Madagan SIP Residence Spirit Lake IA
Location: Orleans, IA
Project Information
Project Type: | Residential, > 3,000 sq. ft. |
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Manufacturer: | Extreme Panel Technologies |
Builder: | Reimers Construction |
Design Professional: | Virtual Architec LLC |
Year Built: | 2016 |
Performance
High Performance: | Yes |
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The owners desired all vaulted areas with trusses with open spaces and visible timbers. Energy efficiency was a big factor. Owner is able to heat the entire home with the two gas fireplaces tested down to 0 degrees outside temperature. Energy costs are less than half of his previous home -- 1/4 mile away and 1/3 the size.
- Wood with concrete gypcrete floor, finished. No carpets in entire home to help with asthma problems.
- Saved some of the beams from an existing hotel (over 100 years old) and made them into mantels and decorative components in the home.
- The decks around the home are made of concrete to eliminate the chance of deterioration and safety.
- The roof is all decorative steel shingles to have a build-in airflow under them to dry the roof deck and carry a 50-year life.
House was designed in a shape to not remove any of the 100+-year-old oak trees on the site and still have a view of the lake. T
he project came in on budget with the estimates BEFORE SIPs were estimated - so the energy savings offset any cost increase on the project as a whole. It was the contractor's first SIPs project and the homeowners were so impressed that he has hired a crew of in-house builders to go after more projects utilizing SIPs.
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