Vermont Plat House slab prep.

Preparation for the pouring of the floor slab.

The preparation work for pouring the ground floor slab for Vermont Plat House is under way. The radiant heating loops must be placed before the slab goes in.



Plumbing is placed before the slab is poured. The builder has measured carefully to place these items.

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Vermont Plat House foundations

Stem walls for the foundation are in place.

What I have now taken to calling the Vermont Plat House is progressing quickly. The concrete stem walls of the foundation are complete. Backfilling should follow soon.

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Work begins on the Vermont Plat House

Another Plat House takes shape.

The Modified Plat House created for a customer in Vermont has begun construction. Excavation of the footings has started and reinforcing and concrete should follow soon

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The Perfect $100,000 House

I knew that would get your attention.

But I'm sorry to say that I don't have the answer to the Perfect $100,000 House. What's this about then. This is the title of a new book by none other than Karrie Jacobs, the founding editor of Dwell. Karrie Jacobs was there when Dwell began, took part in the establishment of the original direction of the magazine, and ran it through the early years - the Fruit Bowl Manifesto days - when the mission to show everyday life in the modern home was a really fresh and eye opening idea. Many of the team at the magazine now came there under her and then grew the magazine from that early direction.

I know for many the hope of affordable modern homes was a big attraction to the magazine, and that hope is alive today and walking the halls of LiveModern for sure. We all struggle with how to bring the modern ideal to a level that is affordable without loosing the spirit that attracts us to it in the first place.


Well when Karrie Jacobs left the magazine, guess what? She joined our ranks, literally. Where could she find an affordable modern house? The book is her story of her journey for answers. Not necessarily the answer - we all know too well that there is no easy answer for the affordable modern house. She went around the country visiting many of the same projects we have seen here online and in the pages of Dwell looking for the perfect $100,000 house. Not a reference guide exactly, but from the sound of it more of a road trip story.

I have not read it yet, as it has just been released, but I'm looking forward to reading it.

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0518 U House Design Prints available

The design of the new plan is done.

The Design Prints for new U House plan are complete and available immediately. A new web page for the house is posted at our site.

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0518 U House model done

The model of the house is done,

now I can move on to creating the Design Prints. I have to add some "props" to the model and export images. Design prints should be available next week.

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Modified Plat House for Vermont site

I've just completed an extensively modified Plat House for a site in Vermont

The mods were so extensive that it is really hard to even call it a modification. It is practically a whole new house. The plan has been expanded from 2 to 3 bedrooms, and an attached 2 car garage added to the arrival side of the house. The floor plan retains very little of the original Plat House arrangement.



The way the house is being built differs from the original as well. Here the main roof will be composed of SIPs panels, rather than the engineered joists. As a result the overhangs are composed of the full thickness of the SIPs panels rather than the metal roof panels alone as in the original house. Although the profile of the house is similar that roof detail is a departure in character with this version taking on a decidedly mid-century feeling in some of the details.



The construction should begin in a few weeks. Preparation at the site has begun, and the drive has already been laid.



As you can see it is another beautiful site and we are looking forward to seeing it come together. The owner has promised to share this with us as it happens.

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