SIPS Panels

This week the carpentry team started putting up the structurally insulated panels (SIPS), which serve as the walls. These are foam insulation sandwiched between wood panels, all one piece, and precut per the building plans. The pictures below show the house from front and lakeside. The master bedroom and garage are not yet framed in. The lower 3 pictures show how the spruce tongue and groove ceiling looks against the Douglas fir frame. The first shows the loft over the entry way. The second the greatroom keyed beam ceiling and the last the kitchen ceiling. Pretty interesting timber design.