December 21, 2010 – 4:55 pm
Jeff Middlebrooks of E3 Innovate and Lynn Taylor of Taylor Made Plans are in a semi-condition sealed crawl space. Jeff discusses the important of insulating the rim joist pocket, passive radon system and the vapor barrier. As always: It is your responsibility to check and make sure they have a construction license, liability insurance, workman’s [...]
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Also posted in Construction Methods, Energy Efficiency, Green Design
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Tagged condition crawl space, core filled block, existing home rim board, FoamSealr RIDGE SILL GASKET, Jeff Middlebrooks, passive radon system, rim band, rim joist, rim joist pocket, Semi-condition Crawl Space, sill foam gasket, spray foam insulation, vapor barrier
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December 21, 2010 – 4:48 pm
Jeff Middlebrooks of E3 Innovate, LLC provided a PREMIUM sealed crawl space for the Magdalene house. In addition, he discusses sealing the duct work and adding a radon system. Check out what it takes to have a PREMIUM Semi-condition Sealed Crawl Space. As always: It is your responsibility to check and make sure they have [...]
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Also posted in Construction Methods, Energy Efficiency, Green Design
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Tagged ductwork, ductwork insulation, Fiber Reinforced Duct Mastic, Mastic, passive radon system, radon, rim joist, sealing air ducts, Semi-condition Crawl Space, spray foam
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December 21, 2010 – 4:21 pm
Curtis Borntrager of Borntrager Homes, Inc. shares his experience building his first Earthcraft House. The Magdalene House located in Nashville, TN. C. Borntrager’s cell: 615-568-3689 cell As always: It is your responsibility to check and make sure they have a construction license, liability insurance, workman’s comp, and bonded. They should be able to provide you [...]
Jeff Middlebrooks of E3 Innovate performs the blower door test on the Magdalene’s home.
Jeff Middlebrooks of E3 Innovate and Lynn Taylor of Taylor Made Plans walk us through setting up a home for a blower door test. Jeff will be testing the home air infiltration. EARTHCRAFT HOUSE new construction
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Also posted in Energy Efficiency, Uncategorized
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Tagged air infiltration, Air Sealing, blower door test, BUILDING ENVELOPE IMPROVEMENT, construction process, earthcraft homes, Energy Efficiency, energy star, new construction, stopping air infiltration
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I just wanted to give you an update on why I have not posted in a while.
January 4, 2010 – 10:50 pm
Curtis Borntrager is the general contractor on this project. The Magdalene house is the first EarthCraft home for both of us. We have both been involved in Energy Star certified homes; this project took it to another level of “green”. I revised one of my infill stock house plans (1002j-Elev#1) to fit the building lot [...]
December 22, 2009 – 7:01 pm
You maybe asking, what is the Magdalene House? Becca Stevens founded Magdalene back in 1997. I first got involved with the “Booker & Lena” new house back in 2003. That house is a two-story, 4,245 square feet home that houses eight women. Magdalene is a two-year residential community founded in Nashville Tennessee in 1997 for [...]
December 11, 2009 – 4:06 pm
Finally the groundbreaking on November 12th! Our first official meeting for a new Magdalene house on Arthur Avenue was on Friday, June 12th. There had been discussions and meetings over the last year or two in regards to remodeling the existing house; however, every person who inspected the house said it was beyond repair…so it [...]
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Tagged earthcraft, groundbreaking, house, Lynn Taylor, Magdalene, Nashville, new, nonprofit, standards, Taylor Made Plans, Thistle Farms
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