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Project Overview
The Sudbury Steel House has been years in the making, with most of the time spent on securing approvals for construction and design. The goals of this project have been to tailor the house design to the site and to use pre-manufactured parts and materials to build a truly sustainable home.
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bill house looks awsome! grate 2 be able 2 view the after effects of build…
reading tech blogs to keep me updated on technology is what i do daily. i am a tech addict ~-.
Bill,
Great looking place you have. Ran across your web side in a web search – very impressive. I will spend some more time looking through your site. I am very interested to hear about your final blower door number.
Hope you and yours are well.
Henri
Thanks Henri – I learned a lot in the process of building this house. I have to check my files on the blower door results. I do know that the worst infiltration areas were the holes in the envelope cut for the air handling system – the louvers are just not designed to be airtight even when closed. Annoying. The other problem was the one you mention in your post – the engineer just wouldn’t or couldn’t trust the insulation and tightness and required so much more heating capabilities than we’ve needed. I don’t know that I would have saved much in sizing the furnace, but I think we could have cut in half the distribution system and had been fine.
How are you doing?
Bill
Insulated Roof Panel are beneficial as well as it looks beautiful and is economical. It looks great and can be used for any purpose wheteher it be residential and agricultural.
i like how you designed the stairs, its modern and fun. However, I’m a little bit concerned if there are children living in this house since its not safe for children below 10.
Thanks for your comment. The finished stairs have clear plexiglas panels filling in the spaces between the railings and the stairs. Building code in Massachusetts is pretty strict on this kind of issue. It reduces the dramatic effect a little, but the transparent panels preserve the open feel