorrow, but panels should begin. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.

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

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6030 House makes time

weekend? we don't need no stinking weekend...



Apparently an EcoSteel install crew knows no rest, as these guys were out there honking steel beams in place on a beautiful saturday. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.

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

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6030 House roof beams and wind

The wind put a stop to roof beams but much else was done.



A few of the roof beams were placed before the wind put a stop to it. The crew turned to other pieces to be installed. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.

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

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6030 House floor beam day

The floor beams went in today.



Today the hot-rolled steel section floor beams went up. The roof beams should be next. The light guage floor joists will follow but I am not sure where in the sequence. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.

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

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6030 House rising

The crew gets to work on making a house.



The crew is into it now. The main frames will go in first, followed by the sub-framing. Today the first posts were lifted and temporarily bolted down until the frame is squared up and all the bolts tightened. Photos of today's activity are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.

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

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6030 House Install update

What starts with an "S" and rhymes with Teel Delivery?



Steel is on site today and no time is to be wasted - they will stand it up tomorrow. Photos of today's delivery are up on the 6030 House progress page

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

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6030 House Fabrication

A peak into the panel factory.

The insulated steel panels for the Maryland 6030 House have been fabricated and are on the way to the site right now, as is the steel frame. We received some photos from the panel run and they are up on the 6030 House Flickr set.



This is where the EcoSteel Houses differ from many other prefabs. It is less of a relocation of site building techniques to a factory and more a product of a limited number manufactured components.

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6030 House Construction Begins

The foundation for the 6030 House is complete.

The foundation for the Maryland 6030 House is complete and the steel is being fabbed as I write. I understand the longest lead item is the wall and roof panels and we are expecting the order to be delivered to site mid February. In order to watch the progress (which should be a blink of the eye compared to the 0242 Plat House construction) I have started a 6030 House Flickr set where I will be posting photos as I get them. Here is an image of the completed basement foundation:



And to refresh your memory and save you from scrolling back to see past images of the house, here are the last schematic design images we produced before the project went on to detailed development.





More info about the houses is of course available at the EcoContempo web site.

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6030 House out for fabrication

The engineering for the 6030 House is complete and ready to go out for fabrication.

The engineer and detailer have completed their documentation and the house is ready to go out to the fabricator.



The foundations will being next week and the frame should be complete early December however it is likely that the erection will wait until after Jan 1 so that it can work through completion without the interruption of the holidays.



Previous entries showed the plans and some views .

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New EcoSteel house designs

There are variations on the 6040 House and 6030 House in design.

We are in the process of designing two variations of the 6040 House and 6030 House oriented towards the narrow dimension for placement on lots with a narrow-deep proportion. Both of the designs are rather luxurious in their program but are laying the ground work for more commodity designs.

The particulars of the setting where these will go have influenced the design solution in specific ways. These will be sited towards a view, which also happens to be along the street access side of their sites, and as such they are placed back on their lots to allow for private outdoor space in what is the front of the house. Sort of a backwards arrangement. To facilitate that the driveway and the entry are to the side of the houses.

The 6030n is a 3 bedroom design with a deep overhanging porch towards the view and private yard. The plan includes an open living/dining/kitchen area, 3 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, and an additional room for home office or media.



There is no garage in this design and we are providing a separate garage structure.



The 6040n is also a 3 bedroom design, with integral 4 car garage - yikes! This house flips the living space to the upper floor to better take in the view. It includes an open plan living/dining/kitchen area, 3 bedroom including 2 master bedrooms, 4 baths, and like the 6030 a room for home office or media.





We expect to be creating unique plan variations on these shells for customers on a design to suit basis. Development of these designs will be offered via the new EcoContempo Portal.

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6030 House floor plans

in progress floor plans of the 6030 House design

The plans are still evolving each day. Most of the design decisions have been made but technological issues of the building system shove the plan around a bit each day as things are studied in more detail.

The design is a melding of the 6040 House prototype plan and the 6040 House design study plan. If you compare the three of them you will see what I mean.

The ground floor eliminates one parking space in the garage, and moves the master bedroom upstairs. This leaves a good amount of living space on the ground floor, and breaks it down into areas of different volume and light quality.



Upstairs the master bedroom remains a large suite with a master bathroom with potential to be very luxurious. Along with the other bedrooms these spaces form a buffer between the master bedroom and the public side of the house. Perhaps the most interesting part of this design is the porch room on the upper level. This is a modern 3 season room brought into the volume of the house. From here it can take in a great view or be up among the trees. An alternate living room it greatly expands the living space of the house and still leaves the areas below with a high ceiling. This very rough section shows the vertical relationship of these rooms.



The ability to create voluminous spaces like this affordably lies with the EcoSteel building system.

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