But this is expensive as Hell! I looked at their site. Homes start at 500sq ft. Prices start at $400,000! Really? Wow! It sounds great. But T that cost?
Not here in Texas… in my North Texas town (smack dab btwn Dallas and Fort Worth), the avg sq ft, under roof, is about 4750. Most of the 200+ homes in my development are on +3 acre lots and probably avg about 5500 sq ft, excluding outdoor entertainment areas, pool houses, or other “out buildings”…. Many of my neighbors have a few horses, a couple of long-horns, mules or donkeys…. One estate property, I think listed for+$30MM, has a heliport and hanger, in addition to stables, indoor/outdoor riding facilities and has a few bison and camels. People are indeed crazy…
We built a home out of SIPS building Went up in 2 months with 4 guys building 5500 sq ft. Very insulated structure here in WY. We love it so far. Some minor changes we would have done but overall great so far.
I looked into it here but at the time no one made them here and shipping from the lower 48 made it real expensive. I ended up going with double stud walls with foam. Our place is a duplex with our unit being larger with a garage between them. We heat over 3000sqft with about 450 gallons of oil a winter. We have weeks that don’t get above zero. I also don’t know what the specs are on snow load on SIPPS.
EPS. Make sure you plan all your window and door placements very carefully. Any changes can be hard and some not possible after they frame it up! We wanted larger windows in our living area after they put up the walls. Engineering said no. Very disappointed about that. So that really is my only problem. very cool in summer and warm in winter here in WY @@b.c.g.9754
a lot of consumers don't realize that that 6 weeks construction time is REALLY REALLY underrated... coming from somewhere like NY... where labor cost or among the highest in the country... with apparently only 5 guys and 30 days? you are SAVING a lot more $$$ than you really think... costs are def higher than normal building however, with the added energy savings and probably gov't rebates... cost are probably not as high is a lot think... great work and great ideas. great work guys
Hi George. I build in Ohio with primarily Amish subcontractors and most houses are completed within 90 days after we start the house. Most of our houses are from 2,000 to 10,000 square feet.
@@jeremyhershberger3012 - Have a question. Shooting from the hip. I'm near Middlefield... I really like the utility of an Ibeam framed Barndominium. Let's give me a target time of STARTING my project in 5 years... Would you guess it would be cheaper to build it or typical wood frame house? Same type of insulation, etc. No insulation in portions of barndo that isn't house. I know it's a tough comparison, but just asking for a gut feeling.
@@brownjl0666 That is a good question. A Barndominium can be a good way to build. A cost comparison is truly hard to make. It depends on the fluctuation of material prices (the price of steel compared to lumber), the amount of experience your contractor has with the respective system and the types of finishes you use inside and out. In general is you want it to look like a barn inside and out a bar dominium can be an effect choice but if you want it to look like a house inside and outside it will be more efficient to use traditional stick frame. You can get a more detailed response if you talk to several local contractors.
@@buildshow Oh awesome! That looks like a beautiful building! Enjoy your trip up here and don’t forget it’s apple pickin season! If you haven’t had an apple cider donut you’re going to need to try one!
@@buildshow Hampshire College is in Amherst, MA, but I guess you're going to Walpole first... You should still drive up to Enfield NH and visit our Unity Home ;). It's not the Kern Center, but we still have some Bensonwood beams and Friday night is still pizza night...
Back in the mid 80s . I worked on prefabs . I was The Hooker . Responsible for finding the center of gravity on each panel . Windows installed .. It was blow and go . Some panels could only be hooked with a cable around the plates because of Windows were in the way .. Got screamed at and told how to hook one . Went up 40 ' and swung . Ready to lower and the plates popped .. Surprised nobody got killed as it cut loose .. Years later and more experience . I was working for Donald Gardner Architects .. They were #1 in nationwide sales . My job was not only to build his houses but find ways to innovate his plans . He came to me with a Pre-Fab contractor . And I asked .. So you think you can pre tab this house ? . Ah. No . !! . Donald took one of their simpler plans and had it pre fabbed . He told me to come by one morning to watch this miracle .. So I and my crew grabbed some popcorn and leaned on the truck .. Laughing.. In the end I later had to go fix this house .. Pre tab is fine when building a box of cells .. But it doesn't work on anything that has any complexity .. I don't care how many super computers are used
Re speed... our Bensonwood/Unity home: first SIP panel dropped on 12/4/17 (the foundation was poured about 2 months earlier). We moved in to a 100% completed home on 3/17/18. Built during one of the most intense NH winters in the past 25 years. Matt, stop by the next time you're in NH: Friday night is pizza night ;). You can ogle our heat-pump driven ERV...
