Businesses can write off travel expenses if they’re related to the business. He’s combining business with pleasure and gets to write the whole thing off his income tax bill. It’s a pretty common thing.
I live in a small 1940s home in the southern Okanagan Valley about 250 km ESE of Whistler. About once a decade we see a few mid-winter nights at -40 [C or F, at this number both scales agree]. 2x4 fir wall studs, stucco exterior, lath & plaster interior, insulated with pine sawdust/shavings from a then-active local sawmill & box factory! No big deal, just add a third wool blanket to the bed [and keep your socks on!]. Humans can apparently adapt to many extreme climates. Thanks for the recent tours, Matt!
I think you should make more videos from places like this. How houses and specially roofs are build. Thank you. Btw, one of the best UA-cam channel here. Keep going.
More state / county builder associations should spend time on providing this kind of information to their members.Too many builders are still using techniques from 30 years ago. Quality, high performance homes are the exception.
@Dirty Burger that's fair, I don't really eat the food. Although I often wonder if my love for Tim's coffee is based on flavour, the Patriotic hockey rink commercials I grew up with, or a chemical addiction to whatever they lace the cups with lol
You finally made it!! When I saw you were in Vancouver I was REALLY hoping you’d make it up here. Etienne was my neighbor when he first started Sitka. Our company builds to the exact same standard due to the exact reasons you’ve just mentioned. The reason you see the same products from site to site is due to our supplier. Almost everyone gets materials from RONA up here, this limits our choices unless we order in specially.
@Matt Risinger would you consider doing a series on tiny houses and all the various methods they do to build them being right or wrong or something you could apply to bigger homes built on foundations. Lots of ways to build tiny homes I'm very much interested in building one!
Check out the home performance channel which built a tiny house and is now building a full size performance house. Not quite sure if matt would be a good tiny house advocate, you want a 5 million dollar 10k square foot house hes your man though
Whistler so beautiful but only been there in the summer.....on ICF foundation walls I would prefer an actual ledge (kind of like a brick ledge on a slab) to support the ledger board and structural load above rather than bolting the ledger through the ICF. I know it has been engineered that way but ICFs are still a relatively new building method compared to traditional foundation wall system. The entire structural load from above rests on steel bolts spaced apart instead of being dispersed across the top of the wall. Any rust through of any bolts compromises the entire structure even with the supporting plates cradling the ledger beam.
I asked about the mini as I just installed my first here in SE Alaska and am totally impressed. At the lowest setting in 24 degree weather it easily heats my 15k cu. ft. shop and dehumidifies. A ton and a half unit. Only issue so far is ice build up in the high humidity temps (25-40). Doug
While you are in Whistler check out Horstman Estates on the upper bench of Blackcomb and check out the log house when you come up from the entrance gates. You can't miss it, it's on the right uphill side as you come to the first sort of intersection. Built by Durfeld Log Homes in the late '90's. North Slope old growth cedar logs from the Haida Gwai. and stone work you could only dream of. I'm biased on that concept because I worked installing the Rocky Mountain Granite for two years. It's the owner's ski cabin and one of thousands of properties the family owns [collecting rent] and will never sell. No real estate agent has ever stepped foot in that house and they never will.It's the family ski cabin.
Hey Matt, glad to see you made it to the Great White North. FYI... Step Code Level 4 is 'generally equivalent' to Passive House construction but without the PH certification.
Go to Alberta or Saskatchewan if you want to see how real cold weather builds are done within a middle class budget. Whistler is what we in the prairies wish our climate would warm up too!!!
I know this comments like a year old but it's not bolts holding that lvl ledger on. There's a hanger system that gets imbedded into the concrete and even has rebar threaded through it inside the icf block.
Wow am impressed with their Conex having power and a microwave. Usually we have 3 or 4 Conex's on site with one being laid out similar to that one with tools and supplies inside and the others for storing equipment and appliances. Some Project Managers disallow microwave's on site (mostly the unions) while others are more lenient. Have worked on both Union and non-Union jobsites. Typically the Union guys get paid 2 - 3 dollars more per hour and they get better benefits however, they do 10 times more work for it and are not allowed to enjoy any slack off time on the job or they get replaced daily. On Friday though they are the ones laughing more because if they are good workers they have an opportunity to make a lot more money with bonuses.
