I Can't Believe It's Not Zero!House construction thread: Samples for cabinet fronts for the pantry. Just say no to graige!
The brightest red is an exact match to our coffee machine, but right now I think I'm feeling the marigold??!
Get wrecked*!
*actually get slowly and methodically deconstructed, saving as much material as possible.
We are now prepared for when the slow-and-methodical deconstruction process is over.
Construction update: first delays of the project!
- Because of linemen going to help with hurricane recovery down south, it has taken three weeks to get power disconnected from the existing structure. So the excavator is just siting in the driveway waiting. Supposedly it will be disconnected today.
- Because of the threat of the dock workers strike, our windows were not loaded onto a ship from Germany on Sept 27 like they were supposed to be. As far as we can tell they're still waiting in port in Hamburg right now.
Best case scenario, we're running about a month behind schedule now. Windows are on the critical path. Transit -> wall fabrication -> delivery to site -> raising -> roofing.
Kevin Laeufer@steve what kind of windows are you getting and how did you buy them from Germany? Is your contractor buying them, are you going through a US intermediary or did you order directly from Germany? I have been looking into tripple pane windows recently and they seem impossibly hard to get in the US.
@ekiwi The windows are from UniLux (https://www.unilux-windows.com/en/start); triple-pane, mostly euro-style tilt/turn operation. We ordered them through Bensonwood (https://bensonwood.com), who are handling all the structural fabrication for our house, but I believe that they have a number of US sales representatives.
I know that I've seen a few projects in the northeast US with Josko windows and doors, so they must have US representation as well.
But also, I think all the big US manufacturers also offer triple-pane now. Certainly Pella and Marvin do (the house that we're living in during this has triple-pane Pella windows, and there are a couple specialty windows from Marvin going into the one we're building).
@steve those are some really nice windows! My eventual goal is to have a German passive house in the US. Also really into the idea of insulated concrete forms.
@ekiwi UniLux was great to work with, they pretty much do not bat an eye at any vaguely reasonable request. We have this one big sliding door (sliding panel is 7'6" x 7'), the whole assembly weighs like 400lbs. With the US manufacturers I've dealt with in the past, this would have been a hassle, but it was not even a thing.