This beautiful home is being constructed “slab-on-grade” which is contractor-speak for on a slab of concrete. It’s about 3,500 sq. ft. and includes a storm shelter near the center of the home that’s walls will be bolted to the cement floor, and unattached to the rest of the home’s walls/roof. (We all know one of those is a must when tornadoes are always a possibility, although hopefully will never be necessary.)
On a side note: Here’s an article about SIPS that includes a couple images of SIP homes that survived tornadoes while those conventionally built houses around them were destroyed. Article you should read.
The roof is a complex maze of trusses in all sorts of configurations, but the guys have been able to sort it all out without much trouble.
We have been waiting for the water to dry up for months with this project. What a relief to finally get rolling!
The view from the road.
The view from the back
Inside it feels huge right now without the interior walls framed up.
Top plate almost finished and then trusses go on!
A pile of glue and screws go into putting a SIP home together.
A thin layer of foam is all it takes to keep moisture from the concrete from getting into the walls.
The pile of trusses…
And one from just the other night (7/23/13) After a majority of the trusses were set.
It will be neat to see this whole place come together in the upcoming months ahead.
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