Hello Matt, Always funny what you think is a, "super cold climate"! Vancouver is tropical compared to inland temps on the same latitude. Whistler is a bit colder but not by much. It does get a pile of snow because it is so mild which is why the ski resort is there. Curious how you seem to have a cost is not a factor for your jobs. You must work exclusively for multi millionaires. That house in Whistler must be over two million alone with its property? More curious on the materials and techniques for building the vast preponderance of society's housing needs. Always important to see a cost/performance factor and a longevity (realistic) prediction. I am totally amazed that they are putting down a flat roof in a wet climate (well maybe not totally as there is an architect involved!). Time and again they are shown to be a very high maintenance short lived style of roof. A pitched roof is a proven winner. In snow country one with a metal roof will shed snow avoiding huge stresses on the structure (properly designed to accommodate the berms) not have a wet sponge three feet thick laying on it for weeks (all that snow melts and freezes as the temp swings and thaws)as well as lasting for generations with very little attention. You can build to the highest efficiency standard you want but if the structure is a designed 'throw away' the impact on resources is far greater than a less efficient longer lasting home. Take care and Merry Xmas. Doug
@ I have seen so many fail, large buildings as well as small. Within a three or four year period they start pouring 'miracle goop' of the latest fashion on it. From there on out it is fix a leak find a leak until the roof system rots out. There just is no justification for them except architects get to charge again and again to repair what they should never have designed. Always selling the most expensive wonder material promising to allow a swimming pool on your roof. Inflates the budget of which they take a percentage as well as makes certain a rebuild ten years down the road at best. Upholding the tradition of their high guru Frank Lloyd Wright who built the IBM computer building in Chicago to be "aesthetically pleasing" using a flat roof that never stopped leaking on expensive electronics!! Until they get some common sense they are not a useful step in the building process. Sorry about my bias gained from experience. Happy new year. Doug
@ You did it the right way. Sorry about the long. Previous reply. I wasn't arguing more an addendum although it is a pet peeve of mine. A building should above all be functional. You would be a good person to entrust a project to. I believe as a conscientious builder you would have talked a client out of trading space for function quickly. Kudos to you. By law architects are often involved with costly detrimental effect. I believe a lot of that would end if by law they had to refund full cost and damages for a project that failed to perform as specified. They would quickly learn what works and is practical and what is not! On another note did you use mini splits in your house?? Take care. Happy New Year. Doug
You must be a new sub. Matt is in a class of builders that builds for people looking for high-performance living. YES, the cost is NOT an issue to achieve a high-performance home. The same reason people buy high-performance cars. I buy and sell real estate and Matt has helped me raise the bar in my construction jobs, Not necessarily more expensive but Matt has really helped me in building better-performing homes.
A Real Man would have made that video in Bermuda shorts tank top and flip flops?😂 Good job, I watched this 3 years ago, but I’m looking for ICFs made with GPS. I think I’ve found them
Welcome to the Great White North (well at least the western part of it 😉)! Do you answer any technical questions? I have one regarding my cottage build that I would like to get your opinion on.
wine cellar better have air transfer and moisture transfer. also, not sure how he is going to keep a constant temp in the room. my cellar goes from 34f /65f outside temp -30f /105f.
I was curious about the STEP 5 program that Canada introduced (that Matt Referenced) and what makes it different from standard construction. Is there a link that explains it? I could not find a reference online..... Happy Holidays Everyone....Thanks
Step Code Level 5 is not in place yet and Level 4 is much like Passive House but lacks the passive house certification. Level 5 is still being written but would be even lower watt per square foot. Deoendjnv on where and what you are building you may be ok with say Level 3.
@@KellyBurnham I live in Texas, but I was wondering if there were any simple, basic changes that might benefit other zones. I don't live in an earthquake zone or a hurricane zone, but I think that those standards can be applied elsewhere. EQ's can hit any area. We get high winds and tornadoes in Texas as well. It may cost a bit more to build a home to those standards, but they are not significant with respect to the total cost of a new home. And it coasts a lot less to build a better home upfront than it does to replace it. Canada has some good energy standards. I want to learn about them and what makes them different from what we currently use. Thanks
@@Raymond-mk8cb I think it's energystepcode.ca - basically local governments can choose to make it a requirement but it's generally an optional guideline. It reminds me a bit of USA's department of energy ZERH program, where the aim is for more houses to be net zero as far as their energy consumption goes. You're definitely right that the cost to build a better home upfront is not that much, even if you're doing an all ICF house for example. A lot of homeowners will still balk at price increase though and would rather have that fancy interior millwork or something silly. General guidelines for a homeowner is more insulation, better air sealing (with ERV/HRV), solar, and finding the right architect and builder that are either familiar with how to build better houses or are willing to learn.
@@rafflesmaos ..Yeah, I think that we have progressed far enough so that every home built by 2025 or so....should be energy independent. We know how to design homes that are efficient and with solar panels and storage devices, every new home has the potential to be free of the grid. At least it can produce as much as it consumes. It would help the electrical grid, but it would also make us a little bit freer. Less dependent on big government and big brother. Thanks
@@Raymond-mk8cb Yep, I'm all about being energy independent too. However, it's easy to imagine people complaining about such standards, and they'd argue that if they want to build a house without engineering that can collapse on them at any moment or has holes instead of windows, then it's no business of the government to stop them. If one thinks about it, it also takes big government to mandate these types of standards as otherwise I feel especially in USA not many would opt for them. Incentives helped accelerate solar adoption and to bring costs down via better innovation, too, for example.
I live in a part of the world where technology is a few decades behind. I assisted in a ICF build 5 years ago, one of maybe a dozen in my county, we used normal everyday concrete vibrators. No issues, no blow outs. House was checked afterwards with infrared to check for voids, no major voids. ICF is not rocket science, it's actually quite the opposite, it's the simplest building method on earth. I'm planning a 6k square foot build and me and girlfriend will build it by ourselves
in Europe some people build ICF houses but they use it for the whole house, and they use ICF with 1.77 - 2inch inside and from 2 - 7.87 inch outside, most people use the 4 or 6 inch outside versions...
