This morning, Ryan Shulte and I drove over to check progress on our project at 4234 Everett Street, Kensington. Ryan has taken over most of the LEED documentation duties from me on this project as well as our custom home being built here on Fairglen.
The Everett Street home is moving along nicely. On the interior, the reclaimed oak flooring has been installed and awaits sanding. The cabinetry and doors have been delivered and are getting installed now. Except for the island, all the cabinets in the kitchen are made of gorgeous carmelized Teragren bamboo. The carmelization process is different from a stain in that heat darkens the sugars in the bamboo, resulting in a grain with complex and rich pattern of browns and beiges.
On the outside, our team of Chad, Roberto and Miguel have started to hang the Hardiplank siding. We are using their ColorPlus product, which won't require painting - a good choice when its 20 degrees outside. The chimney has stucco, the composite decking material is done, and now we wait for the geothermal installation to be complete.
We are looking good to achieve a LEED score of 90+, easily clearing the treshold for a Gold rating. Piece o' cake. Stay tuned...
Posted by: Brad Beeson in sustainable building, sips, Porter Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS), LEED-certified home, LEED, green remodeling, Green Home, green building chevy chase, green building bethesda, green building, eco-friendly building on
Dec 18, 2009
Just in time for the blizzard that's heading our way, we are putting the roof trusses up on the Greif home at 5120 Fairglen. For this project, we've contracted with CSSI to supply a turnkey framing package using Porter Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS), and engineered trusses. Their crane showed up this morning to set the trusses, and they got the whole thing done in 2 1/2 hours. Productivity!
This is the first time Bethesda Bungalows is using SIPS, and I'm anxious to see how they perform. This will be a LEED-certified home, and we're shooting for a HERS rating of under 40. Coupled with the insulated slab and foundation, and the sprayfoam on the underside of the roof, the envelope should be extremely tight.
Now if we can get the roof sheathing on in the next 5 hours, we won't have to shovel snow off the second floor on Monday. Go Go Go!
