Green Rhino Building System
We are now on our third project, with me writing a proposal for a gentleman in ShowLow, AZ. He found me on Angi’s list under the draftsman category. Mr. Lendbloom wants to build a 1200 square foot house as affordably as possible to use it as a rental. That is a major factor when it comes to building homes – everyone wants more bang for their buck! That is why I have to stand behind the GR Building System. Nowhere else can a person get a quality, high-insulation-value, easy-to-assemble build than from the Green Rhino.
Like the masses, building with wood is all they know, until now. Why does a wall have to have so many moving parts and because of all the parts create multiple places where air escapes? Having a true 8” flat surface of our foam walls gives you a much better sealing surface, and when your residence is sealed, devices like climate control units work more efficiently. The same goes for things not entering your house, bugs, and other foreign matter.
This unique building system combines the elements of structural panels and insulated concrete forms to produce a superior sustainable building envelope. GR Building Systems, LLC has several proprietary ingredients and techniques that make this a one-of-a-kind building system. It has undergone rigorous structural and environmental testing for code compliance and has been awarded an Engineering Evaluation Report that shows full-scale testing and approval of our wall, floor, and roof systems. Our structural coatings take the place of wood or steel framing and provide a fire-resistant, mold-resistant, flood and hurricane resistant building envelope that is up to 75% more energy efficient than conventional housing. The price of wood framing is going through the roof – isn’t it time to consider an alternative building system that can save you money?
This house has a very basic design to it, and it’s perfect for anyone who wants to build a rental property. The baths and laundry rooms are very close to each other, limiting the amount of plumbing pipe required. Alton also wants to keep the ceilings at the standard height of 8’ – however, I don’t know how many windows he wants. According to the current building code, bedrooms need to have big enough windows for easy egress requirements. This is a simple house, so I have to keep everything simple too. The roof is also your basic sloped roof, probably at a 3/12 pitch. One item that did come up is the size of the common living room. In the original plan, it seemed that this area was just a little too narrow. Opening up this room by 4’ makes a huge difference, plus this gives the kitchen more life too.
I now want to talk a little about my new business venture, Dimension Dwellings. I am trying to wrap my head around the building of structures or, better yet, dwellings. The longer I think about this build concept, the more I feel I need to go after my ROC license.
The only problem with this contractor license is they think wood only, but that’s ok; it gives me the basics of building. I will still need more exposure working with foam, concrete, and steel. Today, I was thinking of a better way to explain this foam building idea.
Essentially, I thought it would be similar to the Terminator robot, a strong framework wrapped with a skin-like shell; in my case, it would be foam and a thin concrete coating, sealing the structure.
You can clearly see that this system resembles the robot, with a concrete and steel frame tied down to the foundation. Adding the concrete coating makes the walls weatherproof; this coating is also a great base for your favorite finish or just paint. What you don’t see with the detail above is that all corners have 3” diameter holes drilled down the wall’s height filled with concrete tying the upper bond beam to the lower bond beam for a strong framework. It’s really quite ingenious how it all works together.