Never even heard of that I dont think. The only systems i know are 4 inches per side and then after that you add on separate pieces of EPS after the poor, may be the same thing you're talking about. I didnt like that system too much but I'm not in a cold climate so didnt really matter to look any closer
@@townsendliving9750 look up "Quad Lock", they make the best panels and ties (knock down type system only) for the most ICF thickness for out or in or both, Others max out at 4 inch at most and one or two use inserts which go inside the form reducing the concrete thickness
@@Joshua79C I've looked into alot of brands. Defently want to use quadlock rood panels, which may lead me to use thier blocks as well. 4 inches per side is plenty of insualtion for where I live. Nobody really makes anything over 4 inches that looks very good, even quadlock just makes layers of foam on the outside, at that point it would be much smarter just to add 4x12 full size panels after the building is up. But I'm just going to go to 4 inches. Fox block makes s bunch of add ins that seem cool, the window bucks, and block ties. Fox block seems to be one of the best ones. But no roofing system
its not just happening in bc its all over Canada. I swear the code changes every 6 months on the east coast adding additional unnecessary costs to home builds and putting home ownership of new build homes out of reach for many.
I have no clue about US but in EU similar houses not that size of course but similar or even better in technique are common in EU and owned by regular guys
Hi Matt - love all your videos, thank you. I'm from Canada too and interested in the ICF construction. Is there any concern with the cement staying wet, especially when poured in winter? How does it actually cure within the insulation, or does it just take longer?
i11am to keep it simple, as long as concrete (cement is just one ingredient) is kept from freezing, the process of curing (called hydration) actually produces its own heat internally, and concrete requires moisture to cure properly. In face when large slabs are poured, “wet cures” are often used to ensure there sufficient moisture for the curing process...the slabs will be covered with poly or burlap and wetted. The last thing you want for any concrete is for it to cure too quickly. You’ll get a lot of shrinkage cracking if it does.
We just engineer for the max load and also gain the natural insulating from the snow plus we also don't have to deal with the "avalanche" affect of falling snow.
It's not really flat but has a pitch of about 1/4" per 1'. Engineered correctly it's not a problem at all. I live in the northeast and all the row homes in my city(Philadelphia) are flat roofs.
I wonder how "regular" people or builders do homes in that climate. Obviously they have a budget to do all this stuff. Would be interested to see a Ryan or some sort of regular home builder do a home for people of middle class means.
Joe Large this is one of the most expensive places to live in the world. I live in Squamish, the next town south and building lots are in the $700,000 cad range. About $530,000 usd. Tear downs are over a million.
Housing? for the middle class? It's barely doable around here without townhousing or mobile homes. 100K a year is not enough to get a home in most of these areas as a house costs at least 500k. The step code and development controls are making it worse as it gets rolled out too.
Because the sheet is only attached at the top and ends. It's essentially hanging from the fasteners. You don't want any extra perforations in the sheet.
@@vancouverrealestate2766 The tuc tape is just used to hold the membrane in place and keep debris from getting behind it temporarily until back filled and outer cladding is in place after that it serves no purpose - the dimple membrane is not meant to be water proof but to provide an air gap so water is free to move down the wall to drainage.
Nice to see a building style i am more familiar with on this channel. Clearly these people have a lot of money, we build similarly to that, but with some greater budget constraints. With the step code 4 things are okay with the ICF and a bunch of extra labor. It needs to be considered from the design onward. Step 5 is going to be interesting, and expensive. The ICF works really well as a sound insulation as well, and on a ski hill (where there is blasting periodically) it makes a nice difference.
Not saying that house isn't built beyond good, but I don't want those codes here. Government forcing me to do more things I might not want to do. I still want a choice.
august you do realize the US needs to use less energy to minimize climate change right? You think this decision should be left on each citizen, who often doesn’t care if they waste money by using an excess? Too many out there would rather add a hot tub or something than put in extra insulation.
@@aayotechnology, The codes we have now are just fine, the more codes/rules the Government makes for me, means less freedom. We've lost enough of that already.
As a former Whistler resident, I can attest that everything regulatory-wise is a freaking joke. There's a massive housing shortage, with way too few houses for the number of workers needed, and the council does sweet fuck all to help push along multi occupancy buildings such as apartment blocks for locals. Meanwhile they rubber stamp anything for people wanting to build a 5-15 million dollar chalet. Just look at the Kadenwood development, and they wanted to remove Whistler Blackcomb's base II for MORE luxury condos, instead of restricted price housing for locals? Farce
It technically is a poured wall, dont see what the differnce would be. I'm wanting to build with ICF, the big differnce is you dont have to be very smart to put up a ICF wall, bored formed walls take alittle talent
@@townsendliving9750 you better watch form bracing with ICF’s as the are prone to blow outs if not properly braced. Also, many ICF systems use a lot of rebar both vertically and horizontally thus producing a very strong wall system.
@@jamesmoon1841 I'm planning on using 6" ICF with 4 inches of EPS per side. Theres no reason to go with more concrete, the less concrete the less outward pressure during pour, and the thicker eps reduces blowouts and increases insualtion value. Not sure of blowouts ate very common anymore on the mainstream brands. I think they have it taken care of these days pretty much.
Whistler BC....seriously cold climate? HAH! Funny...head east young man...to the Prairies like Winnipeg Manitoba where it can get as low as -45C...or head even further north....Whistler is mild compared to other areas of Canada.
Brotha Risinger... First off - Merry Christmas!!! Sir you kept calling SIP System/Panels - ICF!!! It’s ok, I’ll forgive you cause you are a rookie at these high tech forms of construction!
