Baja Inspired Tile
The beautiful, Baja-inspired tile in this home includes mosaics, handmade by the kids. Accent tiles include the flora and fauna specific to Baja and create warm and fun spaces. Working closely with the homeowners, Jacquie Sebulsky of Garnish Home Staging & Design, helped make tile selections that would create a warm and inviting atmosphere and reflects [...]
Warmboard Radiant Heat
The first phase of the radiant floor system has been installed even before the walls of the Shevlin House. Warmboard® is a radiant heat application that incorporates a thick aluminum surface with PEX tubes installed into pre-routed channels. The aluminum surface is part of the sub-floor; the PEX tubing will be installed later in the construction [...]
SIPs- an Amazing Building System
The Shevlin House incorporates a highly energy efficient and green building system – SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) and they are being installed today! SIPs are one of the most airtight and well insulated building systems available- using less energy to heat and cool, allowing for better control over indoor environmental conditions, and reduce construction waste. Each SIP is [...]
Their Green Devotion is Admirable
Bend homeowners work — and pay — to make their home eco-friendly By John Stearns business editor / The Bulletin Published: November 07. 2010 4:00AM PST Some people probably question the money Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott are spending to create the greenest home possible in Bend — almost $270,000 before construction has even begun. The Bulletin [...]
Green Home Costs, Challenges Add Up
But Bend couple is not giving up on building extremely green home By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin Published: November 01. 2010 4:00AM PST Editor’s note: Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott invited The Bulletin to follow their green-building project from start to finish to share their goals, decisions, costs, concerns, problems and achievements, and to be an open [...]
A Foot to Stand On
Luckily, the good weather is holding out and we’ve been able to make some great progress on this project in Shevlin Commons. The lot has been carefully ‘scrubbed’, with special attention being paid to preserving the native vegetation. Now, the footings have been poured and the outline of the home is starting to be visible.
Cabinets & American Clay
The cabinets are being installed this week and the style of the home is becoming more visible. The family chose American Clay for the hood in their kitchen because it is a non-toxic plaster and made in the USA; it’s an alternative to cement, acrylic and lime plasters.
Breaking Ground!
This morning we enjoyed a ground breaking ceremony hosted by our clients. The beautiful fall morning accentuated this gathering which included the real estate agent, mortgage broker, banker, architect, interior designer, builder, and even the excavator. The Maunders shared their intent for the home and after a few words were offered, James Fagan dug the [...]
Ghost Wood Siding
Ghost Wood siding is being installed as an alternative wood product to reclaimed wood and barn wood. Ghost Wood is a product that resembles reclaimed wood, while preserving our historic monuments – utilizing dead standing timber and preserving our Ghost Towns.
Bend Couple is Aspiring to Harness the Wind
by Kate Ramsayer / The Bend Bulletin The roof of the super-efficient greenhouse Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott are designing is slated to be covered in solar panels to produce electricity. But the Bend couple is hoping to take onsite energy production on the northwest Bend property one step further. They’re proposing to install two vertical wind turbines to [...]
Family Hand Prints & Climbing Walls
The closeness of this family and the fun they want to share in their home is exemplified in some of the accents they have chosen. One of the exterior, stone walls, will have an incorporated climbing wall. The kids have been involved in various aspects of the construction process, helping assemble some cabinets, making tiles, and now [...]
The Stone Work Continues
This home’s Stonework is extensive and is really coming together. The warm tones of the stone are echoed in the colors of the surrounding desert and will be complemented by the siding and stucco selections. Kevin Spencer Masonry has been hard at work with this project. In addition to siding, stonework is being incorporated into [...]
Locally Made Windows
We just finished installing Jeld Wen Windows. The Custom Collection windows are made in Bend.
A Materially Different Home
Before a Bend couple can start building their ultra-green home, they need theright materials – and finding them is a challenge Editors note: Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott invited The Bulletin to follow their building project — to build the greenest home possible — from start to finish to share their goals, decisions, costs, concerns, problems [...]
Stacking ICF
The ICF is being ‘stacked’ and the form of the house is becoming apparent. These large, hollow blocks are stacked and filled with reinforcing bar and concrete. Homes built with ICF exterior walls require an estimated 44% less energy to heat and 32% less energy to cool than comparable frame houses.
It Has to be Straight
Forms are erected to make sure the ICF blocks are correctly aligned before concrete is pumped into the blocks’ voids.
Making Forms for the Footings
The forms for footings have been built and the rebar is being meticulously wired into place.
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