Hardwood Floor. We want to have hardwood floors throughout most of our house. The traditional way to do this is to nail down regular hardwood boards and then finish them with some kind of sealant. But you can also get engineered floor, which has the advantages of being less work to insta...
we would like to introduce the best ICFS ( foam concrete forms ) for all your concrete wall and building plans and material needs. Building with FOX ICFS it is easy to design your dream house plans or business, while keeping Green, LEED, green building and energy star in...
While stale air from your house is moved outside, air inside your home is kept comfortable, fresh, clean andno energy is wasted. What is Net-Zero? A zero-energy home, also known as a zero net energy (ZNE) home, net zero home or zero-carbon home is a home with zero net energy co...
A proper tornado-resistant design protects a home’s integrity and its occupants. The design must consider the strength of the entire house, walls, roof, and windows, in addition to providing a continuous load path, and be impact resistant from flying debris. Having a home built with ICF wal...
3.Along the back of the house, the family room was stretched in depth to eliminate cantilevering the 2nd floor walls. This necessitated moving the breakfast area’s patio door further towards the rear. The boxed out window above the kitchen sink was eliminated in the ICF design due to the...
the house.” A safe room is a structure within a larger building designed to protect occupants from the ferocious winds and flying debris of tornados and hurricanes. They typically are made entirely of concrete—floor, walls, and ceilings—with a sturdy steel door that opens into the room—so...