The weather has slowed down construction onsite, so for your infotainment, here is a short video about the project, created by Nauhaus comrade Jennifer, for a class at UNC Asheville.
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For the last couple weeks, Matt and his crew, plus volunteers, have been continuing the second floor Hemcrete installation.
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Current View of Southeast
Current View of Southwest
Hemp Stacked and Waiting
The Trusty Mixer
Adam is the fastest Hemcrete installer in the West!
Support for Upper Forms over CMU Wall
Closeup of Form Attachment
Scaffolding
The forms are built up almost ot the overhangs, and are stuffed by hand.
Completed Window Opening
Thermally broken mounting bracket for roof supports. The pink is foam insulation.
Closeup of Hemcrete in Form
A combination of custom and pre-made forms is used on the 2nd floor.
The big blizzard of ’09 temporarily put the kibosh on construction, but we’re back up and running. The Hemcrete forms have come off of the first floor, Serious Materials windows have arrived, and the roof is moving forward, with horse drawn, local, sustainably harvested hemlock fascia boards from Mountain Works installed this week.
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Wall with Custom Hemcrete Forms
Wall after Hemcrete Forms are Removed
Serious Materials Windows Have Arrived
Serious Materials Windows Waiting for Installation
Head and Jamb of Hemcrete Window Opening
Jamb and Sill of Hemcrete Window Opening
Sustainably Harvested Hemlock Fascia
Closeup of Future Patio Connection at West Wall
Nauhaus Prototype as of December 31, 2009
The Hemcrete installation continued today in the freezing weather, and is up to the second floor. Ian Snider from Mountain Works dropped by yesterday to discuss some of the sustainably harvested wood he will be supplying to the project. Ian’s company uses horses to remove the trees that they selectively cull as part of a forest stewardship process.
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Ian Snider and Jeff Buscher
House with forms on the South side.
Elisha measures.
Shutter being attached.
Elisha
Sarah tamps the Hemcrete.
Hemcrete in Mixer
Nauhaus Building Systems mixes Hemcrete.
Shutters line the interior South wall.
Interior of West and North walls without forms.
Electrical Box in Hemcrete
Here is a timelapse video of the construction from late August, up to Tuesday November 10. Notice the leaves changing colors!
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Time Lapse: Nauhaus Prototype Eco Home (Update 1) from The Nauhaus on Vimeo.
Eco-Panels came out on Tuesday and Wednesday and installed the S.I.P. roof. The finished roof system for the Nauhaus Prototype will have an insulation value of about R80 when completed, because the spaces between the 8″ rafters will be packed with cellulose.
Some information about Eco-Panels, from their website:
For a truly superior building envelope Eco-Panels manufactures the only R60 panel on the market today coming in at just 8.5″ in thickness. This panel, designed specifically for use in arctic regions, is perfect for the passive house or net zero energy designs where most modeling software calls for an R40 wall and R60 roof (of course this will vary based on region). This roof panel will perform at better than R60 at 20deg F (-7deg C) using LTTP (long term thermal profile) and temperature vs k-factor performance data provided by the foam component manufacturer.
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Garnet Igneous delivers supplies.
The framing is ready to receive the Eco Panels S.I.P.s.
Chris Cashman
Eco-Panels Truck
Matt, Mike and Tim
The Eco-Panels S.I.P.s are attached to a special bracket and lifted with a crane.
Jeffrey
Matt and Elijah install panels.
Matt prepares for an Eco Panel.
Matt and Elijah attach panels to the North side of the roof.
8.5" R60 Eco-Panel S.I.P. on 8" Rafter
Eco-Panels being installed on the South side of the roof
Northeast Corner
West Gable
All of the Eco-Panels are installed. Next we will add the overhangs and metal roofing.
Matt and his crew finished the roof framing today.
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Finished Framing
Ridge Beam
Completed Rafters
Eastern View under Rafters
Collar Tie
Northwest Corner of Nauhaus Prototype
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Well, one wall anyway.
Yesterday Ian and Mario from Lime Technologies came out in the rain to help us install some Hemcrete, starting the first home in the United States to be built with the product.
The rest will be installed after the Eco Panels go up.
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Click here to watch the full interview with Ian Pritchett.
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We were excited to have Ian Pritchett and Mario Machnicki from Lime Technology, makers of Hemcrete, come by to check out our building for the first time. We had some great discussions about Hemcrete, earthen blocks, construction details and more. The electrical work has been completed, and the walls are ready for the hemp installation.
Jeff Buscher, Tim Callahan, Ian Pritchett, Mario Machnicki
Ian Pritchett and Jeff Buscher talk about earthen blocks.
Southeast view of the nearly-completed framing of the Nauhaus Prototype
Electrical Box Installation
The electrical boxes are mounted on blocking so that they will be flush to the inside of the 12" walls.
Today, the folks from Asheville Green Opportunities came to help out. In the meantime, Matt and his crew started putting up rafters.
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Asheville GO
Asheville GO Volunteers
Installing Blocking for Electrical
Tony Beurskens Directs Asheville GO Volunteers
Elijah and Chris
Finished Scaffolding
Matt Installing Rafter
East Gable
