Comments for Building a house in Central Florida http://hmp2z.wordpress.com Construction journal for our environmentally friendly ICF House in Central Florida Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Selecting building materials/building green by hmp2z http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-268 hmp2z Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:14:03 +0000 https://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-268 It is a vinyl soffit. Most of our materials were purchased from CBS Builder's Supply in Clermont, FL, so they may be able to give you some options. Cheers! Heather It is a vinyl soffit. Most of our materials were purchased from CBS Builder’s Supply in Clermont, FL, so they may be able to give you some options.
Cheers!
Heather

]]> Comment on Selecting building materials/building green by keupa http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-266 keupa Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:30:19 +0000 https://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-266 Heather, THanks for responding. Is it a vinyl soffitt? Or some type of a vinyl paneling other than soffitt? Thanks again! Heather, THanks for responding. Is it a vinyl soffitt? Or some type of a vinyl paneling other than soffitt? Thanks again!

]]> Comment on Selecting building materials/building green by hmp2z http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-264 hmp2z Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:20:05 +0000 https://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-264 Hi! Our porch ceiling is just vinyl, but it works better for us here than wood. We get a lot of rain, humidity, and mildew here in Florida, and the vinyl has stood up better, we think, than wood would have. I hope this helpls! Heather Hi! Our porch ceiling is just vinyl, but it works better for us here than wood. We get a lot of rain, humidity, and mildew here in Florida, and the vinyl has stood up better, we think, than wood would have.

I hope this helpls!
Heather

]]> Comment on Selecting building materials/building green by keupa http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-263 keupa Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:12:40 +0000 https://hmp2z.wordpress.com/selecting-building-materialsbuilding-green/#comment-263 I have a question about your porch. What material did you use for the ceiling? Is that a Wainscotting or some type of a bead board? Any information about it would be wonderful! My wife and I built a front deck with a roof over it and the ceiling panels (white bead board) got wet from a hard rain and a failed gutter installation from a contractor. We will need to replace is soon and would like to have that paneled look to it. Thanks! Your house looks fantastic! I have a question about your porch. What material did you use for the ceiling? Is that a Wainscotting or some type of a bead board? Any information about it would be wonderful! My wife and I built a front deck with a roof over it and the ceiling panels (white bead board) got wet from a hard rain and a failed gutter installation from a contractor. We will need to replace is soon and would like to have that paneled look to it. Thanks! Your house looks fantastic!

]]> Comment on Electricity Bills in an ICF House by tvn51 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-258 tvn51 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:57:06 +0000 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-258 I am in the planning phase of building a home. My wife and I continue to get different estimates on the cost of an ICF home. I know there are a lot of variables, such as with a very tight home, it is necessary to have an air exchanger, etc. However, can one of the ICF homeowners give me an estimate $/Sq Ft. I do like the idea of the metal roof. Did not think aabout an ICF roof Thanks Terry I am in the planning phase of building a home. My wife and I continue to get different estimates on the cost of an ICF home. I know there are a lot of variables, such as with a very tight home, it is necessary to have an air exchanger, etc. However, can one of the ICF homeowners give me an estimate $/Sq Ft.

I do like the idea of the metal roof. Did not think aabout an ICF roof

Thanks
Terry

]]> Comment on Electricity Bills in an ICF House by nicolec http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-211 nicolec Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:03:55 +0000 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-211 Thanks, Heather. As I plan my own ICF home, it never occurred to me you could have an ICF roof. Indeed, it seems overkill, especially in North Alabama. Of course, if a tornado comes by, you might wish otherwise! Thanks, Heather. As I plan my own ICF home, it never occurred to me you could have an ICF roof. Indeed, it seems overkill, especially in North Alabama. Of course, if a tornado comes by, you might wish otherwise!

]]> Comment on Electricity Bills in an ICF House by hmp2z http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-210 hmp2z Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:43:30 +0000 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-210 We actually didn't consider an ICF roof at all, because we thought it would just be overkill to have the concrete roof trusses. We're not right on the coast, and with the white metal roof and icynene insulation, we figured (correctly, we hope!) that we would be energy efficient and wouldn't have to worry about the roof coming off in a storm. Unfortunately, we didn't consider that we wouldn't get the full ICF insurance discount, which may have made a difference to our plans, depending on how much the cost would have been. Cheers! Heather W We actually didn’t consider an ICF roof at all, because we thought it would just be overkill to have the concrete roof trusses. We’re not right on the coast, and with the white metal roof and icynene insulation, we figured (correctly, we hope!) that we would be energy efficient and wouldn’t have to worry about the roof coming off in a storm. Unfortunately, we didn’t consider that we wouldn’t get the full ICF insurance discount, which may have made a difference to our plans, depending on how much the cost would have been.

Cheers!
Heather W

]]> Comment on Electricity Bills in an ICF House by nicolec http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-209 nicolec Sat, 29 Dec 2007 23:04:23 +0000 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/electricity-bills-in-an-icf-house/#comment-209 What was your cost difference between building the ICF roof and the wood roof? Or did you choose wood for another reason? Nice electric bill! What was your cost difference between building the ICF roof and the wood roof? Or did you choose wood for another reason?

Nice electric bill!

]]> Comment on In Like Flynn! by nicolec http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/in-like-flynn/#comment-197 nicolec Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:00:52 +0000 http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/2007/10/13/in-like-flynn/#comment-197 Thanks for the blog... as I embark on my very own ICF passive solar groovy green house in Alabama, it's been great reading your adventures. All at once, I'm afraid! Enjoy! Thanks for the blog… as I embark on my very own ICF passive solar groovy green house in Alabama, it’s been great reading your adventures. All at once, I’m afraid!

Enjoy!

]]> Comment on About by trudyjh http://hmp2z.wordpress.com/about/#comment-171 trudyjh Sun, 07 Oct 2007 13:00:27 +0000 #comment-171 I'm a newcomer trying to read from the beginning. Is that July 2006 in the archives? It seems that is in the middle somewhere... I’m a newcomer trying to read from the beginning. Is that July 2006 in the archives? It seems that is in the middle somewhere…

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