The Short Answer We define true cost of ownership as the total payment per month for energy, mortgage principal, interest, and taxes. It turns out that this house will be considerably less expensive to own than an average comparable house… read more →
Posted from: MD, USA Thanks to Al Cobb for the last post! And thanks to Terry Hill, who took the picture above this morning. As you can see, the main roof and dormer roofs are now up. The next steps… read more →
This post comes to you from Al Cobb. I want to thank David Peabody for the opportunity to provide my input as this amazing project takes shape. The PanelWright’s crew is preparing the third floor deck for sheathing today and… read more →
Walls Are Up Posted from: MD, USA We now have all SIP exterior walls and framing in place up to the attic floor. Al Cobb, President of Panelwrights, will soon be adding some posts and pictures about the erection of… read more →
Posted from: MD, USA Nearly a solid week of rain, luckily after backfilling was essentially complete, has slowed us down for the moment. These are pictures I took last week at the site before the rains began. You can see… read more →
Here is a link to the video on a Passive House in Vermont in today’s New York Times. To read the entire article click here. We take issue with one statement: “It has been a good deal more expensive to build,… read more →
No, we didn’t finish it quite this quickly! But we finally have a rendering.. thanks to the efforts of Nick Hester, SketchUp artist extraordinaire! Nick graduated a year ago from Mississippi State’s architectural program and worked for the past year… read more →
Posted from: MD, USA Floor framing and decking are now complete. Here are a few pix of the work in progress. The ladder you see is in front of the first SIP panel installed— the north basement wall. Download… read more →
Posted from: MD, USA Today PanelWrights arrived onsite and began preparation for the basement wall and first floor framing work. When I arrived they had already set down the 2×8 treated wood plates at the top of the foundation walls.… read more →
Posted from: MD, USA The exterior foundation walls have now been waterproofed and the insulation and drainage board installation is nearly complete. The steel for basement columns and beams is at the site, and we await the arrival of PanelWrights… read more →