We were unfamiliar with sips till last year. We will be using them on our cabin build next year. It's a pretty interesting system took me a little bit to buy into but were sold now.
Nice BUILD you guys! Would like to see more builds like this; but a lot more detailed (layout, pouring slab, running through design, fixes to CAD, ordering & process from client POV, delivery, install, etc….) as think would be interesting (know there’s some vids out there; but would like Matt’s POV along w/ the BUILD POV, & of thinking too long for UA-cam….do 10-20 min vids here and the ENTIRE vid on BUILD NETWORK SITE!. Thx for the fun! & great looking house!!👍🏻 Cheers✌🏻
Amazing product, all these prebuilt panel systems save time on the easy part of the job. Need products that save time on finishing. Although pre drilled electrical was nice option.
@Matt Risinger why is there a structural slab below the foam and the topping slab if there are no interior load bearing walls? I'm guessing that the architect or structural engineer hasn't watched enough of your videos to understand that a structural slab is probably not needed below that foam.
One possible reason is that the house may be built in an area of expansive soil and required a "raft slab". I'm not saying that IS the reason. But that's a situation that arises frequently and pouring one massive slab is a straightforward approach to dealing with the expansive soil. If there isn't some sort of structural engineering justification like that then it definitely seems like a waste of a lot of concrete and the production of a lot of unnecessary Co2.
If you didn't have that slab underneath, the slab above would crack with every step after the foam starts to settle... it's just a moisture barrier between the main slab... without it, you have nothing... it ties all the walls together and holds their loads together... is it that hard to see??? You don't build a 7,500sq/f home like that on chain walls... are you serious or just kidding???
On the taping, texas vs europe. You tape the warm side of the structure to prevent condensation inside the insulation when Hot air passes through and cools down. If it's 60 celsius outside you have different things to worry about..
SIPS are great. Their major caveat is they absolutely REQUIRE expert installers to not only achieve their potential, but to avoid moisture damage. Qualified SIPS installers are not common and Johnny Homebuilder should probably not endeavor to install them himself.
I am not sure I agree with that. There are lots of resources for step by step installation that most people can follow. there are even workshops that aren't that expensive for people who want to build their own. As long as the foundation does not have any errors, and the panels are assembled nice and tight, the assembly is fairly simple. Caulk every joint, use the provided fasteners, then foam the seams. Walls are easier than roof panels, for sure, but the process is the same.
I’d love to talk to someone that has a home like this is a place that has some strong winds. We live on an exposed hill and 30-40 mph winds happen many times a year.
Is that roof truss profile designed to reduce uplift like an upside down wing at the awning? Because that’s what it looks like. I also like the steel beams with tension ties on the bottom and the cross brace at the end wall. It’s a structural piece of art! At 2:39
Thank you for the video!! I have a question here while watching the video... I'm wondering if the SIP panels can be used alone without any timber beams/columns or skeleton? That is to say... are SIP panels structural elements that can stand alone? Thank you in advance for your help!!
Matt We are looking for a builder in Inverness Florida. Do you know anyone that can build a house like you. Great shows keep up the good work. Thank you
I can't imagine what a nightmare it would be to have to fix damage if a tornado or hurricane destroyed part of the structure. I wouldn't want to live in this kind of home. But I gave a thumbs up for the vlog showing it.
Living in a house built in this manner, I'm fairly confident that people would be running to our home for cover if there were that devastating of a weather event, and I'd lay money that our house would be the last one standing next to our stick-built neighbors' homes.
Matt: How does this style of construction compare to others for tornado resistance? We are going to be building in the next year or two and my wife is extremely concerned about tornados and having a house that will survive one. Thanks.
Go ICF all the way. I've used both Hobbs Vertical ICF as well as Build Block. Combine that with Helix micro rebar in the concrete and you've got a bunker that will withstand anything a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, and it's even fire proof. 6"of concrete also blocks a lot of sound and you never have to worry about mold or rot.
It won’t be much different from a stick built house. Even if you build with concrete, it will be very hard for a home to survive a tornado. With wind speeds above 100 mph, it is very hard to keep the roof on the house.
It seems like the benefit to this building system favors the builder. Double the cost to save some time if you put that cost into more framers would it it be a wash with time saved?
