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Green Dream Gallery: The Walls Are Here!

Posted 9.14.09 at 5:04 pm 2 Comments

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Yard Candy
John B. Carnett
When we got the panels off the truck, we had to make stacks all over the yard. I think they look pretty nice.
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Brackets are My Life
John B. Carnett
Just when I thought I’d gotten the site ready to go, the engineer asked for additional supports to be placed on top of my steel beams. That would require 10 6-inch-by-6-inch ¼-inch-thick steel brackets with two holes drilled into each. I used my portable band saw to cut the steel and a drill press to make all the holes. Here you can see my plates drying in the sun after I cleaned all the oil off and got them ready for welding.
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Christine Jones36

09/16/09 at 3:56 am

I have been following your progress and the house is coming along nicely. Keep up the insightful updates. One question I have is regarding the structural strength of panels - from your photos it looks like the Steel is moulded into the EPS?? Is that the case or is it glued like a SIP panel?

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Jelarsen1

09/18/09 at 4:21 pm

I built a stress skin house with geothermal. Slower to build than these. But energy operating costs are 1/3 of stick built houses. If I had to do it over again, I'd look at steel framing since joining and supporting the panels is the slow part.