He's defently not a rookie, hes got more experience then most. For one hes cold, missing that texas 71 degrees Christmas day temp. Two hes got a mild form of dyslexia, not being mean but I jumble my words all the time and I was diagnosed with it. It's two EPS building materials, our brain stores them in the same location, we dont always pull the correct one out
Something defently wrong with what he said, not sure what though. It looks below grade and also dont see the plywood on either side. Something was alittle confusing here
I thought he raised some valid points but the guy has a real lack of maturity and class, he is 27 going on 15. I call him 'Kevin the teenager' after a UK character/film of that name. Kid's got some growing up to do.
Hey Cody, I wouldn’t say roast - definitely a different perspective, though. Thanks for watching both channels! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to the Risinger’s and his subscribers too!!
Bahahahahah! Matt, there's no such thing as "Super Cold" that far south in BC.. Get yourself up to Inuvik and Whitehorse, or Juneau, and then you'll only be scratching the surface of super cold..
As a canadian I really appreciate that you've done a couple of your episodes in Canada on our homes.
Clever way to write off your winter vacation!
Businesses can write off travel expenses if they’re related to the business. He’s combining business with pleasure and gets to write the whole thing off his income tax bill. It’s a pretty common thing.
I live in a small 1940s home in the southern Okanagan Valley about 250 km ESE of Whistler. About once a decade we see a few mid-winter nights at -40 [C or F, at this number both scales agree]. 2x4 fir wall studs, stucco exterior, lath & plaster interior, insulated with pine sawdust/shavings from a then-active local sawmill & box factory! No big deal, just add a third wool blanket to the bed [and keep your socks on!]. Humans can apparently adapt to many extreme climates. Thanks for the recent tours, Matt!
Tremendous construction principles for cold climates. This is teaching me somethings about building in Northern Wisconsin.
Finally! An actually cold weather build in the cold weather build series.....>GRIN
Blasting. R-80. Triple glaze. SIPs. Whistler. Must be ~C$4M build
Sure hope you got some skiing in. Whistler/Blackcomb what a great place.
As an avid skier i'm a little jealous. Matt being from Texas may not understand how epic Whistler Blackcomb is amongst the faithful.
but the heating will be a total of 0$
I think you should make more videos from places like this. How houses and specially roofs are build. Thank you. Btw, one of the best UA-cam channel here. Keep going.
Merry Christmas 🇨🇦🙏🎄🎉👍 to you Matt.
And the BUILD SHOW 👍😁 ❗
More state / county builder associations should spend time on providing this kind of information to their members.Too many builders are still using techniques from 30 years ago. Quality, high performance homes are the exception.
Dunkin' donuts Matt? No no, you're in Tim Horton's country now. ;)
@Dirty Burger Country Style eh? That's a hard no for me bud.
@Dirty Burger that's fair, I don't really eat the food. Although I often wonder if my love for Tim's coffee is based on flavour, the Patriotic hockey rink commercials I grew up with, or a chemical addiction to whatever they lace the cups with lol
Never liked Tim's coffee.
For moderate custom in Whis the starting number is around $1000 per Square foot. This build plus property is over 4 pushing 6 million.
$1,000 psf ? In Vancouver, that will buy you a 15 year old condo !
(I'm talking Downtown / False Creek / Kits)
Florida loves the build show. Thanks Matt.
You finally made it!! When I saw you were in Vancouver I was REALLY hoping you’d make it up here. Etienne was my neighbor when he first started Sitka. Our company builds to the exact same standard due to the exact reasons you’ve just mentioned. The reason you see the same products from site to site is due to our supplier. Almost everyone gets materials from RONA up here, this limits our choices unless we order in specially.
Whistler has a pretty fantastic mountain biking facility
Umm Fantastic,?! It is the mecca of MTB
Thanks for delivering different climate content. You made me up my game.
Merry Christmas
@Matt Risinger would you consider doing a series on tiny houses and all the various methods they do to build them being right or wrong or something you could apply to bigger homes built on foundations. Lots of ways to build tiny homes I'm very much interested in building one!
Check out the home performance channel which built a tiny house and is now building a full size performance house. Not quite sure if matt would be a good tiny house advocate, you want a 5 million dollar 10k square foot house hes your man though
Very, very interesting man to interview. Thanks for representing Canada!
Interesting as always Matt. Merry Christmas from my family to yours!
Whistler so beautiful but only been there in the summer.....on ICF foundation walls I would prefer an actual ledge (kind of like a brick ledge on a slab) to support the ledger board and structural load above rather than bolting the ledger through the ICF. I know it has been engineered that way but ICFs are still a relatively new building method compared to traditional foundation wall system. The entire structural load from above rests on steel bolts spaced apart instead of being dispersed across the top of the wall. Any rust through of any bolts compromises the entire structure even with the supporting plates cradling the ledger beam.
Lay some metal plate on top of the stem walls that extends beyond the concrete prior to installing the sill plate..
Wooo Canada!!
Thats right boys, you heard it here first - Super important to keep your caulks warm.
Love the series being from Canada 🇨🇦
👍🏻 Awesome job site, love the floor joists, they will be able to drive a tank in the house. Gorgeous area, very nice but out of my range for sure.
ONNN the build show.... good work as always
Merry Christmas Matt thanks for the knowledge you share!
I asked about the mini as I just installed my first here in SE Alaska and am totally impressed. At the lowest setting in 24 degree weather it easily heats my 15k cu. ft. shop and dehumidifies. A ton and a half unit. Only issue so far is ice build up in the high humidity temps (25-40). Doug
Those are some tough R value in the walls and roof. But Then again being in zone 4 .. makes me glad I dont need to beef up the insulation that way
amazing building quality! It makes me feel embarrassed about how cheap and bad we build in Hawaii!!!! This house is a real thing!!!!