I've seen many videos on fast wall building systems -- but walls are not the slow bits to finishing a house construction. The slowest steps are typically the basement concrete (including curing), roof (trusses plus later decking and shingling), and finishing interior trim or kitchen/bath cabinets and tops. And permits with inspections. I'm not in the home building trade so it would be great Matt if you did an episode showing the whole project timeline and chunk out the big time consuming steps to go from a bare lot to a family stuffing their furniture inside. Then methods like these wall systems that eliminate time from those major critical path steps. I'll bet it's appalling to see the amount of time consumed getting permits and waiting on inspections and corrections.
Just because one can build faster does not mean one should. Every contractor is dealing with schedules, meeting clients, multiple job sites and has a wife and kids at home. Quality of life, setting down the tools and going home at 4 pm means something too. When a developer puts up cookie cutter houses in a subdivision, subcontracts can go from one house to the next saving time and costs.
I don’t like the roof! Did you notice the way it the 5 foot overhangs underneath (outside portion) tappers towards the house walls. I might be old school, but isn’t the water supposed to be kept away from the walls. I suppose there will be gutters to help with erosion anyway, but it is a little concerning.
I had the very same thought about that design - any water that gets on the underside of the eaves, whether from condensation or wind driven rain, will drain towards the house. I would prefer the eaves to be flat or preferably sloped away from the house.
I'm rather surprised the client didn't want to go with radiant heating in the floor. Although you would probably need a couple of boilers at the end of each wing of that house.
There's a lot of open space for drilling into the ground. If that were my home, I would go with geothermal HVAC, and forced air, not miles of tubing. If you don't want to waste heat in the ceiling, use a ceiling fan to circulate the air in the room
@@cyclopsvision6370 I'd definitely go with geothermal as well (should have specified that in my original post). If nothing else it would help to stabilize the temperature swings inside the structure.
Hi Love the channel can you explain why the narrow trimmed external zip board is in the centre height of the wall & not at the top. Does this improve the structural integrity of the building. it looks like it makes the window cut out a lot less complicated by ensuring the entire window is in the middle of 1 board rather than several. would be interested to know your professional explanation. Yours respectfully Jimmy from the UK.
With stick framing, nothing is ever perfect, but I feel like with panels you could make it perfect. It would be cool to see a video about specifically making and Connecting panels. Might not be in the spectrum of this channel thought. Also probably depends on if your concrete guys are good
Thing is... it does take 30 days to put together on cite, but how does it compare to from start til this point? Because if usual house takes 6 month to frame, for example that that fab takes 3-4 month, then you're not saving much time (also to pack it into 15 semi's and drive to texas). And, obv costs... my guess it's 1.5-2x more than usual house. Also, about 190cu yards of conctete (2 layers) . In the end, they are probably paying 2x and getting a better quality house (due to most of it being built in factory with controlled variables), so, to really know if it's worth it, we need to do a proper cost analysis... of course, if someone says, here is 3mil, built it,, then I guess it's a moot point :)>
@@daveklein2826 I didn't guess on concrete since he said 7500qt house and 4 inch slab (there is also a slab underneath the foam, I used also 4" base but maybe it's 8 or 12", then obviously more). and the cost he said 1.5 to 2x, He also guessed, but I assume him being the expert, he can pretty close.
The whole idea of examining these cutting edge smart building techniques is the hope that one day, they become the standard. So blowing off the cost discussion seems not so smart.
I've been trying to find more info about the sheathing and taping both sides of the exterior wall, but can't find anything, in part because I don't know what it's called. What is that method actually called, where they sheath both sides of the exterior wall with wood, like OSB sheathing panels.
The Unity Homes & Benson Wood youtube pages might help? They have videos showing the wall panels being built start to finish with some explanations. The interior OSB acts as their vapor control layer...
No need for any kind of termite barrier between the panels and the slab? This is something to trips me up. I like the idea of taping the panel to the exterior slab face, for air sealing reasons. But how do you handle termites?
Matt, what is the comparison of SIPS compared to stick built homes. I remember years ago that the SIPS panels were brought in with a crane for the walls and roof. And this design was typically used for the floor joist as well on a already foundation. Is this method still used today? Thanks
I live in a shipping container house that uses two 40 foot refrigerated high cube bolted together. They come pre insulated, just have to take off the decommissioned refer unit off the back and frame it in.
Matt, Please excuse an amateur question: what happens during very strong winds? Are those long hollow rooms going to "rack" into a parallelogram? Or, will the additional interior walls add to the overall structural integrity?
Those long hallways have those metal cross bars to help with racking. And the other parts look to built will Glulam/ trusses. I think it’ll be fine ? But that’d be scary if the whole house warped lol
@@nickbsick6142 I was also mostly concerned about very strong winds that blew before all construction was completed. The tall ceilings have created very large surface areas at the exterior walls.
