The conversation of the different material types makes me think of the old mantra from the show: "no one perfect solution for all situations". ICF homes for hurricane or fire hazards. Here in Texas where Matt builds he mentions how the Icon concrete homes have that thermal mass which paired with the right overhangs and shade trees could provide a nice cool home in the summer and plenty of warmth from the sun. Ready Frame for areas with experienced labor. Typical stick build for cheaper labor areas. Though Cardboard sheathing deserves its place in the garbage
Thanks for a n intesting podcast. While working for an Australian Govt building construction fire research organisation I saw some really interesting construction materials and methods. This included mud brick and hemp. We built a bushfire front simulator which was LPG fired. Whole houses were tested on it. Cheers
The reference to ReadyFrame Homes reminded me of Miles Homes from the seventies. It was a company that provided a selection of home styles that were precut and marked in packages and delivered to the building sites. They included choices of kitchen packages. They also provided financing and after the house was completed, then helped arrange mortgages. My wife and I built a single story with exposed basement home in 1975-76. Moved in after 11 months. They provided drawings and a book with detailed instructions on how to build the house. We moved out of the house after 41 years only because we downsized from about 3000 sq ft to a smaller home. Would I do it again now that I'm 75? No, but I had considered it about 10 years ago. But I could not find any equivalent company to provide the home. Dennis Engle
I love these collabs. While awesome, and the reduced cost of less labor can make homes more affordable, I also can't help worry about yet another workforce reduction. I live in a crap manufactured home, can't afford to rebuild, so looking to "overfit" insulated Zip type system to at least increase the R value, but structural strength, cost and durability here in Central Texas.
Speaking of packed cellulose! Take a look at straw bale houses. Super cheap, durable, passive ventilation, fireproof, quake proof, fast build, recyclable. You just need a good all around porch roof and a 4 inch waterproof foot at the base of the wall.
@@sparksmcgee6641 More expensive compared to what?! When you say code compliant I will guess you mean fireproof. The cob used to plaster the Wall does exactly that! Makes it fireproof.
@@sparksmcgee6641 When you have a 4ft thick wall or more, by the time the outside air makes it in, it basically went through a filter, a heat exchanger and a humidity regulator. All that literally built in to wall structure. How much did Matt pay for his fancy air system that dies and doesn't circulate air in the air tight house if the power goes out and how many moving parts does it have that can and will at some point fail?! I'm not saying what he built is wrong or not cool, I'm just saying that strawbale is cheaper and passive, therefore might be more accessible to more people that want a house that lasts more than 150 years.
@BUCURPOPA I started studying earth homes and solar in the early 80's. You are completely wrong. When the air flows through your 4 foot thick walls your getting mold, bacteria and who knows what else in that wall. Depending on temp swings you get water in the wall. And your 4 foot wall costs more than the 2,000 he paid for his HTV, and I'm an HVAC contractor so I know what they actually cost. They start at 4-600 and the ones for the size of his house with the make up air for the kitchen wouldn't be over 1600. The remotes and sensors he put through the house were a fee hundred depending on which ones he got but they're just switches not part of the system.
Enjoyable house chat from my perspective. Always interesting to see the new build methods outside my own country. I think the company Matt R mentioned that went under might have had big problems with CLT components delaminating 🤔, anyway, thanks again gents 👍
Hey Matt. Wonderful conversation on alternate home building techniques. I have 3 companies that I have been fascinated with. I would love your input on them. They are: Stillwater Dwellings, Eco Steel, and Proto Homes. Would love to see your take on these. Would make a good episode.
I think that those of us who do not use ancient units want translation to SI units such as W/m2K for what is the R value in for unit ? We have R but in the sum of all elements and 1/R to get the heat flow in Watt /K or C so it is easier to calculate energy consumption in a year in different climates
Perhaps in the next conversation you might talk about the carbon embedded in our building materials. Of course more insulation is a good thing but what is the insulation made from? How much carbon is it in? What are the low carbon alternatives?
Enough Matt n Matt shows! It’s hard to listen to Resinger without wondering what he’s selling, what he’s getting a kickback on and if I wanted to hear him he has his own podcast.
More of the "Mad Matt Matt" show please. Maybe a monthly podcast.
Cool. A couple of my favourite dudes!
I'm hear for this, glad to see this alignment. Matt powers unite.
Matt is great. Matt is great.
Two guys I learned from when building our off grid home. Cool that they're collaborating.
The conversation of the different material types makes me think of the old mantra from the show: "no one perfect solution for all situations". ICF homes for hurricane or fire hazards. Here in Texas where Matt builds he mentions how the Icon concrete homes have that thermal mass which paired with the right overhangs and shade trees could provide a nice cool home in the summer and plenty of warmth from the sun. Ready Frame for areas with experienced labor. Typical stick build for cheaper labor areas. Though Cardboard sheathing deserves its place in the garbage
Matt/Matt is a great idea.
Matt squared?
Thank you for sharing some of your experience building a Unity home!
