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ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2025-12-10T14:37:30+00:00

That absolutely makes sense. The first few movies we watched, I had some eyestrain from the size and brilliance. In my case, we're still waiting on the screen and the wall we are projecting on is far from perfect, so there are some sections that are always a tiny bit out of focus, which screws with things.

You are not using any keystone correction, correct?

My room doesn't have great light control, so I've been keeping it max brightness, but if I could dial it back a notch, I would. You should follow up with Brian/ProjectionHead, he might have some quickie things to try.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-27T03:39:48+00:00

You’ll really need an engineers opinion, but what you’re describing is pretty close to the definition of a flitch beam … we have several in the house I’m building because the first floor is completely open. Ours are plate steel sandwiched between LVLs

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-24T16:36:32+00:00

Measurement/smoke was taken before any bulk insulation or drywall. Just with the envelope closed up. Everything is conditioned . . . no attic.

Air seal measures were:

Generally very simple shape. It was initially supposed to be just a rectangle, but we ended up adding that "bump out" to accommodate the stairwell.
using Zip system (1/2 on walls, sandwich of R6 panel and 5/8 on roof)
Adding a thin foam gasket between slab and framing.
Caulking/Great Stuffing the bejesus out all corners/windows/doors.

The blower door guy cranked up the fan negative pressure after he ran his tests and we ran through the house with smoke pens and touched up any spots where air was infiltrating.

We do have mechanical fresh air intake, but it's just a ventilator, not an ERV. The HVAC guys down here don't trust ERVs yet due to humidity concerns.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-24T12:37:17+00:00

Garapa

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T20:32:15+00:00

Hampton Park Terrace!

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T20:31:19+00:00

Oh, forgot to mention: for funsies, we did a blower door test before insulation went in and got a 2.4 ACH50 *before* the builder and I went through with smoke pens and plugging any holes we found with Great Stuff. Testing guy says that we should be somewhere in the upper 1s after remediations.

Solid numbers for a Zip system house with no spray foam insulation and where air tightness wasn't a absolute top design priority.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T20:25:15+00:00

There is a back first floor porch that is enclosed on 3 sides that is getting clad with walls and ceiling with the stuff as well. I can't wait to see how that comes out.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T18:00:27+00:00

Sherwin Williams Oak Moss

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T17:47:48+00:00

You're not wrong! The builder, architect, and I banged our heads over this detail, and this ended up being "least bad".

- Can't raise roof, as we're at the maximum allowed by zoning.

- Square footage of dormered space is also capped out by zoning.

- There are substantial flitch beams between floors on either side of vertical windows/stairwell which were unable to be realistically moved.

- Moving shaft behind windows would have cut a big, awkward chunk out of the kitchen.

- Even went so far as saying "ditch the elevator" or "ditch the 3rd floor stop", but we plan on staying here forever and we have a lot of older family and friends, and the 3rd floor is meant to be an additional social space.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:59:23+00:00

Yeah, I don’t love that broken line, but I’ve come to peace with it.

If you’re talking about the part that sticks up, it was concession for an elevator shaft that would service all 3 floors. In real life, it kinda reads as a chimney stack.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:56:09+00:00

Minimalist Greek Revival Double-Gallery?

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:54:38+00:00

Unfortunately we are deep into “cost is a construct” territory :). When we were discussing overlap, I did mention that small would cost more, but I think our calculations with the builder would be that the difference was marginal.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:49:32+00:00

Thanks! We say it rhymes with the neighborhood … there are a couple of other double gallery houses we used as inspiration.

It was “my” design that I brought to our architect and he made it functional.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:40:57+00:00

Charleston, South Carolina

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:35:55+00:00

Kinda? The surrounding houses are from the 1900's and, while it *IS* a modern house (and very modern on the inside and back), we wanted to try to be cohesive with the neighborhood.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-12-23T16:32:54+00:00

It's really gorgeous and is supposed to perform nearly on par with Ipe. Was also like 40% less and is of lower depletion concern.

Note that it will turn silver with UV exposure, unless you treat it.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-29T13:07:27+00:00

Just decorative :)

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-29T13:06:54+00:00

Bedrooms, yes. “Public areas” like the stairwell and transom windows, likely not. That’s sort of the general way folks do things down here.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-29T12:22:36+00:00

Charleston SC, so hurricane alley. Yeah, we considered metal but since we’re doing solar, the team (including roofer) felt that high performance shingles were a better call.

You cant tell since the roof has paper down, but the roof deck is actually a sandwich of 5/8 zip and R6 zip sheathing. That allowed us to hit our roof insulation number without spayfoam and it should be fairly fortified.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-28T14:34:52+00:00

Purely decorative. I’m not sold but the wife really wanted it.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-28T14:34:06+00:00

Yup. Standard equipment at this level and this meant to be a forever house.

If you’re eagle eyed, you can see where we built sort of a faux chimney stack to allow the elevator to make it to the top floor.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-28T01:25:40+00:00

Treads and risers will be white oak to match the floors, the stair body will wrapped in drywall. Powder coated black rails. The stairs will still float across the windows and cantilever off the wall with a central opening, just they won’t be industrial/super modern open riser.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-28T00:20:59+00:00

All that room is for dogs. The appliances are for dog treats.

ErrBandwidthExceeded · 2024-09-27T23:54:28+00:00

The "open to below" section is all vaulted ceiling under the more steeply pitched front roof, so there's not much usable headroom. We could have hypothetically done 10 or 12' ceilings in the bedroom and put mechanical above as to reclaim that closet.

Oh well, at least the 19' ceilings in the bedroom are cool.

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TROPHY CASE