The UK has been doing timber frame panels for a long time now. Either bare stick but braced with OSB or pre insulated. I have built loads of them and never done a pure stick house. Not as cool looking as this house though.
Hey does anyone know the one that uses glulams or OSL structure with the SIP panels between the posts, similar to this but instead of framed walls the SIPS are the standard OSB-FOAM-OSB?
Man while I appreciate the structure, I feel like this is overkill in costs for such a huge house. Couldn't they achieve high R ratings using regular SIPS or ICF?
As a carpenter I wonder how repairable is this structure. Let's say that 30 years down the road some sheathing gets rotted and studs now what? Im constantly repairing rot on houses built from 2000s and are covered in rot.
my brother can answer that question - one of his neighbors built a SIPS house and let it get wet. 2 years later, they built temporary walls inside every exterior wall and completely removed the remains of the SIPS and replaced it with traditional framing.
@@kenbrown2808 just want to remind you that the SIPS panels that matt is talking about in this vid aren't like the traditional SIPS panels ... the SIPS panels made by bensonwood are wood framed and have cellulose insulation ... they aren't the foam panels with two OSBs on either end
This is the future of building. As a builder, 'laminated plans' was the icing on the cake. Anyone who has an extensive build understands.
But this is expensive as Hell! I looked at their site. Homes start at 500sq ft. Prices start at $400,000! Really? Wow! It sounds great. But T that cost?
@@barbaravance6774
Seriously? Heck no!
"This is not a small house"
At 7500 sq ft...that's a bit of an understatement.
My house could fit in that living room…
Bitcoin investor probably
Not here in Texas… in my North Texas town (smack dab btwn Dallas and Fort Worth), the avg sq ft, under roof, is about 4750. Most of the 200+ homes in my development are on +3 acre lots and probably avg about 5500 sq ft, excluding outdoor entertainment areas, pool houses, or other “out buildings”…. Many of my neighbors have a few horses, a couple of long-horns, mules or donkeys…. One estate property, I think listed for+$30MM, has a heliport and hanger, in addition to stables, indoor/outdoor riding facilities and has a few bison and camels. People are indeed crazy…
We built a home out of SIPS building Went up in 2 months with 4 guys building 5500 sq ft. Very insulated structure here in WY. We love it so far. Some minor changes we would have done but overall great so far.
What sip panel company did you go with? What changes would you make? I am looking at building a sip house next year.
I looked into it here but at the time no one made them here and shipping from the lower 48 made it real expensive. I ended up going with double stud walls with foam. Our place is a duplex with our unit being larger with a garage between them. We heat over 3000sqft with about 450 gallons of oil a winter. We have weeks that don’t get above zero. I also don’t know what the specs are on snow load on SIPPS.
EPS. Make sure you plan all your window and door placements very carefully. Any changes can be hard and some not possible after they frame it up! We wanted larger windows in our living area after they put up the walls. Engineering said no. Very disappointed about that. So that really is my only problem. very cool in summer and warm in winter here in WY @@b.c.g.9754
Are sip built homes energy efficient?
a lot of consumers don't realize that that 6 weeks construction time is REALLY REALLY underrated... coming from somewhere like NY... where labor cost or among the highest in the country... with apparently only 5 guys and 30 days? you are SAVING a lot more $$$ than you really think... costs are def higher than normal building however, with the added energy savings and probably gov't rebates... cost are probably not as high is a lot think... great work and great ideas. great work guys
Hi George. I build in Ohio with primarily Amish subcontractors and most houses are completed within 90 days after we start the house. Most of our houses are from 2,000 to 10,000 square feet.
@@jeremyhershberger3012 - Have a question. Shooting from the hip. I'm near Middlefield... I really like the utility of an Ibeam framed Barndominium. Let's give me a target time of STARTING my project in 5 years... Would you guess it would be cheaper to build it or typical wood frame house? Same type of insulation, etc. No insulation in portions of barndo that isn't house.
I know it's a tough comparison, but just asking for a gut feeling.
@@brownjl0666 That is a good question. A Barndominium can be a good way to build. A cost comparison is truly hard to make. It depends on the fluctuation of material prices (the price of steel compared to lumber), the amount of experience your contractor has with the respective system and the types of finishes you use inside and out. In general is you want it to look like a barn inside and out a bar dominium can be an effect choice but if you want it to look like a house inside and outside it will be more efficient to use traditional stick frame. You can get a more detailed response if you talk to several local contractors.
ok
unfortunately the builder wont pass those savings along to the client.../
I love the technology that goes into these higher end homes. Amazing
Shout out from an apprentice electrician from New Hampshire! We are a big trade state and we love The Build Show! Keep up the awesome content Matt!
