Snow has a co-worker that has built a lot with SIPs (structural insulated panels), and he swears by it. It’s apparently fully structural, and that means you use a lot less in the way of studs. The insulation is inherent in the panel, and compares favorably in R-rating to other insulation methods (actually, it outperforms them by a lot for other reasons).
He has a fair amount of it that he’s got stored and is willing to part with, so we will almost certainly be giving this stuff a try as we build our first structure. Should allow us to get something up faster, and be much better insulated than a traditional approach would allow for.
- Decent article on SIPs (Mother Earth News)
- Time-lapse of a building going up (no studs!)
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