Home Building & Additions

50% ENERGY SAVINGS: How to Build With Structural Insulat...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
30 March 2019: Earlier this week I talked to a young pastor about a building project he has in mind His church is...Continue Reading
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STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS: This Stud Frame Alternative...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are an alternative to stud frame construction for homes and small commercial...Continue Reading
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Lessons Learned Living and Building in the Country
Updated on January 21st, 2022
In 1986 I bought an empty piece of farmland and forest in a quiet corner of rural Canada and began building a full-time...Continue Reading
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SIPs Panels: A Better Way to Build with this Foam Board ...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
SIPs panels empower ordinary people to create extraordinary building There are more ways to raise a good building these...Continue Reading
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Insulation R Values: Not What They Seem
Updated on August 12th, 2021
Go figure this one: two houses, side by side, identical floor plans, same orientation, both built by the same crew to...Continue Reading
Home Building & Additions

Fibre vs Foam Based Insulations for Home Building
Updated on August 12th, 2021
Insulation R values don't tell the whole story of energy efficiency Far from it Take two identical buildings with the...Continue Reading
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Structural Insulated Panels Produce Strong Energy Effici...
Updated on July 8th, 2021
Steve Maxwell admits he was wary at first, but has since become a supporter of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) In...Continue Reading
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SIP Foundations: Faster, Easier, Warmer
Updated on August 12th, 2021
In a world where most everyone believes that a worthwhile building foundation is always made with some kind of masonry,...Continue Reading
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Fast and Easy Structural Insulated Foundations are Warm ...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
SIPs are factory-built panels made of wood-based sheet material glued to both faces of thick foam Homes built...Continue Reading
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Structural Insulated Panels
Updated on July 8th, 2021
If you’ve ever picked up a piece of rigid foam sheet with your bare hands in winter, you know what a great insulation...Continue Reading
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Cottage and Home Building Innovations Cut Energy Use
Updated on August 12th, 2021
My wife and I and our newborn son moved into a 400 sqft lakeside cottage in September 1990 and I had no idea the...Continue Reading