While you are in Whistler check out Horstman Estates on the upper bench of Blackcomb and check out the log house when you come up from the entrance gates. You can't miss it, it's on the right uphill side as you come to the first sort of intersection. Built by Durfeld Log Homes in the late '90's. North Slope old growth cedar logs from the Haida Gwai. and stone work you could only dream of. I'm biased on that concept because I worked installing the Rocky Mountain Granite for two years. It's the owner's ski cabin and one of thousands of properties the family owns [collecting rent] and will never sell. No real estate agent has ever stepped foot in that house and they never will.It's the family ski cabin.
Merry Christmas Matt. I hope Santa brings me some B.C. walls next year.
The cold is getting to you Matt. Not able to form coherent sentences. :) 5:35
That was my first thought, and it's true, the cold f,ss with one's vocabulary.
Great golfing in summer too
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas rob
Hey Matt, glad to see you made it to the Great White North. FYI... Step Code Level 4 is 'generally equivalent' to Passive House construction but without the PH certification.
Dude Whistler is not gold one of the warmest places in canada
For the Simpson Strongtie that holds the joists, you do not put rebar through the 2 cut out holes.
Great tour.
Go to Alberta or Saskatchewan if you want to see how real cold weather builds are done within a middle class budget. Whistler is what we in the prairies wish our climate would warm up too!!!
I have skiied at Whistler many times. The cost of housing there is insane. 1,300 Sq ft homes for over $2 million.
I built a 7,000SF home with Build Block in Arkansas. Was very content with the product and the ease of construction.
R-80 & R-50. Wow. Looks like an expensive build. Not sure I like the LVL ledger hanging on bolts. Rather a ledge. Like the job container though!
I know this comments like a year old but it's not bolts holding that lvl ledger on. There's a hanger system that gets imbedded into the concrete and even has rebar threaded through it inside the icf block.
Of course I get to that part of the video seconds after my comment.
Wow am impressed with their Conex having power and a microwave. Usually we have 3 or 4 Conex's on site with one being laid out similar to that one with tools and supplies inside and the others for storing equipment and appliances. Some Project Managers disallow microwave's on site (mostly the unions) while others are more lenient. Have worked on both Union and non-Union jobsites. Typically the Union guys get paid 2 - 3 dollars more per hour and they get better benefits however, they do 10 times more work for it and are not allowed to enjoy any slack off time on the job or they get replaced daily. On Friday though they are the ones laughing more because if they are good workers they have an opportunity to make a lot more money with bonuses.
Thank you for videos
12” on center 1 3/4 x 11 7/8 lvl joists are standard here for flat roofs in New Jersey
That makes sense on areas with snow-loads. Matt is from TX where they probably do 24" on center. In South Florida, everything is 24"c.c.
Always wanted to go and ski there. Now my knees won't let me.
Amazing. Must be nice when cost is no object, this is easily 10x normal construction cost of a wood framed house.
Hello Matt, Always funny what you think is a, "super cold climate"! Vancouver is tropical compared to inland temps on the same latitude. Whistler is a bit colder but not by much. It does get a pile of snow because it is so mild which is why the ski resort is there. Curious how you seem to have a cost is not a factor for your jobs. You must work exclusively for multi millionaires. That house in Whistler must be over two million alone with its property? More curious on the materials and techniques for building the vast preponderance of society's housing needs. Always important to see a cost/performance factor and a longevity (realistic) prediction. I am totally amazed that they are putting down a flat roof in a wet climate (well maybe not totally as there is an architect involved!). Time and again they are shown to be a very high maintenance short lived style of roof. A pitched roof is a proven winner. In snow country one with a metal roof will shed snow avoiding huge stresses on the structure (properly designed to accommodate the berms) not have a wet sponge three feet thick laying on it for weeks (all that snow melts and freezes as the temp swings and thaws)as well as lasting for generations with very little attention. You can build to the highest efficiency standard you want but if the structure is a designed 'throw away' the impact on resources is far greater than a less efficient longer lasting home. Take care and Merry Xmas. Doug
@ I have seen so many fail, large buildings as well as small. Within a three or four year period they start pouring 'miracle goop' of the latest fashion on it. From there on out it is fix a leak find a leak until the roof system rots out. There just is no justification for them except architects get to charge again and again to repair what they should never have designed. Always selling the most expensive wonder material promising to allow a swimming pool on your roof. Inflates the budget of which they take a percentage as well as makes certain a rebuild ten years down the road at best. Upholding the tradition of their high guru Frank Lloyd Wright who built the IBM computer building in Chicago to be "aesthetically pleasing" using a flat roof that never stopped leaking on expensive electronics!! Until they get some common sense they are not a useful step in the building process. Sorry about my bias gained from experience. Happy new year. Doug
@ You did it the right way. Sorry about the long. Previous reply. I wasn't arguing more an addendum although it is a pet peeve of mine. A building should above all be functional. You would be a good person to entrust a project to. I believe as a conscientious builder you would have talked a client out of trading space for function quickly. Kudos to you. By law architects are often involved with costly detrimental effect. I believe a lot of that would end if by law they had to refund full cost and damages for a project that failed to perform as specified. They would quickly learn what works and is practical and what is not!
