Starting a new home

[hunterridgefarm]

Also we have install the exterior tankless water heater, this is just the box it mounts in but it looks ok. One pic if from the inside and the other is from the outside.

Scott,

I have been keepingup with your thread from the beginning and your house really looks great!!

I am trying to decide on the tankless water heater (with gas)or regular tank heater (electric). The guy who sells them says there great, my contractor is pushignme towards the regular tank.

How did you decide on the tankless?

David

 

[sr160009]

Scott,

I have been keepingup with your thread from the beginning and your house really looks great!!

I am trying to decide on the tankless water heater (with gas)or regular tank heater (electric). The guy who sells them says there great, my contractor is pushignme towards the regular tank.

How did you decide on the tankless?

David

Several reasons,
1. unlimited hot water
2. Energy savings
3. less trouble (10 year warranty)
4. takes up less space

I am taking all of the nessary steps to make sure my house is the most energy efficient house I can have without sending a fortune. If you are going tankless, go with the gas model. I have not hear good things from the electric models enless you don't need very much volume of water. Most of what I have hear is it doesn't heat the water very well.

I am going to be running 2 tankless water heaters due to the long runs to each of my faucits. The other tankless will be placed in the attic.

 

[sr160009]

Well the Insulation Guys have started to spray the foam isulation. I am doing the sealed attic with no ventiation, which keeps the A/C unit under a controled enviroment. I am also filling up the wall space which is a 2x6 exterior walls. The Foam has a R value of 3.82 per inch, so the walls are going to be a little more than R21 and under the roof may be a little more than that because he is covering the rafters. They have almost finished the walls and are going to start on the roof today. Here is a couple of pics I took yesterday.

 

[sr160009]

The insulation has been finished, and I am very pleased. I was up there on Sunday and we had all of the windows opened and it was very cool in the house. It was cooler in the house than it was on the porch. Here is a few pics of the foam insulation.

 

[sr160009]

Also we have found a front door that my wife likes, it is a mohogany wood door. We got a steal on it as well, we paid $699. for this door. All of the mohogany doors we looked at started at $2000.00. We have not installed it yet, we are going to put another door on the house for right now because we do not want to damage this door with all of the construction going on. Here is a pic of it

 

[rox]

SR16009,

your home looks fantastic!!!! That foam insulation looks awsome. And I totally, totally love the front door. That was really a steal! I noticed how nice your stone matches the roof and the short roof connectiong the garage to the hosue also gives a very smooth transition.

Notice how few comments you get similar to "have your contractor change this or that etc" It is a credit to your builder that noone here is offering improvement/rework suggestions.

We are all jsut along for the ride and honestly your home is coming out great. Can't wait for more progress and pics actually.

Oh jsut one thing before I go, did I mention about those special dryer vent boxes to you? They fit int he studs and then whatever model dryer you get you are able to attache the exhast vent and +++ any dryer will fit flus to the wall. Did I bring that up or not?

 

[sr160009]

SR16009,



Oh jsut one thing before I go, did I mention about those special dryer vent boxes to you? They fit int he studs and then whatever model dryer you get you are able to attache the exhast vent and +++ any dryer will fit flus to the wall. Did I bring that up or not?

Thanks for the compliments, we are very proud of how it is coming along. No one has mentioned the dryer exhaust and I really have not thought about it much. I will let my contractor know and what he has in mind.

 

[EddieWalker]

I've been reading some reports about whole house insulation and encloseing the attic space with the living area. From what I've read and understand, it's cheaper to heat and cool a home this way. It's allot more money, but it also looks like the way things might go. I haven't done it myself, or even seen it done in person, so I'd be very curious to hear what you think about it after you've lived there awhile.

Do you know the difference in price compared to if you'd have insulated with fiberglass?

Thanks,
Eddie

 

[sr160009]

I've been reading some reports about whole house insulation and encloseing the attic space with the living area. From what I've read and understand, it's cheaper to heat and cool a home this way. It's allot more money, but it also looks like the way things might go. I haven't done it myself, or even seen it done in person, so I'd be very curious to hear what you think about it after you've lived there awhile.

Do you know the difference in price compared to if you'd have insulated with fiberglass?

Thanks,
Eddie

I am kinda curious myself to see how everything is going to work. I read up about this type of system and finally convenced myself this is the way to go. The price really was not as bad as I first thought. The Foam cost $10,600 and my contractor told me it would cost about $4200 with the fiberglass. Also consider I am going to use a 4 ton A/C unit with the foam and I would have to use a 6 ton unit with the fiberglass. That is saving me about $3500. Yes foam is still more expensive, but if you are planning on living in the house for very long I believe this is the way to go.

I guess we will find out how well this system works.

 

[EddieWalker]

Thanks. I never thought about using a smaller AC unit with foam compared to fiberglass. That price difference really puts the two systems closer together.

Eddie