Building first home

You going to frame interior walls inside the ICF's for the services ?

 

Electrical etc gets cut into the foam from my understanding of it. I don't have a whole lot of knowledge on the process to be honest.

Interior walls ( I.e bedroom, bathroom etc) are wood.

I know you have to watch where exterior doors are placed as the walls are essentially 12 inches thick. I think it's 6 inch concrete, and 4 or 6 inches of foam total.

 

Does Terrace qualify for the higher R values in the code ? Our wall R value here is 20 , just wondering what it is there .

 

I would also offer...vinyl is final. Anything you can do with vinyl -- exterior trim, facia, sills, casing -- will last "forever". Painting wood trim every few years gets old. White vinyl tim is not inexpensive but once it's done, it's done.

 

You'd rather scrape and paint???

 

Yes

 

I would think a higher r value is required but I'm not positive what the standard is here.

Good question to get sorted out. I think the walls end up r27 wih the icf build. Could be pulling that out my ass though.

 

I agree I'd stay away from vinyl, except windows. Seems like that's a good idea. And they come in colours now apparently?

 

There was a revision to the BC Building Code in 2010 I believe , part of the governments " Greening the Building Code " push , it raised R values for some areas of BC . My area ( south coast ) was unaffected , not sure about Terrace .

 

Yes , you can get colours . Fibreglass windows are a decent option too .

The new code also requires Low E glass in the windows . They are awesome for holding the heat in the house in winter and keeping it cool in summer . I installed some vinyl Low E windows in my own house .

 

repost from the other thread:

 

Hardie cement composite siding FTW!!!

 

Meh

Depends on the climate you are building in

 

Good to know. Everything is geared to be efficient these days.

Debating the heat pump idea. From what I understand cost is 5-6k.

Looks like our we need r 20 wall and r40 roof required.

 

My .02 is turn the garage door to the side wall, and add some more windows to the wall that would now be in front. I just don't like garage doors that face the street, and more windows would open up the front of the house a little. I built log houses and some stick frames for about 12 years, but now i work in the nuclear industry. Just my thoughts.

And I agree with Oz about the vinyl.......

 

Nice looking house.

 

Our last place was a beach house across the street from the Gulf.







started like this:

 

Wish I could afford to have room for a guest house. Maybe a modest shop in the future.

Lot is decent size 78 by 134 feet. Treed park land behind so at least a little privacy.

 

properly installed...it is excellent in all climates.