Prefabricated exterior panels installation - Day 2

Andrew & Joey joined Rane & Jan for another day of hard work.  All the wall panels had to be installed in preparation for the roof panels arriving on Thursday.

2nd batch of panels ready to be lifted up & secured in place

Andrew securing one of the wall panels

By the end of Day 2

Prefabricated exterior panels installation - Day 1

Collective Carpentry has been working hard prefabricating the panels in their Invermere factory over the past few weeks.  Prior to that, lots of planning happened between Brett, Alison & Rane/Jan.

The panels finally arrived yesterday evening.  This morning, Rane and Jan (pro: Yan) were ready to install the first batch of panels.  What an exciting day!

They came prepared!

Before

The crane & the panels meet for the first time

The first piece

Jan & Rane securing the main floor panels

After

By lunch time

The concrete slab

Bitumen waterproofing (black in color)

Rebars in place

Pouring concrete to form the slab on 5 June 2015

While all these were happening, the house was being built in Invermere by Collective Carpentry.

Progress - 15 to 21 May 2015

Lots of activity before the boom pump arrives.

Here comes the boom pump

Concrete being transferred from the mixer to the boom pump

After a few days - the external stairwell and east wall

The garage

West walls

Progress over the last 2 weeks

Progress - slowly but surely.

Forms

Pouring concrete into forms

The garage - for now.

The external staircase - coming soon!

Not even a 5.2 but we think it is nice - it stays.

What is a Passive House?

Let's answer that question by telling you what a Passive House is not.  A Passive House is not a Passive Solar House.  A Passive House is not a house built by a vegetarian who practices yoga and meditates at least 3 times a day.  A Passive House is:

"A building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable, affordable and ecological at the same time.
Passive House is not a brand name, but a construction concept that can be applied by anyone and that has stood the test of practice."  Passipedia.

If you want more information, click on these links:

Passive House Institute
Canadian Passive House Institute

Breaking ground!

Start your engines!  Let the excavation begin!

No rocks! (Keeping fingers crossed)

And the digging goes on and on...