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Posted by on May 28, 2007, 1:11 pm
Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, or general advice about
using structural insulated panels (sips) to frame up a house? The
ones I have been reading about have 3 or 3 1/2" polyurethane foam
bonded to 7/16" osb on each side.
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Posted by NuWaveDave on May 28, 2007, 1:49 pm
> Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, or general advice about
> using structural insulated panels (sips) to frame up a house? The
> ones I have been reading about have 3 or 3 1/2" polyurethane foam
> bonded to 7/16" osb on each side.
The current issue of Fine Homebuilding has a feature article on SIPs.
They are the go-to method for timber frame structures,
--
NuWave Dave in Houston
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Posted by NuWaveDave on May 28, 2007, 1:51 pm
> Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, or general advice about
> using structural insulated panels (sips) to frame up a house? The
> ones I have been reading about have 3 or 3 1/2" polyurethane foam
> bonded to 7/16" osb on each side.
The current issue of Fine Homebuilding has a feature article on SIPs:
http://www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/pages/fh_currentissue.asp
They are the go-to method for timber frame structures,
--
NuWave Dave in Houston
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Posted by Matt Whiting on May 28, 2007, 6:06 pm
racefan0309@yahoo.com wrote:
> Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, or general advice about
> using structural insulated panels (sips) to frame up a house? The
> ones I have been reading about have 3 or 3 1/2" polyurethane foam
> bonded to 7/16" osb on each side.
>
I've never used them and thus have no first-hand experience with them.
Having said that, what I've read about them has been largely positive.
The only negative I heard was from one of my masters program professors
who said they (a timber frame company) had been troublesome with respect
to the exterior OSB rotting early under asphalt shingles. The suspected
problem was some moisture getting under the shingles from condensation
and then having no easy way to escape since the underside of the OSB is
effectively sealed by the foam core. He said they started to place
furring strips on the root and then a layer of plywood and then used
ridge and soffitt vents to allow the air to flow between the SIPs and
the plywood under the shingles. This seemed to eliminate the problem.
This is about the only criticism, other than cost, which I've heard.
Matt
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Posted by Andy Asberry on May 28, 2007, 11:04 pm
On 28 May 2007 10:11:49 -0700, racefan0309@yahoo.com wrote:
>Does anyone have any opinions, good or bad, or general advice about
>using structural insulated panels (sips) to frame up a house? The
>ones I have been reading about have 3 or 3 1/2" polyurethane foam
>bonded to 7/16" osb on each side.
Here is how I did mine. http://www.asberry.net/home_building.htm
--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----
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