Archive for June, 2011

Framing the walls

18
Jun

With the framing components as an integral part of the air barrier layer in the house, we need to pay more attention to the framing details for ...

Foundation Work

10
Jun

Two large trucks delivered the mountain of EPS foam to be laid under the foundation.  We started by installing the perimeter horizontal slab pieces, with adhesive in the joints.  We had a problem in that the vertical blocks that keyed ...

Site Preparation

10
Jun

The weather here in Halifax did not cooperate with our efforts to prepare the site for the foundation.  We took almost a month to complete the work including about 10 days in order to get one day dry enough to ...