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MODULAR HOME BUILDER: HUNTINGTON HOMES BUILDS A TOUGH HOUSE

Project #8640 - Martha's Vineyard

The Obama family is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard this week. The island has been getting a lot of press. See the following link for a story on CNNMoney.com that featured a home we built a few years back.

CNNMoney.com - Martha's Vineyard: What Mansions Cost

Project #9280 - Fayston, VT

This house was set in late June, 2009. Huntington Homes provided weather-tight "naked" boxes (framing, mechanical rough-in, insulation, mechanical rough-in, windows, cabinets, roofing, etc). The Owner and the Owner's contractor have done all interior and exterior finish trim work.

I look forward to seeing the completed interior of this house. The Owner and his contractor are sticklers for details. This will be a beautiful home when completed.

For photos of other projects, visit the Photo Gallery at our website: www.HuntingtonHomesVT.com

Low Energy Duplex

This duplex is in the planning stages and is to be built in Winooski, VT. The project has been designed by Israel Smith Architects of Burlington, VT. The design addresses the need for affordable, energy efficient urban infill housing.

The building envelope for this house has been designed as super-insulated. Walls will be 6" Dense Pack Cellulose wrapped with 4" of polyiso rigid foam. Roof will be 12" Dense Pack Cellulose under 4" of polyiso foam. The roof has been designed to support a planted "green roof" and house four photovoltaic solar panel arrays.

The objective of this project is that it will serve as a prototype for other infill projects.

For additional information visit Israel Smith Architects website: www.israelsmitharchitects.com

Renderings by Lincoln Brown Illustration: www.lincolnbrownillustration.com

Project #9298 - Martha's Vineyard

Project #9298 - We set this house yesterday on Martha's Vineyard, MA. It's a single family house with an attached in-law suite. The Owner emailed us this morning with the following note:

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Larry,

Just a note to say thank you! Theresa and I both think the house is beautiful, we love it! Everyone that visited the house thought the same. As I am sure David has already shared with you, the house went together like a dream and fit like a glove…. The Huntington Crew were a great bunch, they did their job well, kudos to all.

I was quite surprised to find that the build quality of the far exceeded my expectations. Thank you so much for your hard work over the last couple of years in this process, you have been a great help to both of us. We’ll be in touch , take care –Paul, Theresa and Noah

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Project #9278 - Finished Interior

This house is almost done. We're down the the final adjustments and touch-ups. I met with the new Owners this morning. They are getting excited and are anxious to move in.

We also heard back from the ENERGY STAR folks. This house scored a 56 on the HERS Index rating. That means that this house should use 44% less energy then a code built home, and 34% less energy then a 5 Star ENERGY STAR rated home. We're happy with this score. Especially given that the core construction of this house (ie the building envelope) is basically our standard construction.

Project #9278 - Huntington, VT

Project #9278 is a spec house we built this winter in Huntington, VT. The house is under contract (before it went on the market), and we're just finishing the final details.

The house was built to the standards of the NAHB National Green Building Program. However due to an administrative error, we were unable to certify the house. Nonetheless, the house will be certified as ENERGY STAR and we're looking forward to a low HERS Index rating. The blower door test revealed air leakage at only 840 cfm for 3528 sf of interior space.

Project #9280 - Fayston, VT

An interesting project we're currently working on. It's a Greek Revival Reproduction for Fayston, VT. Stay tuned for more posts on this project. We're scheduled to set the modules in the next couple of weeks. I'll post pictures of the set.

Dense Pack Cellulose - Vented Rafters

We've started using a lot of Dense Pack Cellulose (DP Cellulose) insulation. While a great insulation product, it has presented us with some installation challenges. One being how to vent rafters. While the manufacturer of the cellulose tells us that we can use a hot roof system, good ole' builder stubbornness tells us that we should vent. One reason to vent is to allow the insulation to dry to the outside. The other is to keep the bottom of the roof sheathing dry.

With conventional fiberglass batt insulation you use a foam baffle product like Raft-R-Mate to keep the insulation off the bottom of the roof sheathing. However DP Cellulose would crush the foam vents. So we've started to double sheath our roofs. The pictures below show: 1) DP Cellulose installed, and 2) double sheathing with furring strip installed.

and it begins . . . . .