ISEHNHOUR HOMES ROCKET REBUILD

We at Isenhour Homes have partnered with the Forsyth County Housing Department and Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County to change the life of a wonderful Family in Kernersville. If you would like to contibute to our effort please visit Habitat for Humanity's website and in the donation designation put Isenhour Homes Rocket Rebuild.





Day 3

Well we hadn't planned on working on Sunday, but with the rain from Saturday and because of the unique timing situation we finished framing on Sunday. We figured that serving others by building them a house would be an okay activity on the Sabbath. We could also hear the minister next door, so it was like we were in Sunday School while working. The framing went smoothly, we hand set the trusses, and finished mid afternoon. Insulation Solutions showed up and sprayed some open cell foam on the roof and gable end walls. The coolest part of this home (well one of the coolest for sure) was the advanced energy efficiency measures we used to lower energy consumption and of course the home owner's monthly bills. We had the house evaluated and designed to meet an energy efficiency standard called 'System Vision', like energy star, but kicked up a notch. The evaluation and testing was done by Danny Gough, a rater from Advanced Energy Solutions. He's a genius when it comes to energy usage and building science (probably other things as well) and offered a tremendous amount of help in the design and execution of our energy saving measures.