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Forums | Rehabilitation | Combining some Technologies in Practice |
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knaraine1 | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:47    It is my goal to become one of the best residential homebuilders in the nation. My focus will be in Hartford CT. I will be contacting those selected for the PATH Technologies in Practice section shortly to seek input. Please feel free to examine our practice under Northern Enterprise Home Mfg. |
dyoungkeit6 | Posted - 3 June 1999 20:47 Dear Krish, Becoming the "best" depends on what you choose as the best contributers to PATH's T.I.P. Some concepts may seem good, but turn around and "bite" you. Examples: 1Structural Insulated Pannels, (SIP) are rotting and delaminating in damp parts of the country. It's extremely costly to replace them. 2The glue in making waferboard has been linked to the "new house allergy" or disease. Place your vapor barier just under the dry wall, not on the outside, and put poly film under the carpet pad to limit vapor movements. 3 Trusses that have been well engineered for strength and durability may loose half their planned strength just by untrained man handling twisting the plates loose. Uprighting roof trusses by crane while they are banded together greatly reduces this problem. Good Luck. Choose your "best technologies in practice" well. Dean Youngkeit 21 North 100 East Willard, Utah 84340-0041 (435)734-0681 or |
knaraine1 | Posted - 5 June 1999 5:13 Thanks for the tips Dean. Never would have known about the truss handling issue. Really committed to providing the best product and need more input like yours. In my area we are replacing housing stock built around the 1900-1920. These builders utilized the best technology available to them at that time. Question: How do we take the many advances we have made and use them to argue the debate, to build new or to rehab and remain historically popular? If all new construction builders echo the same message in this arguement, we will be able to provide healthier, cost effective solutions to what I percieve as a real issue here in Hartford. |
dyoungkeit6 | Posted - 5 June 1999 14:30 Dear Krish, See truss collapse horror stories @: http://www.trussnet.com/bracing/conclusion.html Generic Modular roof pre assembly at a factory will allow you to safely lift them with a crane, 12 ft sections of the roof at a time. These will have 2/3 of the sheathing applied and leave only 1/3 of the sheathing to stitch the segments together during final site assembly. Dean Youngkeit 21 North 100 East Willard, Utah 84340-0041 (435)734-0681 or |