New Hampshire is a beautiful state !
Awesome! I’ll be in your state next week. Visiting Hampshire College to see the RWKerns center building.
@@buildshow Oh awesome! That looks like a beautiful building! Enjoy your trip up here and don’t forget it’s apple pickin season! If you haven’t had an apple cider donut you’re going to need to try one!
@@buildshow hampshire college is in Amherst, MA
@@buildshow Hampshire College is in Amherst, MA, but I guess you're going to Walpole first... You should still drive up to Enfield NH and visit our Unity Home ;). It's not the Kern Center, but we still have some Bensonwood beams and Friday night is still pizza night...
Really impressive construction here. The planning, coordination, details--good stuff. I'm inspired!
Back in the mid 80s . I worked on prefabs . I was The Hooker . Responsible for finding the center of gravity on each panel . Windows installed .. It was blow and go . Some panels could only be hooked with a cable around the plates because of Windows were in the way .. Got screamed at and told how to hook one . Went up 40 ' and swung . Ready to lower and the plates popped .. Surprised nobody got killed as it cut loose .. Years later and more experience . I was working for Donald Gardner Architects .. They were #1 in nationwide sales . My job was not only to build his houses but find ways to innovate his plans . He came to me with a Pre-Fab contractor . And I asked .. So you think you can pre tab this house ? . Ah. No . !! . Donald took one of their simpler plans and had it pre fabbed . He told me to come by one morning to watch this miracle .. So I and my crew grabbed some popcorn and leaned on the truck .. Laughing.. In the end I later had to go fix this house .. Pre tab is fine when building a box of cells .. But it doesn't work on anything that has any complexity .. I don't care how many super computers are used
1:20 I like the shot of black mold already growing on their OSB.
Hey Matt, when will we see an update on the Lake/Flato rammed earth project in Marfa, TX?
AMAZING HOME. So cool your team is building such works of art!
Awesome work. Thanks for introducing new constructions
Cool stuff here, would have loved to see some footage of those panels being installed with those lag bolts they talked about.
Re speed... our Bensonwood/Unity home: first SIP panel dropped on 12/4/17 (the foundation was poured about 2 months earlier). We moved in to a 100% completed home on 3/17/18. Built during one of the most intense NH winters in the past 25 years. Matt, stop by the next time you're in NH: Friday night is pizza night ;). You can ogle our heat-pump driven ERV...
How many sqft and how much from Bensonwood? I’m very much interested in using them.
@@thesevenscars 2000 ft^2. Unity did the build and coordinated all subs (I am in NH and within their radius)
Came for the insults, stayed for the structure.
Man entrance of that house is huge!
A third of that on a single story is all I need.
We are building a house in CO using SIPs. We will be on the cutting edge for this area. Panels are coming from Montana.
We were unfamiliar with sips till last year. We will be using them on our cabin build next year. It's a pretty interesting system took me a little bit to buy into but were sold now.
What sips company are you choosing to use? We are looking at doing it next year
Nice BUILD you guys!
Would like to see more builds like this; but a lot more detailed (layout, pouring slab, running through design, fixes to CAD, ordering & process from client POV, delivery, install, etc….) as think would be interesting (know there’s some vids out there; but would like Matt’s POV along w/ the BUILD POV, & of thinking too long for UA-cam….do 10-20 min vids here and the ENTIRE vid on BUILD NETWORK SITE!.
Thx for the fun! & great looking house!!👍🏻
Cheers✌🏻
Amazing product, all these prebuilt panel systems save time on the easy part of the job. Need products that save time on finishing. Although pre drilled electrical was nice option.
it's still a headache to wire.
It’s an interesting design. I like tall ceilings.
I like Big Butts and I cannot lie,...
Id love to see the structural plans for this project.
Hello from the great state of Michigan
Foundation to trades in 6 weeks on a project that size is beyond impressive! What an awesome system to build with. I can only fathom the cost though.
#530👍 Bensonwood makes amazing homes!!
Welcome to the more money then sense club
You should do a video comparing to metal SIPs
incredible build
@Matt Risinger why is there a structural slab below the foam and the topping slab if there are no interior load bearing walls? I'm guessing that the architect or structural engineer hasn't watched enough of your videos to understand that a structural slab is probably not needed below that foam.
secret basement lair...
One possible reason is that the house may be built in an area of expansive soil and required a "raft slab". I'm not saying that IS the reason. But that's a situation that arises frequently and pouring one massive slab is a straightforward approach to dealing with the expansive soil.