Yeeeey! I have been requesting this in comments on both “build show” and “undecided” 🎉🎉
Thanks for a n intesting podcast. While working for an Australian Govt building construction fire research organisation I saw some really interesting construction materials and methods. This included mud brick and hemp. We built a bushfire front simulator which was LPG fired. Whole houses were tested on it. Cheers
The reference to ReadyFrame Homes reminded me of Miles Homes from the seventies. It was a company that provided a selection of home styles that were precut and marked in packages and delivered to the building sites. They included choices of kitchen packages. They also provided financing and after the house was completed, then helped arrange mortgages. My wife and I built a single story with exposed basement home in 1975-76. Moved in after 11 months. They provided drawings and a book with detailed instructions on how to build the house. We moved out of the house after 41 years only because we downsized from about 3000 sq ft to a smaller home. Would I do it again now that I'm 75? No, but I had considered it about 10 years ago. But I could not find any equivalent company to provide the home. Dennis Engle
I love these collabs. While awesome, and the reduced cost of less labor can make homes more affordable, I also can't help worry about yet another workforce reduction.
I live in a crap manufactured home, can't afford to rebuild, so looking to "overfit" insulated Zip type system to at least increase the R value, but structural strength, cost and durability here in Central Texas.
Loved this so much, thank you.
Speaking of packed cellulose!
Take a look at straw bale houses.
Super cheap, durable, passive ventilation, fireproof, quake proof, fast build, recyclable.
You just need a good all around porch roof and a 4 inch waterproof foot at the base of the wall.
Seriously???? Straw bale is more expensive and making it code compliant is a huge pain.
@@sparksmcgee6641 More expensive compared to what?!
When you say code compliant I will guess you mean fireproof. The cob used to plaster the Wall does exactly that! Makes it fireproof.
@handydaddy6634 no it's not fire. It's air infiltration and structural.
Show me the ASTM for Cob with a rating like concrete or engenered lumber.
@@sparksmcgee6641 When you have a 4ft thick wall or more, by the time the outside air makes it in, it basically went through a filter, a heat exchanger and a humidity regulator. All that literally built in to wall structure. How much did Matt pay for his fancy air system that dies and doesn't circulate air in the air tight house if the power goes out and how many moving parts does it have that can and will at some point fail?!
I'm not saying what he built is wrong or not cool, I'm just saying that strawbale is cheaper and passive, therefore might be more accessible to more people that want a house that lasts more than 150 years.
@BUCURPOPA I started studying earth homes and solar in the early 80's.
You are completely wrong.
When the air flows through your 4 foot thick walls your getting mold, bacteria and who knows what else in that wall.
Depending on temp swings you get water in the wall.
And your 4 foot wall costs more than the 2,000 he paid for his HTV, and I'm an HVAC contractor so I know what they actually cost. They start at 4-600 and the ones for the size of his house with the make up air for the kitchen wouldn't be over 1600.
The remotes and sensors he put through the house were a fee hundred depending on which ones he got but they're just switches not part of the system.
More Matt and matt
Enjoyable house chat from my perspective. Always interesting to see the new build methods outside my own country. I think the company Matt R mentioned that went under might have had big problems with CLT components delaminating 🤔, anyway, thanks again gents 👍
Hey Matt. Wonderful conversation on alternate home building techniques. I have 3 companies that I have been fascinated with. I would love your input on them. They are: Stillwater Dwellings, Eco Steel, and Proto Homes. Would love to see your take on these. Would make a good episode.
I think that those of us who do not use ancient units want translation to SI units such as W/m2K for what is the R value in for unit ?
We have R but in the sum of all elements and 1/R to get the heat flow in Watt /K or C
so it is easier to calculate energy consumption in a year in different climates
Well in the US, pros have a good idea of the comparison between metric.
Perhaps in the next conversation you might talk about the carbon embedded in our building materials. Of course more insulation is a good thing but what is the insulation made from? How much carbon is it in? What are the low carbon alternatives?
I would love to see Icon with sipp type roofing or 2nd floor system.
Would be nice to hear on your thoughts on Lego style Triqbriq wood block house (startup?). Maybe as followup on the hemp brick episode.
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Mat "won't take jobs"
Mat " we did the job with less guys"
any thoughts on Boxabl
I wonder whether MF's prefab house builder would prefab a tiny house on wheels?
Katerra burned through 2.7 billion. 13:40
It was in less than 3 years if I remember right. Beginning to bankruptcy was 5 or 6 I think.
Great show till the silly comment at the end about the appliances lasting longer than a few years, at most, past the warranty period.
Depends on the price you spend.
Keeping these names straight is mattening.
Matt².....that's all i have to say but keep writing due to alg
🥚🥚🥚
Enough Matt n Matt shows! It’s hard to listen to Resinger without wondering what he’s selling, what he’s getting a kickback on and if I wanted to hear him he has his own podcast.
Or you could just skip the video and leave it to those who want to see it.
You know, kind of pretend the world doesn't revolve around you.
Y'all are nerds