new puna house design

[Rob Tucker]

Permitting is the same as any other house.

Material costs for most of my clients (exterior SIP walls, Roof SIP panels, roof trims & gutters, steel floor frame, steel roof frame and subfloor cement panels) generally runs $40 psf or less.

Lead times are generally 4-6 weeks.... hopefully about the same amount of time as plan check.

$40 psf is not the part that will break your budget. It is the part that will determine how long your home lasts and how it performs over time.

[john the architect]

I have designed and built concrete filled steel deck floors. Requires multistory commercial building mindset, staffing, and sourcing.

John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082

[Cagary]

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Originally posted by cinnaminnacat

$$ the house may be resold in, say, 10+- years. at 75-80 years old i will need to recoup a decent % of the investment. i will have to use that to fund an assisted living place for both of us!

a fully steel framed house sounds $$$ overpriced for lower puna, but, actually, i dont know how much all steel frame would cost. also sounds like it would be difficult to get it built in lower puna, its a skillset/jobsite problem.

any steel framers wanna comment? any real estate people listening?

thanks to everyone for your thoughtful input. please keep it coming.

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Here's a look at the steel framing in the Castleblock home my wife and I are building. My builder said that it went together quite easily and he appreciated working with straight steel framing and not trying to frame with warped lumber.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/Ga...svv5ke.jpg



-Veritas odium parit”(Terence 195–159 BC))-"Truth begets hatred".

[cinnaminnacat]

Thanks for posting the photos of your house. Very nice! Looks like it will be a very pleasant and practical home.

[Seeb]

quote:

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Originally posted by john the architect

I have designed and built concrete filled steel deck floors. Requires multistory commercial building mindset, staffing, and sourcing.

John Maloney
310.562.0362
johnmaloney3@me.com
Hawaii Architect AR8082

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Q deck might be a little bit overkill

[NextStopPuna]

quote:

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Originally posted by Rob Tucker

Permitting is the same as any other house.

Material costs for most of my clients (exterior SIP walls, Roof SIP panels, roof trims & gutters, steel floor frame, steel roof frame and subfloor cement panels) generally runs $40 psf or less.

Lead times are generally 4-6 weeks.... hopefully about the same amount of time as plan check.

$40 psf is not the part that will break your budget. It is the part that will determine how long your home lasts and how it performs over time.

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[kalakoa]

Material costs ... generally runs $40 psf or less.

How does labor compare? Do it yourself? Specialized framing crew and/or tools? Crane to lift the roof SIPs?

[Rob Tucker]

I've never needed a crane for the roof panels. Fewer tools required in my opinion. Less waste. Reports (from contractors) are the labor on the SIP is 30% less. I mostly have dealt with owner builders, most of whom have no prior experience.

[ElysianWort]

Btw Rob, tenting does prevent infestation. As long as you do it often enough. Kills everything inside. Like pressing a reset button on insect life inside.

[cinnaminnacat]

pest control:

tenting: how often are you supposed to do it? what does it typically cost?

termites are certainly a big concern, but ROACHES! and all the other household critter infestations are a daily battle in PUNA! is it usual to periodically tent a house to control all the misc pests?

yes, i *am* thinking about house design features to make it easier to control roaches, ants, et. al. tight closing screens on all doors and windows.

any design ideas? things to do, things to avoid?