On another note did you use mini splits in your house?? Take care. Happy New Year. Doug
You must be a new sub. Matt is in a class of builders that builds for people looking for high-performance living. YES, the cost is NOT an issue to achieve a high-performance home. The same reason people buy high-performance cars. I buy and sell real estate and Matt has helped me raise the bar in my construction jobs, Not necessarily more expensive but Matt has really helped me in building better-performing homes.
That house is probably worth 10 million, nice ski hill for sure. It costs about $150.00 per day for a lift ticket.
A Real Man would have made that video in Bermuda shorts tank top and flip flops?😂 Good job, I watched this 3 years ago, but I’m looking for ICFs made with GPS. I think I’ve found them
6:40 you meant SIP
Welcome to the Great White North (well at least the western part of it 😉)! Do you answer any technical questions? I have one regarding my cottage build that I would like to get your opinion on.
Matt, when you stepped off the scaffold you said ICF but you described SIPS. But then the window adjacent looked like ICF. Are they doing both?
Couldn't figure it out either, also looked below grade and couldn't tell if that was plywood or EPS on the outside
wine cellar better have air transfer and moisture transfer. also, not sure how he is going to keep a constant temp in the room. my cellar goes from 34f /65f outside temp -30f /105f.
I was curious about the STEP 5 program that Canada introduced (that Matt Referenced) and what makes it different from standard construction. Is there a link that explains it? I could not find a reference online..... Happy Holidays Everyone....Thanks
Step Code Level 5 is not in place yet and Level 4 is much like Passive House but lacks the passive house certification. Level 5 is still being written but would be even lower watt per square foot. Deoendjnv on where and what you are building you may be ok with say Level 3.
@@KellyBurnham I live in Texas, but I was wondering if there were any simple, basic changes that might benefit other zones. I don't live in an earthquake zone or a hurricane zone, but I think that those standards can be applied elsewhere. EQ's can hit any area. We get high winds and tornadoes in Texas as well. It may cost a bit more to build a home to those standards, but they are not significant with respect to the total cost of a new home. And it coasts a lot less to build a better home upfront than it does to replace it. Canada has some good energy standards. I want to learn about them and what makes them different from what we currently use. Thanks
@@Raymond-mk8cb I think it's energystepcode.ca - basically local governments can choose to make it a requirement but it's generally an optional guideline. It reminds me a bit of USA's department of energy ZERH program, where the aim is for more houses to be net zero as far as their energy consumption goes.
You're definitely right that the cost to build a better home upfront is not that much, even if you're doing an all ICF house for example. A lot of homeowners will still balk at price increase though and would rather have that fancy interior millwork or something silly. General guidelines for a homeowner is more insulation, better air sealing (with ERV/HRV), solar, and finding the right architect and builder that are either familiar with how to build better houses or are willing to learn.
@@rafflesmaos ..Yeah, I think that we have progressed far enough so that every home built by 2025 or so....should be energy independent. We know how to design homes that are efficient and with solar panels and storage devices, every new home has the potential to be free of the grid. At least it can produce as much as it consumes. It would help the electrical grid, but it would also make us a little bit freer. Less dependent on big government and big brother. Thanks
@@Raymond-mk8cb Yep, I'm all about being energy independent too. However, it's easy to imagine people complaining about such standards, and they'd argue that if they want to build a house without engineering that can collapse on them at any moment or has holes instead of windows, then it's no business of the government to stop them. If one thinks about it, it also takes big government to mandate these types of standards as otherwise I feel especially in USA not many would opt for them. Incentives helped accelerate solar adoption and to bring costs down via better innovation, too, for example.
Bonus video!
Do they or anyone you know vibrate the concrete ? Is that normal practise or rare ? What devices do yall use?
yes any foundation concrete pour you ALWAYS vibrate. they have battery powered vibrators now basically 6ft. dildos
the concrete is vibrated...it is just the form system (ICF) presented here that is different than standard. Standard concrete vibrator.
Next question. Does frequency of vibration matter? Also has anyone built concrete like the Romans with volcanic ash ?
Glyn ... we do all ICF walls vibrating ... and we use a cordless Makita Vibrator and this works all the time no problem
I live in a part of the world where technology is a few decades behind. I assisted in a ICF build 5 years ago, one of maybe a dozen in my county, we used normal everyday concrete vibrators. No issues, no blow outs. House was checked afterwards with infrared to check for voids, no major voids. ICF is not rocket science, it's actually quite the opposite, it's the simplest building method on earth. I'm planning a 6k square foot build and me and girlfriend will build it by ourselves
in Europe some people build ICF houses but they use it for the whole house, and they use ICF with 1.77 - 2inch inside and from 2 - 7.87 inch outside, most people use the 4 or 6 inch outside versions...
Never even heard of that I dont think. The only systems i know are 4 inches per side and then after that you add on separate pieces of EPS after the poor, may be the same thing you're talking about. I didnt like that system too much but I'm not in a cold climate so didnt really matter to look any closer
@@townsendliving9750 look up "Quad Lock", they make the best panels and ties (knock down type system only) for the most ICF thickness for out or in or both, Others max out at 4 inch at most and one or two use inserts which go inside the form reducing the concrete thickness
@@Joshua79C I've looked into alot of brands. Defently want to use quadlock rood panels, which may lead me to use thier blocks as well. 4 inches per side is plenty of insualtion for where I live. Nobody really makes anything over 4 inches that looks very good, even quadlock just makes layers of foam on the outside, at that point it would be much smarter just to add 4x12 full size panels after the building is up. But I'm just going to go to 4 inches. Fox block makes s bunch of add ins that seem cool, the window bucks, and block ties. Fox block seems to be one of the best ones. But no roofing system
Great videos Matt. * Whistler is definitely not considered a cold part of the Province :)
ugg that simpson plate is genius. so simple.
