9/12/06: Home Occupied - Finishing Touches
Front North Elevation Stucco Finish Completed
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Rear South Elevation
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Southwest Corner
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9/12/06 continued
Northeast Corner
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Living Room & Kitchen(Looking West)
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Kitchen & Front Hallway (Looking North from Kitchen)
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9/12/16 continued
Living Room (Looking East)
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Water Heater - Connections to Water Supply & Geothermal Heat Pumps
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6/8/06: Stucco Application & Interior Finishing
Northeast Corner Stucco Finish
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Southwest Corner
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6/8/06 continued
West Kitchen Area
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Kitchen Area
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3/8/06: Geothermal heat pump installed, house insulated
Geothermal heat pump was installed and is operating, and house has been insulated. Sensors were installed to measure interior temperature in several locations on first and second floors. The house was ready for drywall installation.
Geothermal Heat Pump was installed
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House was insulated
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12/22/05: Download data logger
Temperature data from May-December was downloaded from the data logger, and is being analyzed. Walls are ready for stucco finish.
PEX Radiant Floor Heating and Cooling, and Plumbing Manifolds
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PEX Hot & Cold Water Supply and Plumbing Manifolds
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PEX Plumbing to Shower
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12/22/05 continued
Plumbing, electrical, and HVAC have been roughed in.
PEX Hot & Cold Water Supply and Manifolds, Terra Brick Exterior Wall
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Rear (South) Elevation. Low-e Windows and Doors. Soy-based Foam Insulation and Stucco Mesh
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West Elevation. Large Overhangs, Soy-based Foam Insulation, Stucco Mesh, and Weather Station
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9/13/05:Windows, Doors, and Exterior
Windows and doors, and Exterior soy-based foam board insulation were installed.
French Doors and Windows in South Wall
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Doors and Windows at Southwest Corner
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9/13/05 continued
Northwest corner of home
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South side of home
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7/23/05:Temporary wiring
Owner will contact electric utility about stubbing out meter base to allow for insulation board. Note temporary wiring inside panel board.
Temporary wiring at panel
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7/22/05: Roof framing
For roof framing, hurricane clips were installed at the TJI rafter/kneewall bearing above North exterior wall.
Hurricane clips East end of North wall
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7/15/05: Transformer installed
Electrical transformer is installed behind the house.
Electrical transformer behind house
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7/11/05: Wall construction
During wall construction, two inch soy-based polyurethane insulation board (see www.emegabuild.com) is installed on the North exterior wall and a portion of the East exterior wall. At this time the thermocouple wires were not in place on the outer surfaces of brick and insulation. Coordination will be needed to ensure proper placement of thermocouples on all four exterior walls, as well as access for thermocouple wires to the upstairs.
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6/14/05: Electrical conduit installed
Electrical conduit for service entrance and meter base are installed outside the utility room. A 200A panel box is installed on the inside of the wall with a cable to a temporary outlet upstairs. No other wiring is installed at this time.
200 Amp Panel Box
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Meter base
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6/1/05: Soy-based foam insulation
Insulation was delivered to the site and is ready for installation.
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5/1/05: Data logger download
Temperature data from January - May was downloaded from the datalogger and is being analyzed.
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4/28/05: Roof sheathing continues
The roof sheathing continues and has now been completed on North side of home. Underlayment and roofing nails are on site. The thermocouple wires were reattached to the exterior side of the brick walls.
Sheathing completed north elevation
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4/19/05: Roof sheathing begins
Construction resumes as roof sheathing is applied and thermocouple wires that were caulked to the exterior side of the brick walls need to be reattached.
Roof sheathing started North side
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4/2/05: Rain delays
Excessive rain delays construction.
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3/31/05: Porchslabs poured
Porch slabs were dug and then poured for both the north and west sides of the home.
Front porch slab poured
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Side porch slab
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3/17/05: Thermocouples installed
Thermocouples were installed in exterior walls and connected to the datalogger. Second floor and roof framing was completed and weather station was set-up.
West elevation
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3/9/05: Roof framing and foundation insulation
Installation of roof framing and exterior wall insulation continues. The 12" rafters were reworked to bear on ledger at 2x6 kneewall. Framing and dormer rafters installed at East end. Installation of insulation around the exterior perimeter began.
Northeast elevation
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Foundation insulation with 2" board
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3/4/05: Secondfloor and roof framing
Second floor and roof framing began, including microlam ridge beam with floor joist material bearing on perimeter kneewall. GreenGuard two-inch insulation board (R-10) is stacked on first floor to be used as floor slab insulation.
Beginning of roof framing
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2/3/05: Lumber and materials delivered
There has been no progress in the construction of exterior walls since 01-19-05. Some additional material (rebar and lumber) was delivered.
Northeast corner
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1/19/05: Thermocouple readings downloaded
NAHB Research Center staff connects a laptop to the datalogger to download thermocouple readings (15 minute intervals) for 12-29-04 to 01-19-05. First course of TerraBrick walls have been grouted to floor slab. Subsequent courses have been dry-stacked to the top of window and door headers.
Downloading Datalogger
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TerraBrick Wall NW Corner
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1/4/05: TerraBrick walls dry-stacked
Nearly half of the TerraBrick for the North wall has been dry-stacked. Portions of the East and West walls have been started.
Inside north wall
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12/29/04: Layout of walls
Layout for the first course of exterior wall begins. The home owner and designer spent most of the day reviewing plans and laying out the first course of TerraBrick. First corner bricks were then set in mortar. Eight inch lengths of rebar were cut for holes drilled through TerraBrick and into slab to provide lateral resistance near each end of exterior wall sections.
Northeast corner
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South Wall
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12/04: Slab and data logger installed
The slab was placed and foundations walls began. Sensors and a datalogger were installed in December to measure temperature at three layers, in and under the slab, and in the exterior air and subsoil.
Foundation walls
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9/04: Construction began
Construction began on energy efficiency package home with Terra Brick, Soy-Based Foamboard Insulation, Geothermal Heat Pump, Radiant Floor Heating and Cooling and Solar Water Heating. The designer John Spears, Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), and Jim Wilson of Wilson Engineering Services, will be monitoring the heating and cooling system and energy usage. Michael Vaughan of Portfolio Productions will document construction and installation of technologies.
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