If there isn't some sort of structural engineering justification like that then it definitely seems like a waste of a lot of concrete and the production of a lot of unnecessary Co2.
If you didn't have that slab underneath, the slab above would crack with every step after the foam starts to settle... it's just a moisture barrier between the main slab... without it, you have nothing... it ties all the walls together and holds their loads together... is it that hard to see??? You don't build a 7,500sq/f home like that on chain walls... are you serious or just kidding???
A self erecting tower crane makes panelized construction go very smoothly.
On the taping, texas vs europe. You tape the warm side of the structure to prevent condensation inside the insulation when Hot air passes through and cools down. If it's 60 celsius outside you have different things to worry about..
Cool build for sure!
SIPS are great. Their major caveat is they absolutely REQUIRE expert installers to not only achieve their potential, but to avoid moisture damage. Qualified SIPS installers are not common and Johnny Homebuilder should probably not endeavor to install them himself.
I am not sure I agree with that. There are lots of resources for step by step installation that most people can follow. there are even workshops that aren't that expensive for people who want to build their own. As long as the foundation does not have any errors, and the panels are assembled nice and tight, the assembly is fairly simple. Caulk every joint, use the provided fasteners, then foam the seams. Walls are easier than roof panels, for sure, but the process is the same.
absolutely doable with avg building experience. inexperienced, but willing helpers with one experienced builder, easily done.
Building a state of the art house these days IS rocket science.
Benson Is top shelf.
Almost 900K Subs!
I’d like to see inside of the finished house. It’s a strange layout of a single story house even-though square footage is impressive.
I’d love to talk to someone that has a home like this is a place that has some strong winds. We live on an exposed hill and 30-40 mph winds happen many times a year.
AMAZING
Is that roof truss profile designed to reduce uplift like an upside down wing at the awning? Because that’s what it looks like. I also like the steel beams with tension ties on the bottom and the cross brace at the end wall. It’s a structural piece of art! At 2:39
,many tho would consider industrial and ugly....
Thank you for the video!!
I have a question here while watching the video... I'm wondering if the SIP panels can be used alone without any timber beams/columns or skeleton? That is to say... are SIP panels structural elements that can stand alone?
Thank you in advance for your help!!
Matt We are looking for a builder in Inverness Florida. Do you know anyone that can build a house like you. Great shows keep up the good work. Thank you
Good thing they now have the fourty year loan .you'll need it when this guy shows up on your door step.
I can't imagine what a nightmare it would be to have to fix damage if a tornado or hurricane destroyed part of the structure. I wouldn't want to live in this kind of home. But I gave a thumbs up for the vlog showing it.
Living in a house built in this manner, I'm fairly confident that people would be running to our home for cover if there were that devastating of a weather event, and I'd lay money that our house would be the last one standing next to our stick-built neighbors' homes.
What are those yellow cushions under the foundation? O.o
i always insult my frame before building the house. The insults demoralize the frame so its nice and malleable.
I do the same when i cut sheet metal🤣🤣🤣
@@NICKRITZER , he has since corrected his spelling of “insulated” not “insulted”. smh
I think 2x the cost of stick framing may be an understatement. I do see the value of it... I just can't afford it!
Their site says their homes start at 500sq ft. But prices start at $400,000! YIKES!
Awesome!
Matt: How does this style of construction compare to others for tornado resistance? We are going to be building in the next year or two and my wife is extremely concerned about tornados and having a house that will survive one. Thanks.
Go ICF all the way. I've used both Hobbs Vertical ICF as well as Build Block. Combine that with Helix micro rebar in the concrete and you've got a bunker that will withstand anything a tornado, hurricane, earthquake, and it's even fire proof. 6"of concrete also blocks a lot of sound and you never have to worry about mold or rot.
It won’t be much different from a stick built house.
Even if you build with concrete, it will be very hard for a home to survive a tornado. With wind speeds above 100 mph, it is very hard to keep the roof on the house.
What did the panels do to deserve to be insulted??? Lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉
Serves 'em right.Snooty panels.
Doesnt the tape and foam sealant degrade? How quickly?
new mic? audio was hollow during the intro
Phenomenal. I want . But expensive.
It seems like the benefit to this building system favors the builder. Double the cost to save some time if you put that cost into more framers would it it be a wash with time saved?
Is there a follow up once it was completed?
I'll guess at say $500/sf this is a 3.8m build plus all the soft costs. I don't know finishes so it could be pricier. I bet it's closer to $5M.
That's insane
Here in CA, 1,800 square foot, 1970's cracker boxes, with zero lot lines go for nearly $1 million, so it doesn't seem so bad.
