The Building Blocks of Renovating a TV Project House

By: Max Alexander, This Old House magazine (Page 5 of 5)

Photo: Russell Kaye

A crew from Superior Walls installs the foundation — panels of insulated concrete that are set on a bed of crushed stone, adhered to each other with a urethane adhesive, and then bolted together. The entire foundation was built in a day, no curing time needed.

Photo: Russell Kaye

On the first floor of the barn, Tom used 12-inch-thick SIP floor panels for their added strength.

Photo: Russell Kaye

The TV crew films the assembly of the SIP walls and roof at Carlisle. It took just a few days to put up the SIPs, when it would have taken Tom Silva's crew two and a half weeks to frame the same area.

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Sneak Peek at the Fall 2007 Season of This Old House TV

The experts from This Old House transform an 1897 Shingle-style house in Newton, Mass., into family-friendly home. And the Ask This Old House crew is back on the road making house calls nationwide.

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Architect:
Jeremiah Eck Architects
Boston, MA
617-367-9696
www.jearch.com

Precast concrete walls:
Superior Walls
New Holland, PA
800-452-9255
www.superiorwalls.com

SIPs:
Insulspan
Blissfield, MI
517-486-4844
www.insulspan.com

Northeast Insulspan distributor and SIP installer:
Panel Pros
Keene, NH
800-721-7075
www.panelpros.com

Green building newsletter:
Environmental Building News
BuildingGreen, Inc.
Brattleboro, VT
800-861-0954
www.buildinggreen.com