Comments for Building Finisterre http://buildingfinisterre.com/blog Building a Green house on the Great Divide Sun, 05 Sep 2010 09:33:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Excuse me madam, your SIPS is showing by vivienne http://buildingfinisterre.com/blog/?p=36#comment-6 vivienne Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:27:46 +0000 http://buildingfinisterre.com/blog/?p=36#comment-6 The concrete and foam homes I saw at the builders show were all finished at the end of the day too. It was the SIPS construction, the one with OSB and foam in between which the Oregon builder left exposed in the finished house. The again, they also left the concrete block exposed, so they were following the old tenet "Truth to materials." Your friend must have had a good experience with the concrete system to do it twice. Do you happen to know why they made that choice outside? Or they live in a hurricane or tornado area? The expense is an issue for me around $6 a sq foot and up, but the other thing that put me off was that the builders here hadn't gone above basement with it, they were topping off in regular construction, which just seems pointless. The concrete and foam homes I saw at the builders show were all finished at the end of the day too. It was the SIPS construction, the one with OSB and foam in between which the Oregon builder left exposed in the finished house. The again, they also left the concrete block exposed, so they were following the old tenet “Truth to materials.”

Your friend must have had a good experience with the concrete system to do it twice. Do you happen to know why they made that choice outside? Or they live in a hurricane or tornado area?

The expense is an issue for me around $6 a sq foot and up, but the other thing that put me off was that the builders here hadn’t gone above basement with it, they were topping off in regular construction, which just seems pointless.

]]> Comment on Excuse me madam, your SIPS is showing by Aimee http://buildingfinisterre.com/blog/?p=36#comment-5 Aimee Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:00:37 +0000 http://buildingfinisterre.com/blog/?p=36#comment-5 My friends built two homes using the concrete and foam form method. It was very expensive, they did it on the whole home and not just the basement. There were a lot of things that they had to plan out very well, like windows and such, since it's not as easy to change concrete. However, they have absolutely loved it, and they are really energy efficent. They don't have any of it exposed, so I don't know what that would look like. Seems strange to me though. My friends built two homes using the concrete and foam form method. It was very expensive, they did it on the whole home and not just the basement. There were a lot of things that they had to plan out very well, like windows and such, since it’s not as easy to change concrete. However, they have absolutely loved it, and they are really energy efficent.

They don’t have any of it exposed, so I don’t know what that would look like. Seems strange to me though.

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