Southern Ideal Home Show

Kevin Holdridge at KDH Residential Designs has designed a 1000 sf house for the Southern Ideal Home Show. The homoe uses advanced framing techniques to reduce the amount of wood used during construction. The home is designed on a 24" grid system to reduce the amount of waste and was framed in 9 hours using these techniques. Scrap wood pieces were used as blocking and even for header supports to further reduce the amount of waste generated. The most expensive part of a home is the energy it consumes and the maintenance of the home. We have greatly exceeded the insulation values of this home and have used low maintenance products and sustainable products throughout the home. We have 2x6 exterior walls and the studs are all 24" on centers. This will allow us to install more insulation and by reducing the amount of studs we reduce the amount of cold spots. Wood has very little insulation value so taking wood out of the walls is the key to better insulating the walls. Many of the green features in this home will be on display this week-end Aug 27-29 in Charlotte NC at the Southern Ideal Home Show. After the show the home is designed to be taken apart in three modules and shipped to its final build site as a donation for low income housing. We have designed a fourth module to be added to the home at that time making it a three bedroom 1,200sf home.

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