Looking good so far. I am 2 counties east of you in Luzerne. Very satisfying work. We did it first with a mobile home as a weekend place and then built a home there to retire in. Have 283 acres here and 60 in Columbia county. Enjoy!
Pennsylvania New Home Build Thread. An attempt.
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First major design question. Our contractor is in the process of getting trusses designed and ordered. He asked if we wanted to convert to raised heel trusses. It’s about a 20% markup, and while I know some of the advantages (we’re doing Cellulose in the ceiling), the markup seems a bit high (about a $5000 to $6000 up charge). Additionally, it appears there’s a little extra work and things to consider on the framing side when using ravished heel trusses.
Not sure if I would live to see a return on that with the energy savings. Then again, it’s one of those things where to get one chance to do it. Thoughts?
Not sure if I would live to see a return on that with the energy savings. Then again, it’s one of those things where to get one chance to do it. Thoughts?
Sounds like a large chunk to try and recover from a few inches of insulation just along the edges of the roof. We used blown in fiberglass, R44, on our build in 2007. Also did the blow in in the walls, works fantastic with no drafts. Our home is very energy efficient.
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I though on your first post you said you were getting raised heel trusses? I know when I did my addition, I had to have R38 over the wall top plate. Just make sure you are able to meet the energy code with whatever truss design you chose.
Rustyiron
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That up charge would pay for a spray foam job (roof) and make the raised heel irrelevant and probably result in a better overall insulation value. Points to consider. Beautiful site:thumbsup:
EddieWalker
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I like the idea of more space for insulation, but in my opinion, you will never notice the difference in energy savings.
Kyle_in_Tex
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Seems really high just for raised heel feature. It adds maybe 10 board feet to each truss with 2 extra plate fasteners depending on design.
But kudos to your site and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to watching.
I like whoever said that the $5-6K could pay for spray foam.
But kudos to your site and thanks for sharing. Looking forward to watching.
I like whoever said that the $5-6K could pay for spray foam.
Ok,
I need to make a decision on my basement slab insulation. I know I want to insulate it, but whether to use Nudura panels (I was quoted about $1.53/sq.ft for these), or just go with regular EPS? I'm still torn as to whether I'm going to run lines for future hydronic since the consensus on GBA seems to say it's a waste in a high efficiency home. But part of me thinks that if I'm going through the trouble of lying panels down either way, the extra $1000 in pex can future proof and give me the hydronic option in the future if I want.
Looking at about $7000 for the Nudura and Pex.
I need to make a decision on my basement slab insulation. I know I want to insulate it, but whether to use Nudura panels (I was quoted about $1.53/sq.ft for these), or just go with regular EPS? I'm still torn as to whether I'm going to run lines for future hydronic since the consensus on GBA seems to say it's a waste in a high efficiency home. But part of me thinks that if I'm going through the trouble of lying panels down either way, the extra $1000 in pex can future proof and give me the hydronic option in the future if I want.
Looking at about $7000 for the Nudura and Pex.