Hey we do ICF walls in Tampa Florida if your ever interest in seeing in a whole neighborhood!
Nice to see that the good ol BC government is ensuring only the rich can build.
its not just happening in bc its all over Canada. I swear the code changes every 6 months on the east coast adding additional unnecessary costs to home builds and putting home ownership of new build homes out of reach for many.
A house that preforms better is cheaper to operate over its lifetime... Spend more upfront and be rewarded for years to come!
Nice to see that multi-millionaires are building great buildings. What about the rest of us?
Grass and mudd huts still, not much has changed in a few centuries
I have no clue about US but in EU similar houses not that size of course but similar or even better in technique are common in EU and owned by regular guys
I think the average price per square foot where I live is about a $100 or so. High utilities for life is the rest of us... Lol
Hi Matt - love all your videos, thank you. I'm from Canada too and interested in the ICF construction. Is there any concern with the cement staying wet, especially when poured in winter? How does it actually cure within the insulation, or does it just take longer?
i11am to keep it simple, as long as concrete (cement is just one ingredient) is kept from freezing, the process of curing (called hydration) actually produces its own heat internally, and concrete requires moisture to cure properly. In face when large slabs are poured, “wet cures” are often used to ensure there sufficient moisture for the curing process...the slabs will be covered with poly or burlap and wetted. The last thing you want for any concrete is for it to cure too quickly. You’ll get a lot of shrinkage cracking if it does.
Thanks Jordan, much appreciated!
I'm curious as to why one would consider a flat roof in that region
Ya he said they get a ton of snow,,,,you’re just asking for trouble with a Flat roof
We just engineer for the max load and also gain the natural insulating from the snow plus we also don't have to deal
with the "avalanche" affect of falling snow.
@@paulnelson9269 ueah, and when its about 10 feet you can core it out and get yourself an extra storey!
It's not really flat but has a pitch of about 1/4" per 1'. Engineered correctly it's not a problem at all. I live in the northeast and all the row homes in my city(Philadelphia) are flat roofs.
Beefy SIPs!
Matt, would you consider fighting Kevin?
P.s. those "ICF" are actually called SIP
Miguel Moreno no they are icf’s.. insulated concrete forms. SIPs are different.
I wonder how "regular" people or builders do homes in that climate. Obviously they have a budget to do all this stuff. Would be interested to see a Ryan or some sort of regular home builder do a home for people of middle class means.
Joe Large this is one of the most expensive places to live in the world. I live in Squamish, the next town south and building lots are in the $700,000 cad range. About $530,000 usd. Tear downs are over a million.
Housing? for the middle class? It's barely doable around here without townhousing or mobile homes. 100K a year is not enough to get a home in most of these areas as a house costs at least 500k. The step code and development controls are making it worse as it gets rolled out too.
Socialism is evil.
Matt hope you get some skiing or boarding in while there it is a great place for that.
The most important thing they had was a tim hortons coffee on top of the microwave!
ICF=insulated concrete forms. I would have explained the abbreviated (now) acronym
Matt why is the dimple membrane secured or sealed with tuc tape and has waves in it?
Because the sheet is only attached at the top and ends. It's essentially hanging from the fasteners. You don't want any extra perforations in the sheet.
Is tuk tape appropriate for this application?
@@vancouverrealestate2766 The tuc tape is just used to hold the membrane in place and keep debris from getting behind it temporarily until back filled and outer cladding is in place after that it serves no purpose - the dimple membrane is not meant to be water proof but to provide an air gap so water is free to move down the wall to drainage.
Can you update this to "slightly cold" the rest of the province gets far colder than that.
Do you know builders who build net zero homes near Kington Ontario Canada?
Me a resident of Northern BC: Whistler is seriously cold climate???
Matt: I'm from Texas
Me: Ahhh makes sense now
Nice to see a building style i am more familiar with on this channel. Clearly these people have a lot of money, we build similarly to that, but with some greater budget constraints.
With the step code 4 things are okay with the ICF and a bunch of extra labor. It needs to be considered from the design onward. Step 5 is going to be interesting, and expensive.
The ICF works really well as a sound insulation as well, and on a ski hill (where there is blasting periodically) it makes a nice difference.
Hey man, do you guys ask the client what they would like for thier house? That's proper correct?
I love the sales! So healthy for eveyone! Keep selling, what's the code tomorrow!
I don't need this garbage back feeding on me years from now!
So much wit! Spookey! Win colors for assholes who probably don't drink wine! Cute house! Scary
I can't wait till human starts! Oh, wait! I got take care today. Stay healthy man
Honestly! Trailers, assholes, controls! Yeah canada! Force, fake military then becomes real! Proud canada
Very interesting project! We need those codes in the US. Just wish you had interviewed the builder, owner or architect making it longer.
Not saying that house isn't built beyond good, but I don't want those codes here. Government forcing me to do more things I might not want to do. I still want a choice.
august you do realize the US needs to use less energy to minimize climate change right? You think this decision should be left on each citizen, who often doesn’t care if they waste money by using an excess? Too many out there would rather add a hot tub or something than put in extra insulation.
aayotechnology we realize that got you to drink the koolade
Wymer’s Handy Man Service mind being clearer?
