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Architect Marc McCollom has come up with a really nice detail to screen in the elevated IPE at the front of the house without blocking too much of the ventilation. In the detail drawing to the right you can see that we built a support structure with treated lumber and then attached paint grip metal …

The IPE deck at project AMC3 is completed and a lot of detail work went into it. In order to satisfy the architects specifications, the deck was built with continuos 1/8" spacing between the boards, fastened with 2-1/2" trim head stainless steel screws and we used slightly thicker boards at the steps. As you can …

Our trim carpenters started laying out the IPE boards for installation today. Goal is to have a perfectly installed IPE deck with a screw pattern specified by the architect and a board spacing of 1/8". Our material came from Austin Wholesale Decking and the majority of it was good quality. You have to be careful …

John Barrows started out talking about energy efficiency this morning. Detailed subjects are: Proper Hvac system design and sizing Solar heating and cooling Hot water distribution systems Lighting Appliances Energy performance verification I will report in detail about these subjects in an upcoming post. Again, so far I am very impressed about this program. It …

Today I attended the first day of a seminar titled “Green Building for Building Professionals” which is a mandatory course for the NAHB’s new “Certified Green Professional” (CGP) designation. It is held as part of the NAHB’s National Green Building Conference in Dallas, TX. Being mainly involved with the LEED for Homes standard in the …

gutter foam installation, originally uploaded by GreenBuildingDallas. The final touches are being added to this LEED home. The 16,000 gallon tank, trunk line & gutters are already installed for this rainwater harvesting system. Before we get our first rain, we want to make sure and have our pre-filtering system installed, a product called “Gutter Foam”. …