New House, Old Soul – Ep. 2 – Craftsmanship
Craftsmanship in homebuilding is not what it used to be. A century ago, building a house was what…
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Yes, We’re Building Skyscrapers Out Of Wood.
The construction industry in a few countries has witnessed a significant pioneering shift in recent years, as architects…
New House, Old Soul Series. Episode 1 – Design
Designing a new house that looks old holds a unique value for many individuals, both monetary and feel.…
Batt Insulation Is Less Than Ideal
Matt's a big fan of spray foam insulation and this video will show you why. We've been insulating homes in the USA with fiberglass batts for a long time but it's really a tough product to use in our less than perfectly stud bays.
Circular Economy Principles for Achieving Net Zero in the Built Environment
To understand the Circular Economy Principles properly we need context and examples of how its practices can be…
Explaining the Circular Economy and How Society Can Re-think Progress
Our newest contributing author the Ellen MacArthur Foundation published this very simple yet effective animated explanation about how…
SIPS & Timber Framing – A Perfect Match
In this episode Matt will be explaining why Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS) are a great fit for a Timber Framed house.
My Biggest Regret Building a Net Zero Home
Net Zero Home Build: My Biggest Regret Building My New House. There are a lot of different paths you can take to get to a net-zero home. Everything from passive homes to earthships to modular and factory built houses. You can retrofit an existing building or you can build a new one.
I Didn’t Know A Prefabricated House Could Do This!
One of the benefits of a factory built home is that the insulated wall panels are assembled in a climate controlled facility. However, they still need to get assembled on site … and that’s when mother nature can take her revenge. My factory built house started getting raised on site at the beginning of January and the New England weather didn’t want to cooperate … which got me a little worried about water soaking the insulation inside the wall panels.
What is Mass Timber’s SWEET SPOT?
Is there a building size, height, number of stories, or occupancy in which mass timber works the best? In this video, I take a look at optimizing mass timber for a variety of projects, but rather than looking at this from a size and scale perspective, the focus is on structural material replacements for other systems in which mass timber works well - particularly post and beam framing.
