Sunday, August 24, 2008
Putting in the beam pockets

Then it's finished and a piece of rebar is placed in the hole on the top of the bracket. The red line is the 2nd floor level (minus the sheathing and finish layers).
This is a photo history of my home building project. Click on any picture for a better view. The goal is to build a small, efficient two bedroom home with low maintenance and low ecological impact. It's constructed of Insulated Composite Concrete Forms (ICCF), with hydronic heat in a slab on grade. The forms are a mixture of concrete and post-consumer recycled polystyrene. The property is waterfront acreage on Hood Canal in Washington state.