@@ah244895 California is a big state. There are MANY places in Cali that are just like everywhere else price wise. Many places.
I love how the most critical building material in the 21st century is... tape
I want a whole house made of tape. Tape never fails. Tape is forever
How was Lake Flato as a residential designer. I have worked with them on institutional projects but never thought of them for residential.
I kept expecting a cameo appearance from Rodney Dangerfield during this video. 🤣
Those panels get no respect. Lol. 😉
I want more details about the construction of the pier and floor system at 3:32
I've seen many videos on fast wall building systems -- but walls are not the slow bits to finishing a house construction. The slowest steps are typically the basement concrete (including curing), roof (trusses plus later decking and shingling), and finishing interior trim or kitchen/bath cabinets and tops. And permits with inspections. I'm not in the home building trade so it would be great Matt if you did an episode showing the whole project timeline and chunk out the big time consuming steps to go from a bare lot to a family stuffing their furniture inside. Then methods like these wall systems that eliminate time from those major critical path steps. I'll bet it's appalling to see the amount of time consumed getting permits and waiting on inspections and corrections.
Just because one can build faster does not mean one should. Every contractor is dealing with schedules, meeting clients, multiple job sites and has a wife and kids at home. Quality of life, setting down the tools and going home at 4 pm means something too. When a developer puts up cookie cutter houses in a subdivision, subcontracts can go from one house to the next saving time and costs.
I don’t like the roof! Did you notice the way it the 5 foot overhangs underneath (outside portion) tappers towards the house walls. I might be old school, but isn’t the water supposed to be kept away from the walls. I suppose there will be gutters to help with erosion anyway, but it is a little concerning.
I had the very same thought about that design - any water that gets on the underside of the eaves, whether from condensation or wind driven rain, will drain towards the house. I would prefer the eaves to be flat or preferably sloped away from the house.
I'm rather surprised the client didn't want to go with radiant heating in the floor. Although you would probably need a couple of boilers at the end of each wing of that house.
How many miles of tubing would that take ?
@@augustreil Probably 2 or 3 LOL
It's not something you really see in Austin. Also, at near passive, it's not something you really need.
There's a lot of open space for drilling into the ground. If that were my home, I would go with geothermal HVAC, and forced air, not miles of tubing. If you don't want to waste heat in the ceiling, use a ceiling fan to circulate the air in the room
@@cyclopsvision6370 I'd definitely go with geothermal as well (should have specified that in my original post). If nothing else it would help to stabilize the temperature swings inside the structure.
Hi Love the channel can you explain why the narrow trimmed external zip board is in the centre height of the wall & not at the top. Does this improve the structural integrity of the building. it looks like it makes the window cut out a lot less complicated by ensuring the entire window is in the middle of 1 board rather than several. would be interested to know your professional explanation. Yours respectfully Jimmy from the UK.
Look up the building of a Huf Haus, if you want speed and German precision
With stick framing, nothing is ever perfect, but I feel like with panels you could make it perfect. It would be cool to see a video about specifically making and Connecting panels. Might not be in the spectrum of this channel thought. Also probably depends on if your concrete guys are good
ECO panels of Tennessee, awesome products, but mire importantly great videos and instructions
Matt is it common over in TX that the lower priced house have gutters of not? I'm in FL and am curious.
So does pre-planning come before the planning phase? I’m assuming so?…
At 17:22, I noticed that there are 7 2x4 or 2x6s stacked together? Why is that?
Why is it more expensive than on-sight framing, and will it be possible do make it more cost competitive?
one reason bentwood is meticulous and does a great job -most local framers can't match their precision or quality...
Thing is... it does take 30 days to put together on cite, but how does it compare to from start til this point? Because if usual house takes 6 month to frame, for example that that fab takes 3-4 month, then you're not saving much time (also to pack it into 15 semi's and drive to texas). And, obv costs... my guess it's 1.5-2x more than usual house. Also, about 190cu yards of conctete (2 layers) . In the end, they are probably paying 2x and getting a better quality house (due to most of it being built in factory with controlled variables), so, to really know if it's worth it, we need to do a proper cost analysis... of course, if someone says, here is 3mil, built it,, then I guess it's a moot point :)>
You did a great job of just guessing about everything
@@daveklein2826 I didn't guess on concrete since he said 7500qt house and 4 inch slab (there is also a slab underneath the foam, I used also 4" base but maybe it's 8 or 12", then obviously more). and the cost he said 1.5 to 2x, He also guessed, but I assume him being the expert, he can pretty close.
