Sunday, November 11, 2007

Insulation

Wow! Teddy and Curt Wagner at Foam Insulation Company in Spartanburg have been amazing. They sell a Demilec product and were able to get us SEALection Agribalance foam. It is a vegetable oil based foam - saving petroleum is a great thing! They really know their products and are very helpful. The team of installers are friendly, quick and clean. We decided to do foam for several reasons - one it cuts down on allergies which will be good for everyone in our family - it is amazingly energy efficient - and we liked having a product that cut down on the use of fossil fuels. I don't know all of the science but I know Curt and Teddy do and if you are interested in using foam I suggest you look him up online , give him a call at 864-583-3174, or send him and email.

Check out this video of FIC working their magic with the foam.


pictures

here are three that show the house in almost panoramic. we are super excited about our metal roof from Eagle Metals. It is nice to be able to get really green products from a local company. Jamie and the whole Eagle Metals team has been very helpful and accomodating. People ask all of the time why we went with a metal roof and I think there are three real reasons - not neccisarily in order.

1. it looks cool, and will sound awesome when it rains.
2. it is very green and energy efficient.
3. if we ever want to replace it, it goes in the recycling bin not the landfill.

Enjoy the pics.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

exciting pictures coming soon

Well the siding is almost complete and Foothills Exterior has done an amazing job. We are using a cement fiber siding by CertainTeed. This product came from Neely's Building Supply who continues to be a huge help in this process.

We started the roof this past week and we are really excited. We chose a metal roof that from Eagle Metals

The particular roof is a grey but it is a "cool metal roof." Learn more about cool metal roofing here.

Pictures will be coming soon.

Also look for a video of the instillation of the insulation in the coming weeks.