ABOVE ALL BUILDING GREEN IS A SYSTEM FOR EVERGREEN COLORADO REAL ESTATE
It is important to understand that most ‘Green” building methods are part of a building system. You cannot just stick a high efficient window here or there and forget the placement of the window and the design of the roof soffit above the window. It gives you little benefit to use 2 X 6 wall construction in only some of the exterior walls, which I have seen many builders do. This kind of building shows a desire to cheat or fool the buyer or a total lack of understanding of the entire insulating system of a new home.
Many of these features are designed to save you on your energy costs and to protect our environment. But remember that a home has an environment of its own. When you build a home the house has high-pressure areas and low-pressure areas that must be balanced. Your new home will have high moisture areas in laundry rooms, bathrooms and kitchens; and low moisture areas in bedroom and living rooms that again must be balanced.
Just like a weather system the high pressure and high moisture areas will try to balance with the low pressure and low moisture areas and you will get air leakage from the cold outside to the warm inside unless the system to complete. Nice solar sunlight coming through the windows in the winter is great but can be unbearable in the middle of July.
So remember that with every phase of the job from the foundation insulation, to the exterior sheathing and siding, to the roof and the framed walls; the integrity of every system must be maintained to produce the effective result that the design intended.
THREE DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
We have 40 years experience in building custom homes. We are an EVERGREEN COLORADO CUSTOM HOME BUILDER and would be happy to talk to you about Your dream home. We have three different construction programs for you to choose from. We will show you how to take your project from conception, through land selection and financing to final move in. Please, give us a call at 303-674-0148, Email us at markenglishbuilder@msn.com or visit us on the web at www.evergreencoloradoliving.com.
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