Construction of houses with SIP  

Due to the economic crisis and the rising cost of energy, many began to thoroughly reflect on cheapening the construction of their home. And more and more people became interested not in the way that our grandfathers and great-grandfathers built and how the "civilized" world is building. Or rather, Europe and North America.

Canada and the United States are gaining popularity with a SIP home. This technology has come with us.

What it is?

SIP is an English abbreviation - structural insulation panel, translated as a structurally insulated panel.

In essence, it is an element of a frame house made at the factory.
That is, houses with bay panels are houses made of wooden frame with insulated foam.

But what is so unusual in them?

Let's face the wall of a traditional frame house:

stands, here is the diagonal, here is insulation with mineral wool.

And if we take instead of mineral wool foam it and will SIP?

Not at all.

Here is an element of the sip panel:

Externally, it looks like a frame filled with foam and covered on both sides of the OSB plate.

But the feature is that in SIP foam on the entire surface is rigidly glued (necessarily with the technology in the factory) to the OSB slabs with polyurethane adhesive and this makes it more than just a heater and a constructive element of the building.

What does this give us?

This makes it possible not to cut diagonals into the frame, it is a labor-intensive process in the construction of a frame house, and slightly reduce the number of racks.

The function of diagonals or, in other words, wind bindings is performed by a panel of foam with hard-glued sheets of OSB.

Here is a house going out of such sandwiches.

In what vertical load on the foundations is transmitted by a wooden beam - through which sandwiches are interconnected, and diagonal wind loads perceive two sheets of OSB plates and a sheet of hard heater.

Why did we pay attention to bayonet?

A little background:

When designing and building houses, we strive for maximum energy efficiency.

In 2007 we built a house for ourselves a country house on frame technology.

For 12 years of operation the house has shown itself perfectly.

And in 2013, we began to renovate the old family home as well as frame technology, but with much higher requirements for energy efficiency.

According to the thermal calculations the house turns out 5 times warmer than the standard building of aerated concrete.

In 2014, we asked a client to design their own home and drew our attention to the technology of building houses with SIP.

What we immediately saw in the eyes is the absolute tightness of the house.

What many consider to be a disadvantage, but from the standpoint of energy conservation is a huge plus. Also, due to the large sheets of insulation, the number of cold bridges decreases in comparison with the traditional frame house.

Therefore, we began to consider this technology more closely.

Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this technology.

Let's start with the disadvantages:

Due to the higher density of foam in comparison with the minvata - the worst sound insulation, which further requires additional measures for the sound protection of partitions and ceilings. (by default, the noise transmission of such a house is comparable to a panel concrete building)
Also, to a disadvantage, compared with a building of aerated concrete, we will carry a large fire hazard.
Now about the benefits:

The speed of the construction of the box and, accordingly, the cost of building such a house is several times lower than that of aerated concrete. A house of medium size with an area of ​​approximately 120-150m2 is going to 2-2.5 weeks. For comparison: on a thorough assembly of a frame house it is necessary 1.5-2 months, and the house with aerated concrete about 3x.
At the expense of flow production and savings on concrete for foundations, as well as less transport costs, the much lower price of the box of the house is obtained.
As we have already mentioned, the tightness of the house has an excellent effect on energy conservation.
During the construction of the attic roof, the roof is already warmed up, since the rough system is also made with an IPS.
Immediately after the box is erected, the building has good energy-saving properties. (and with sufficient additional insulation, it can easily be made passive)
Now we summarize:

For ourselves, we decided that this system of construction is great for those who need the most warm house at the most optimal price. But it should be borne in mind that at the initial stage you must have sufficient means to build the entire building.

If you want to build a house in stages, gradually earning money for materials and salaries for the workers, this technology may not appear to you pocket. In this case, it makes sense to pay attention to the traditional skeleton construction scheme.

But for those who want to have warm accommodation in the shortest possible time and takes for building a loan, this technology is ideally suited.

If you decide to build an energy efficient house with SIP panels, contact us and we will help you find a project, design the foundations and even count the cost of your home. And if you want something and help with the construction.

Any of our typical building projects can be adapted for construction with SIP, see projects HERE

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