@@aayotechnology, The codes we have now are just fine, the more codes/rules the Government makes for me, means less freedom. We've lost enough of that already.
As a former Whistler resident, I can attest that everything regulatory-wise is a freaking joke. There's a massive housing shortage, with way too few houses for the number of workers needed, and the council does sweet fuck all to help push along multi occupancy buildings such as apartment blocks for locals. Meanwhile they rubber stamp anything for people wanting to build a 5-15 million dollar chalet. Just look at the Kadenwood development, and they wanted to remove Whistler Blackcomb's base II for MORE luxury condos, instead of restricted price housing for locals? Farce
$100 coffee not far off at Starbucks. 😂🤣😂
Has anyone done concrete like the Roman's with volcanic ash mixed in ?
Pozzolanic concrete ...tons of info out there. They do sell vulcanic ash as a concrete filler by the pallet. Roughly similar to fly ash admixture.
R50 walls and triple glazing is pretty poor. In Norway we are R100+ and 7 layer glazing
I wonder what the house is listing for? $$$
Matt you ain't whistling dixie.
Is this system stronger then a poured wall
If you go to Fox's website, who sells ICFs, they claim much stronger. Also, the ability to pour nearly year-round despite temperatures is pretty nice.
It technically is a poured wall, dont see what the differnce would be. I'm wanting to build with ICF, the big differnce is you dont have to be very smart to put up a ICF wall, bored formed walls take alittle talent
@@townsendliving9750 you better watch form bracing with ICF’s as the are prone to blow outs if not properly braced. Also, many ICF systems use a lot of rebar both vertically and horizontally thus producing a very strong wall system.
@@jamesmoon1841 I'm planning on using 6" ICF with 4 inches of EPS per side. Theres no reason to go with more concrete, the less concrete the less outward pressure during pour, and the thicker eps reduces blowouts and increases insualtion value. Not sure of blowouts ate very common anymore on the mainstream brands. I think they have it taken care of these days pretty much.
Why O why am I the only one ( I’m a contractor by the way ) that is surprised by the fact that nobody commented on the weed touch 🤔
We call them tiger torches up north.
You're talking about waterproofing as water is dripping on you.
Vacation or maybe something to do with Tax cut windfall, definitely not a practical options.
Whistler BC....seriously cold climate? HAH! Funny...head east young man...to the Prairies like Winnipeg Manitoba where it can get as low as -45C...or head even further north....Whistler is mild compared to other areas of Canada.
Kenneth James no kidding haha. Doubt they get below-20 often.
Yeah, let's see a build in Whitehorse, Yukon.
Brotha Risinger...
First off -
Merry Christmas!!!
Sir you kept calling SIP System/Panels - ICF!!!
It’s ok, I’ll forgive you cause you are a rookie at these high tech forms of construction!
He's defently not a rookie, hes got more experience then most. For one hes cold, missing that texas 71 degrees Christmas day temp. Two hes got a mild form of dyslexia, not being mean but I jumble my words all the time and I was diagnosed with it. It's two EPS building materials, our brain stores them in the same location, we dont always pull the correct one out
I wouldn't call that SUPER cold, you're not even wearing gloves. I'd love to see a video from the canadian prairies where it can reach -40.
that container is a hazard if any of that fuel escapes
Anything is a hazard if fuel escapes.
Your in Canada, you need to be saying Tim Horton's.
"You're" in Canada
6:45 SIP not ICF
Something defently wrong with what he said, not sure what though. It looks below grade and also dont see the plywood on either side. Something was alittle confusing here
@@townsendliving9750 he corrects himself at approx 8:30
@ we hold Matt to the highest of standards :)
@ AND there ARE SIPS rated for below grade application.
@ I just meant that his houses are built to high levels of craftsmanship with high-end materials.
FIRST ... that's right, I'm 11 years old!
Glad to have you little buddy!
Am I going crazy, or is that clearly 2x8", not 2x10"? 6:35
It shrunk due to the cold
Whistler is not a super cold place Matt. There's more going on in the world than rural Texas builds.
Marry Christmas! A..
I love the fact Matt uses Dunkin' Donuts for comparison instead of that other brand "StarSucks" @5:18.
jpelasky01 because dunkin is archaic and hasn’t gotten with a more sustainable future yet. Starbucks already uses paper.
Because Starbucks doesnt have styrofoam cups.
Hey, I'm fine with you buying the cheapest brand found in grocery stores. Maxwell House 4 U.
*meet kevin roasted u and the build matt*
I thought he raised some valid points but the guy has a real lack of maturity and class, he is 27 going on 15. I call him 'Kevin the teenager' after a UK character/film of that name. Kid's got some growing up to do.
Hey Cody, I wouldn’t say roast - definitely a different perspective, though. Thanks for watching both channels! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to the Risinger’s and his subscribers too!!
@@dannymurphy1779 nah im team kevin watch ur mouth
@@MeetKevin shououts to *meet kevin*
@@dannymurphy1779 you are embarrassing yourself mate
Bahahahahah! Matt, there's no such thing as "Super Cold" that far south in BC.. Get yourself up to Inuvik and Whitehorse, or Juneau, and then you'll only be scratching the surface of super cold..
juneau is practically tropical compared to alaska proper
@@BaconWeaveTurtles Ha! You've heard it hear first folks! I was just taking a stab at somewhere cold.. We'll take your word on somewhere colder. :)
Who the hell has the money for this houses?