Projects

Mulberry Home

This smaller all-electric green ranch home is located at Evans Farm in Delaware County. It began with a concept drawing and was constructed with SIPS and employs a Superior Wall Foundation. We installed Marvin double-pane windows and a Mitsubishi air-sourced heat pump HVAC system which along with the home’s solar panels exceeds all of the homes demands and keeps its operating costs low.

SIPS arriving from the factory. Window and door openings are all precut.

Essential break for pie.

Factory insulated 10′ tall Superior Wall foundation gives the owners a warm and dry lower level.

Energy Matters conducts blower door testing to confirm the home’s tightness. Faithful sidekick “Jackson” monitors Dwayne’s work. All homes receive blower door testing and meet the U.S. Department of Energy Zero Energy Ready Home requirements.

Hickory floors installed and the move in begins.

A metal roof and factory painted James Hardie siding for a sustainable low maintenance exterior

Solar panels on the south facing roof provide much of the home’s electrical needs.

Darby Braeside Home

Recently completed just outside of Plain City, this green home is constructed with SIPS and rests on a Superior Wall Foundation. The home incorporates Marvin triple-pane windows, solar panels, and a geothermal heating/cooling system beneath its 100 year standing seam metal roof.

Site survey begins followed by excavation.

10′ tall Superior Wall foundation installation begins.

Building a stairway uses reclaimed barn wood and using antique reproduction nails that we have especially flown in for our use.

Legacy House

Its owners wanted to create a home that would be practical in a changed environment, where reduced energy consumption and fossil fuel carbon emissions are of very great importance.

The Department of Energy certified Zero Energy Ready all-electric Legacy House at Evans Farm in Lewis Center, Ohio had a June 2019 AEP electric bill of $9.50, thanks to its 7.2kW solar panel array and a super-tight SIP envelope. More recently the home’s total bill for a year has run around $80-$100. That’s around $6.00 to $8.00 per month and it includes charging their Electric Vehicle which they estimate they drive 10,000 miles per year! The home won the Structural Insulated Panel Association’s nationwide 2020 “High Performance Winner” as well as Green Builder’s 2021 “Home of the Year” in the Alternative Building category.

The foundation for the Legacy House with Superior Foundation Walls and an insulated sub-slab ready for the concrete pour.

Raising the Legacy House’s SIP walls.

New Albany House

We saved an existing small ranch home and greatly expanded it by adding a much larger structure on a Superior Wall basement, including an 1880’s timber frame.

Front view of the new SIPS section.

Great room fireplace.

Interior view looking down from the loft above the kitchen.

Interior view of the 1882 timber frame.

Walkout basement leading to the pool.

Spiral staircase in the home’s silo.

Delaware Farm House

An historic timber frame built in 1862 that was once a home on Havens Corner Road in Gahanna, Ohio. A newspaper clipping was discovered pasted to a hand hewn post detailing the Civil War battle that had taken place in Florence, Kentucky, just across the river from Cincinnati where Rebel forces were defeated. That battle took place in September of 1862. Did the man who was plastering the walls fear he or someone he knew was going to war? The frame was disassembled and moved to southern Delaware County where it was incorporated into a new farmhouse styled house. It now is the sunroom, kitchen and great room of this home.

Top of the Hill House

Sitting atop one of Ohio’s “mountains” offers this home a commanding view.

It also presents us with a challenge. Taking advantage of the beautiful northern vista through a wall of glass requires special heating and cooling load considerations. A SIPS house with 8″ wall and 12″ roof panels, triple pane windows and a geothermal HVAC system helps us create a tight efficient Building Envelope.

It all starts with the installation of the pre-cast Superior Wall basement which comes in 8, 9, 10, or 12′ wall heights.