Custom Residence, AK
Breckenridge Modern Cabin
Colorado
Project Type Residential | Single Family < 3000 sf
Year Completed 2021
Project Size 3000 sq ft
SIPS Used 6" EPS Walls & 12" EPS Roof
Sustainable Features Premier SIPS, Beetle-kill Pine used for flooring/soffits/closed doors, good use of otherwise wasted materials. House heated with tree felled by avalanche in wood burning stove
Project Overview
Benefits of SIPs: SIPs offered benefits at all levels of the building design and construction process for architects, designers, builders, and the residents or occupiers of the building.
- Panels have many uses, including
- Internal and external walls, floors, and roof surfaces.
- Roof trusses can be eliminated, which allows living space beneath the roof.
- Structurally superior to traditional wood framing—stronger and less susceptible to shifting.
- 50 percent more energy efficient than those constructed with traditional framing.
- Equivalent U-values can be achieved with thinner walls.
- Can be combined with other building materials, such as brick, block, stone, tiles, slate, wood, steel, and glass.
Blower Door Test: 2.05
HVAC: HVAC consists of radiant floor heating. No A/C as the home is at 11,450 feet in the highest neighborhood in the US and snow covered about half the year.
Client Comments:
"Instant hot water and everything but the lights run by natural gas. Engineered for 100 psf snow load. I used a lot of tongue and groove beetle kill pine for the flooring, soffits, and closet doors which is an Eco friendly wood. All cedar siding. I am keeping the home warm with a very efficient wood fireplace that runs constantly using dead and downed wood harvested from avalanche chutes on national forest land. "
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