The Ideal "Puna" House Design

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We did several things to the Argus Kit House we built that were to improve air circulation and openness. It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath home designed for 8' walls and conventional flat ceiling trusses with a big open area for the kitchen/dining room/living room. We increased the wall height to 10' and put scissor trusses over the main living area. What a difference between our home and the regular built one we toured. Ours is much more open and airy. We also put in 5' tall double hung window. With that we got extra light and air circulation.Everything else is pretty much as designed originally. These improvements did not increase slab or roof costs. Mainly it was longer studs and some extra T-111. Didn't even increase framing time much. All in all we're quite pleased with it.