rain screen style of construction

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To stay within budget, find out which materials are sourced locally and use those in your construction. Using less materials is also another way to stay within budget. Single wall construction uses a more expensive exterior siding method but there is no interior siding so the savings are made there. Same with the floor, if the "sub-floor" IS the floor, there is substantial savings in not having to put in a finish floor.

Single wall construction also doesn't have the problems with mold inside the walls. Several of my last clients (I do drafting) have chosen single wall construction since their budgets were pretty tight and they have been very happy with the results. Personally, I don't like drywall, so I'm for any design which doesn't use it but I'll draw it in there if that's what the client wants, it's their house, after all.

I've never heard of "rain screen" construction so I don't really know the details, but generally around here there are three to four foot eaves around a house which not only keep the sides of the house dry but also keeps the sun off as well. It is too expensive to run an air conditioner, so a lot of design considerations are done for house cooling. You not only want to build a home within budget but one which you can afford to live in afterwards as well. The less you spend on construction the less you will have to either earn or pay back and then you will have more time to enjoy your house.

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