I have a Dream 2

[giantkiller]

Looking great Dan! Great progress!

I noticed no snow yet, so I bet you can get the roof, windows/doors/siding on  and everything dried in before the weather turns.

Burrrr

They should get the upper trusses and sheathing on tomorrow. But after Tuesday It's highs in the 20s. Luckily the first big snow isn't predicted until the 25th

[CanDman]

Looks great Dan.....this is right up my ally. Have been framing new homes and things for 33 years.....I would have enjoyed building this....
Carry on my friend and keep the pics coming....... oh.....meant to ask.....how do you guys south of the border gas proof the garage from the living areas? Up here we have super strict codes for carbon monoxide prevention...  
CanDman

[giantkiller]

I'm sealing everything up. I went with radiant heat and chilled water fan coils for AC. (No ductwork to seal away from fumes) And air to air for living space. Figured I had to do air to air in the shop too. But not required. (I found a diy air to air that's supposedly more efficient than what you can buy. Just isn't pretty. So I will make one for the shop later) I'm having the underside of the upstairs. Spray foamed (closed cell). More to help seal it off, than for efficiency. I will be sealing the stairs off in the future. And putting a door into the parts storage. I put the parts storage on that side. For multiple reasons. It's on the north side, don't need to keep the parts warm. And they shouldn't give off too many fumes. They are more worried about fire than anything. Fire rated caulking, fire doors, fire rated drywall. Surprisingly I'm going way past what is required.
It's a little late to change big things. But do you have any suggestions.

[Pat Conlon]

Dan...In your climate zone, a vapor barrier is always a good idea.

You already know this: 5/8" Type X drywall on the shop ceiling and walls will help protect your dwelling unit from a shop fire.
Get 1 hour fire rated electrical boxes for any openings in your shop walls or ceiling.

[giantkiller]

Thanks Pat.
Yah a well sealed up vapor barrier is a given in Wisconsin.

The 5/8

[giantkiller]

Must have been too long winded with the post.
5/8"

[fj johnnie]

 I do believe that with spray foam no vapor barrier is required. That is the case here in Ontario. A vapor barrier will have lots of holes from drywall installation that foam will not. 

[giantkiller]

I'm having 1" (flash) closed cell spray foam on All exterior walls inside the 1" foam board on the outside, under the siding. 2" foam is needed in this zone. Even though all the insulation companies said. "All you need is the 1" flash". Then I'm going to do Mooney walls, with cellulose to fill the 2x6 walls. Interior 2x6 walls between the shop and 2 side storage areas will be filled with fiberglass Batts. The 7'x7' over head doors will be 6.8 r Insulated steel. The 3 outside overhead doors are walnut wood look 18.4r steel.

[giantkiller]

Haven't updated the house build for a while. Will try to get you guys up to speed. Putting the sheathing on for the roof

[giantkiller]

Hydrovac guys pressure washing the power pole out of the frozen tundra. New pole bigger transformer. Was neat to see. They Had a bunch of large rocks. To suck out of the ground. Took about half an hour. They said If the rocks weren't there. Would've only been about 10 minutes.

[giantkiller]

Roof on solar panels up.  10080 Watts. Still waiting for We Energies to put in the net meter and commission it. So I can start providing power for my neighbors.

[giantkiller]

About all you'll see from the road

[giantkiller]

Little out of order. But a couple of pictures of the roof before the solar panels. And a view of the back yard out the window. Can't tell from the picture but just about as high as the tops of the trees in the back. My deck off the living room will be about sixteen feet off the ground.

[big r]

Looking awesome man

[Pat Conlon]

Very cool Danny boy....how many of those 7.6kW Pika inverters are you going to have?