I struggled with deciding whether to update the earlier post (about sheathing and moisture) or start a new one.  I felt a unique post would better reflect details of the best practices we took in completing our air and water barrier. Below you will see photos of taped panels demonstrating the basic installation but also how … Continue reading Installation details on Forcefield

11/2/2018 Way behind. Hard to keep up with Bray Construction, but I have also had computer problems and we had a couple of family weddings to attend - all good! So I will try to catch up. 10/25/2018 What is a house, but a roof over your head? #hardestworkingteaminusa has been busy. Landus has designed … Continue reading The Roof

October 8, 2018 Well folks, the work just does not slow down! The beams came in one day, Hasel and team (aka: #hardestworkingteaminusa) handled each beam cutting and staging them for the crane to arrive and place them on the house. I was amazed at how neat the site came together leaving it all tidy … Continue reading Up and beautiful

10/4/2018 our beams arrive! #hardestworkingteaminusa has been busy preparing for the arrival of the crane on Monday. All the beams require the ends to be cut. Today they are doing that and staging several for easy setting on Monday. Yoder's delivered the beams, weaving their way back down the road to the house. They masterfully … Continue reading Beams Arrive!!

One decision we made was to hire Bray Construction to be our builder. Hansel Bray is someone we completely trust. He has built several things for us in the past and we have seen several homes he's built and we were certain he was who we wanted to build our's We thought briefly about contracting … Continue reading Vendors

Many of you know, Landus is involved in the development of systems and products for the building industry - predominantly focused on keeping building materials structurally sound. In most cases, this means keeping the wood dry or make sure it has drying potential if it does get wet. A building envelope is defined as the physical separator … Continue reading Sheathing and moisture

September 21st, one of the more important elements is installed between the cinder block and the wood. Weather-Bloc is a system that provides an air and moisture block between your foundation and floor system. If you visit their website, you will see that it helps reduce your energy consumption, helps protect your home from moisture and … Continue reading Weather-Bloc Systems

09/20/2018 Our floor framing package has arrived! Let's count the days before the hardest working team in the USA has us walking on the foundation. UPDATE: 9/24/2018 9/25/2018 - And we have a floor!

I'm trying to catch up to where we are on the house. The site for the house was determined by our builder and by the county specified location of the septic field.  We could not build right on the lake but we will be able to see it just fine. We hope to eventually put … Continue reading Home site and foundation