776 Ridge Street was a farmhouse from around the turn of the century that had fallen into disrepair. After carefully considering whether it could be remodeled, we decided that for safety and cost reasons, it made the most sense to demolish the home. We built a two-toned butterfly roof modern home to add to this eclectic historic neighborhood. There was also a ton (actually, many literal tons) of rock on the site to move. We worked with our excavator to make rock walls lining the driveway and back yard path, as well as a heavy duty fire pit, so as to not truck them out. We also integrated a chicken coop into the shed and a added a super efficient dog door for feathered and furry friends.
Features Include:
- HERS Index: 39
- Blower door test: 1.0 ACH50 (1 Air Changes per Hour at 50 Pascal of pressure, aka 1 whole house of air exchanges with outside air in an hour when you have a 16mph wind blowing)
- 18 SEER extremely efficient Mitsubishi heat pump
- 2 x 6 exterior walls
- Insulation: Green Fiber dense pack cellulose
- Exterior envelope wrapped: Cellofoam Polyshield 1” type II EPS rigid foam
- Numerous innovative air sealing details
- Triple Pane Windows: Pella 350 Series
- Metal Reflective Roof: Union Corrugating Advantage Lock II Galvalume
- Siding: James Hardie Iron Grey, Union Corrugating 26GA 2-1/2″ corrugated galvalume, Certainteed 8-1/4″ Prefinished woodgrain Mahogany 12′
- Energy Star Appliances
- Airgenerate 66 gallon hybrid heat pump water heater ATI-66
- Passive House designed dog door: Freedom Pet Pass
