Project Showcase: Belews Lake
July 30th, 2009 | Project Showcase | Chris, Cost Comparison, Custom Home, energy efficiency, ICF Construction, Insul-Deck, North Carolina
In North Carolina, Brickstone Enterprises is in the process of constructing a massive 22,000 sqft under- roof house on Belews Lake. The entire shell of the structure, as well as all retaining walls and pools, is being built with Reward Insulated Concrete Forms. All exterior patios are being constructed using a product called Insul-Deck which is an insulated concrete decking system. There is 3,000 sq ft of Insul-Deck on this job.
The owners were originally going to build their home out of structural steel and 2×6 framing with a poured wall foundation. What they found when doing the cost analysis between the steel with wood frame and ICF construction, was that building with Reward ICF’s, all the way to the roof, significantly lowered their stucco and electrical installation costs. They were also able to eliminate $25,000 of structural steel out of their budget.
They determined that it would be less expensive to build their home almost entirely out of concrete. This was all determined before factoring in the energy savings for heating and cooling the interior of the house. Ultimately it comes down to the fact that they are getting an extremely high quality home for less than if they had followed through with their original plans.
Keep checking back throughout this year as this enormous project gets completed.
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