At 11:14 PM 1/10/00 -0500, Leonard Jones wrote:
BTW, the beams and columns will
>be insulated with R-19 batt insulation when they are fabricated. I'll be
>doing the fabrication under controlled conditions at my house in Littleton,
>CO and transporting the beams and columns for final assembly at Crestone,
>CO.
The box beams are so easy to put together, we generally do them on site. We leave the tops open until they are in place on the wall. This makes them lighter to lift, and allows us to overlap OSB skins at corners to lock the beams in place. We insulate with straw sometimes, and have blown in cellulose insulation, as well as fiberglass.
Have fun!
John
John Swearingen
Skillful Means--Architecture and Construction
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