@@zstarwarsz LMAO So you have knowledge about 20% of the project yet you guessed at 80%....got it
The whole idea of examining these cutting edge smart building techniques is the hope that one day, they become the standard. So blowing off the cost discussion seems not so smart.
I've been trying to find more info about the sheathing and taping both sides of the exterior wall, but can't find anything, in part because I don't know what it's called. What is that method actually called, where they sheath both sides of the exterior wall with wood, like OSB sheathing panels.
The Unity Homes & Benson Wood youtube pages might help? They have videos showing the wall panels being built start to finish with some explanations. The interior OSB acts as their vapor control layer...
No need for any kind of termite barrier between the panels and the slab?
This is something to trips me up. I like the idea of taping the panel to the exterior slab face, for air sealing reasons. But how do you handle termites?
They put up "termite free zone" signs all over the property... the termites just find another house to bother...
There's another video of this build that goes over the slab construction and the termite barrier used for this house.
Matt- Insulted panels
Panels- I’m insulted
Matt, what is the comparison of SIPS compared to stick built homes. I remember years ago that the SIPS panels were brought in with a crane for the walls and roof. And this design was typically used for the floor joist as well on a already foundation. Is this method still used today? Thanks
Matt, what are the right insulations to use in a shipping container house? The shipping container house is built in a tropical country.
I live in a shipping container house that uses two 40 foot refrigerated high cube bolted together. They come pre insulated, just have to take off the decommissioned refer unit off the back and frame it in.
Closed cell spray foam
what is the difference between the orange zip panels and green zip panels?
how is this different than pre fab homes which are built in a factory, then assembled on site? or is it the same thing, just a different name?
Matt, Please excuse an amateur question: what happens during very strong winds?
Are those long hollow rooms going to "rack" into a parallelogram?
Or, will the additional interior walls add to the overall structural integrity?
Those long hallways have those metal cross bars to help with racking. And the other parts look to built will Glulam/ trusses. I think it’ll be fine ? But that’d be scary if the whole house warped lol
@@nickbsick6142 I was also mostly concerned about very strong winds that blew before all construction was completed. The tall ceilings have created very large surface areas at the exterior walls.
are we going to get an update video to your house, Matt?
Is bensonwood making the sips themselves? As a timber frame designer I have not saw sip panels using zip system.
Yes, Bensenwood / Unity Homes builds their wall panels in their own factory. There are several videos of their factory.
🔰 Wassup with that super giant concrete slab❓There’s more concrete than house.
Do you know about Structall SIP Panels? If so, what's your opion?
The UK has been doing timber frame panels for a long time now. Either bare stick but braced with OSB or pre insulated. I have built loads of them and never done a pure stick house. Not as cool looking as this house though.
all I need to do is win the lottery and it could be mine.
Hey does anyone know the one that uses glulams or OSL structure with the SIP panels between the posts, similar to this but instead of framed walls the SIPS are the standard OSB-FOAM-OSB?
Who provided the SIP's ........ ???
Bensenwood.
It appears that ICF construction could be less costly than the panels. Concrete is preferable to wood for sure. Perhaps Matt can comment on this item.
Man while I appreciate the structure, I feel like this is overkill in costs for such a huge house. Couldn't they achieve high R ratings using regular SIPS or ICF?
“...Insulted Panels”? Did you mean ‘insulated’? 😳
The very low pitch roof will probably be a never ending problem.
Nah. Flat roofs have been around forever and they're detailing it well.
It's going to be standing seam metal roof, with a good product leaks should be next to impossible.
what would a build like this cost?
As a carpenter I wonder how repairable is this structure. Let's say that 30 years down the road some sheathing gets rotted and studs now what? Im constantly repairing rot on houses built from 2000s and are covered in rot.
my brother can answer that question - one of his neighbors built a SIPS house and let it get wet. 2 years later, they built temporary walls inside every exterior wall and completely removed the remains of the SIPS and replaced it with traditional framing.
@@kenbrown2808 just want to remind you that the SIPS panels that matt is talking about in this vid aren't like the traditional SIPS panels ... the SIPS panels made by bensonwood are wood framed and have cellulose insulation ... they aren't the foam panels with two OSBs on either end
@@dovahkindragonborn9827 so... are they treated to prevent rot? because you now have something that is 100% organic fiber.
why would it rot? The exterior Zip system is supposed to be waterproof
You know what us behind zip coating osn
How about a 5/12 roof. This has hardly any slope at all.
Looks like a boring design for Lake Flato? They typically do really good house designs.
ZIP SIPS!
I live in timber frame with SIPs.
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