Our siding installer is seen here putting the finishing touches on our 100% James Hardi exterior. Notice how he is wearing a safety harness & is roped off. All new homes now have a bracket on the backside of the roof for workers or homeowners to attach to.
More siding detail work happening at the front porch. Even the facial boards will have Hardi-plank siding over them. This will create a more even appearance and greater longevity.
Like all new Arbor Homes...It will have a 92% efficiency gas furnace. This one is a Carrier brand.
Close up of the Whole House Ventilation Timer. This controls how often the furnace will turn on and bring fresh air into the home. This air will be filtered and heated if necessary. A healthy home needs to have fresh air circulation.
During construction, Arbor covers the heat duct to keep debris & other "stuff" out of your duct work. Notice the gray mastic sealer that eliminates air leakes around the duct & the flooring.
Gary...This one's for you! All Arbor Homes are Central Vacuum ready. We pre-install piping in the walls that would be difficult to do after completion. This picture shows where the Vacuum head would connect in the garage. Next to it is a dedicated 20amp circuit we install. There are a great many benefits of having a Central Vacuum system...especially if someone in your household has allergies. I will cover this further in future blogs.
This is our heat ducts passing through the web joists. Notice the mastic sealer around all connections. This helps to eliminate air leakage. The ducts you see here are located between the first & second levels. Shorter runs & ducts located in "conditioned" spaces creates much better efficiency.
This is gas stub for the future kitchen island cooktop. You can faintly see blue lines on the subfloor. This is the outline of where the cabinets will be.
This home will have a gas fireplace in the living room. These heatilator models feature an efficient, electronic ignition. Therefore it will not have a pilot light. Older or lesser quality gas fireplaces us a pilot light system. Those models burn unnecessary gas when not in use and heat the home too. Pilot lights can make fixtures hot to the touch and can be dangerous for small children.
I've read that custom home building is a great way to reduce energy and heating bills because they add triple layered insulation and sometimes energy efficient solutions like solar panels to these new homes. Great to see that more and more people are choosing to build custom instead of buying pre-constructed homes.
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