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Customer Needs
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automobile storage
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workshop
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design for owner-builder
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solo construction & self financing (extended construction sequence; only hire out excavation & concrete pour)
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hands-on practice for building a house next
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similar look-and-feel to future super-insulated house
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experimental features
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foundation system (rubble-filled trench)
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insulation technique (cavity + continuous internal)
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utility routing (no wall penetration)
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material optimization (minimal waste)
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documentation (book format instead of rolled blueprints)
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Size: 32' x 45' (1920 sqft)
Cost
- $6900 foundation
- $13400 framing, sheathing, roofing
- $3200 doors & windows
- $5300 siding
- $2400 insulation
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| printouts (only 3 shown of many) |
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| cost estimates
cut lists cost tracking |
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| 3d model (created from extruded 2d drawings) |
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| physical model (created from printed 2d drawings and foam board) |
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| physical models of people, trees and vehicles to help understand building scale |
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| excavation & fill estimates |  |
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| mark trench |  |
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| excavate trench |  |
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| make fabric nails
lay trench fabric and drain |
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| spread and compact gravel |  |
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| set forms
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| cover and compact floor-drains
lower forms into edge trench install additional plumbing |
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| make rebar chairs (from wire panels) |
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| lay plastic
tie rebar and remesh |
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| drive grade stakes
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| area measurements for siding |
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| fascia, soffit and siding |
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| interior wall finish |  |
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| trim |  |
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| scraps (where future house will sit) |
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