The Green Dream Gets Walls

By John B. Carnett Posted 09.16.2009 at 2:16 pm 7 Comments

We have walls! Carnett stands atop the day's work. John B. Carnett

I’m standing on top of the third floor after a very productive day of putting the Kama Eebs panels and the upper joists in place. When the panels arrived, we had just put them in piles all around my site so it was a bit of work just playing the find-and-seek game to get the proper panel to the correct wall location. But then it was just a matter of gluing and screwing the track into place, spraying foam onto both the shiplap joint and the track and tilting the panel into place. Once you have a tight fit, you screw the track and the shiplap joint together and move on to the next unit. Like any new system, it takes a while to get the feel for it and build a rhythm, but with three guys we were able to set a panel in ten minutes by the end of the day.

Here's a gallery of scenes from the wall blitz.

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meyaht

09/18/09 at 10:02 am

a professor of mine is almost done with his "green" home. here is his website. http://www.solterra.info/home.html

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Splus03

11/09/09 at 10:42 am

Are these all a type of metal wall? Will the walls and frames of this structure kill any wireless connections that you may have thru the house?

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dogto

11/25/10 at 11:10 am

Are these all a type of metal wall? Will the walls and frames of this structure kill any wireless connections that you may have thru the house?
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allanboerger

11/30/10 at 6:45 am

كل هذه هي نوع من جدار معدني؟ والجدران وإطارات من هذا الهيكل قتل أي اتصالات لاسلكية قد تكون لديك من خلال المنزل؟
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gupgip

12/06/10 at 2:09 am

Är dessa alla en typ av metall vägg? Kommer väggar och ramar av denna struktur döda någon trådlös uppkoppling som du kan ha genom huset?

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susie88

12/06/10 at 10:03 pm

un professeur de la mine est presque fini avec son «vert» à la maison. voici son

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anna19

12/06/10 at 10:40 pm

Sono tutti una sorta di muro di metallo? I muri e le cornici di questa struttura di uccidere tutte le connessioni wireless che si possono avere attraverso la casa

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