Winter and Spring
Mud season is upon us.
But no better way to watch the seasons change than on the Hudson River.
And then the Spring thaw.
And Lucas always playing around. $10 bucks I can't find that umbrella when I need it next.
Farm 25 in Rhinebeck
So busy, so good.
Our Country Living Home in Rhinebeck is going swimmingly.
El;ectric finally - after building the whole damn house without it.
Nice light helps a photo. Simple advice but oh so easy to poopah.
Stone Ridge Farm Whole House Energy Evaluation
You know, we build pretty good homes - we put a lot of power 'under the hood', be it the spray foam insulation, the on demand hot water heaters, the high efficiency furnaces - all just part of our standard build specifications. It's pretty uncommon. I think our clients just expect us to be doing this - since we don't get much arguments like - 'can we use batt insulation and save $5,000 today so we can spend $50k over the next 10 years in wasted energy costs?'
But the metal really hits the road when they bring the post-build performance tester in and they perform a blower door test to test the efficiency of the structure. This isn't a wink and a nod pre-construction theoretical exercise. This is a test, and the results are black and white. Most towns don't require it, but it is code and law - but since just a few builders can actually pass the test, that I think most friendly code enforcers don't want to be chased from town so they choose to ignore that part of the code/law.
So, up above, where it says 'Results' and then '1.8 ACH -50' - that means 1.8 air exchanges per hour - which is 3x better than energy star (the sought after level) and more than 5x standard construction.
It's serious business and means direct savings. Plus its a validation that our typical and assumed standard practices are far above when other companies try real hard.
And like I think I've said about our clients over and over, they get what we are doing and how we are different in our seriousness of approach to aesthetic and functional details.
Farm 27
We got a ton of homes being built currently in Narrowsburg NY. 3 at the moment and probably another 3 before the end of June. That's a lot of new homes for Sullivan Cty, let alone one little hamlet of a few thousand people.
This 1550 sq ft 3 bedroom sits on 10 acres ((2) 5 acres parcels joined).
The Frame.
The Foundation.
The framing.
The Frame.
Siding trims and tyvek, once the roof was installed.
The interior.
And the pre-cast porch piers.
That's not even the half of it, since we are now finished with the mechanical (electric and plumbing and heating rough in, and will insulating this week. The wood siding is half done as well.
