Gr00ldude48
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I'm sure that the noise transmission will be minimal. An inverted roof using SIP panels is the way to go, no thermal bridging.The SIP panels that make up our roof are 12-1/4" thick. The EPS foam that cores the panels makes for some pretty good noise insulation. Our roofing goes up this coming Tuesday, but we've had some hard rain in the week since the panels have gone up. I went out to listen to the noise, and TBH, it's pretty negligible as-is.
I'll be interested to see what it works out to in the end.
mid-coast Maine, ~46°NWhere are you located?
I'm sure that the noise transmission will be minimal. An inverted roof using SIP panels is the way to go, no thermal bridging.
On our off grid build we used a product called Quadeck.
No noise whatsoever except on the triple glazed glass skylights but even that is very minimal.
It is a good idea in a very cold climate to take serious measures to prevent interior air from finding entry into your sips. Interior water vapor will move all winter long through the joints towards the cold outer surface forming frost which can wreak havoc on the panels. In Alaska, some rather dramatic failures brought this to our attention though we have recognized for many years the need to stagger the seams on exterior roofing insulation. This isn't possible with sips so air and vapor sealing at the bottom plane becomes very important and the further north you go, the worse it gets. Assurances that it isn't a problem will not convince the physics at play if measures aren't taken or aren't effective. Also remember that wood expands and contracts a lot with changes in moisture so just caulking the joints as is prescribed may not be a long term solution which is what they discovered on hundreds of Alaskan sips structures. Just be aware and study up on it. buildingscience.com can help. Try googling alaskan sips failures or some such and see what you find.
three 5" x 18" LVL for the ridge beam, supported by two posts, consisting of 5" x 9" LVL. those transmit the downforce to the floor, supported by a gigantic 28" x 16" LVL beam that runs the full 24' span.How big is the support structure for that roof? Looks very heavy.
It can fail if the vent path is insufficient or if the vapor permeance of layers below the insulation exceeds that of the layer above. If the layer above is more vapor tight the moisture will collect in the cellulose and freeze and thaw repeatedly creating an environment for mold and rot in the fiberboard in spring.
This is so true. Easy (fast)and cheap is never any good.Mostly people want a prescriptive guide that is easy to follow and easy to build and cheap. If I tell them what to do and someone else tells them something easier (not referring to this current discussion at all) then without the foundational knowledge, they will go with the easier cheaper method. I've spent the last 20 years trying to overcome this with paid degreed professionals so random people on the internet is definitely hit or miss.
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I don't even pretend to know what it all means, but we had an engineering firm spec everything and wet-stamp the plans. they insisted that it was over-spec'd for the area and conditions.That's actually less than I expected. Do you have to take snow load into account where you are?
Absolutely beautiful....Yes, I have a seasonal home on the bank of a salmon river in Newfoundland. The river bottom is rock, and there's a mountain, only a few inches to rock, directly behind me. The soil for our garden was trucked in. It's been years since I've looked at our root cellar, built many decades ago, so I can't provide details on its construction. However, at one time it would have been critically important to getting through the winter, and I have no doubt that it works.
The root cellar in the photo below is in Elliston, a town 30 miles north of me that bills itself as the "root cellar capital of the world". Hey, apparently a lot of tourists are interested in root cellars I'm sure that the person who co-ordinates tourism in Elliston could tell you everything you want to know about how to build one. Link, including more photos: elliston-the-root-cellar-capital-of-the-world
Fun fact: Cape Bonavista, just a few miles north of Elliston, is where many people believe John Cabot/Giovanni Caboto, in 1497, first made landfall in North America. That said, it's probable that the Basques were fishing for cod off Newfoundland well before 1497. Indeed, it's been suggested that Cabot may have gotten the route from Basque fishermen.
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My situation is, well, a little weird. We bought a 100+ acre chunk of raw forest, that had as it’s only existing infrastructure a stubby stretch of 150’ of driveway. If we were retrofitting batteries into a place that already had some existing buildings, amenities and such, I’m pretty sure that I’d be doing exactly as you suggest. It’d make more sense. We didn’t know exactly where we were going to build at first, so we needed to be able to use the batteries (and move them around) well before we’d have the ability to bring in a cement truck, so insulated job boxes made more sense for us. Once we decided on a site and had built some driveway, we gave them a slightly more permanent home. We’ve setup a 20x12 ShelterLogic as a workshop on our build site (down ~950’ of driveway), and have it wired up with lights, outlets and it runs our (220v) well pump. We keep it charged right now with a really simple 2x4 ground mount, and three 375w panels, though we started off by using a little generator.
Next year, we plan to put up a fairly large permanent workshop. The batteries will be moved into or adjacent to the building (but under a roof) at that time. We don’t anticipate leaving them fully exposed to the elements beyond this year. So far, so good, though. Nothing has gotten wet, dirty, or infested by bugs or furry things to date.
Righteous! LTO batteries make a lot of sense for emergencies, since they can be left unheated and still be used. We’ll be looking into something similar for our emergency system.
We’ve been running our Quattro on 16s (NMC) @ 60v nominal without issue all year long. “Full charge” for us is 64v (4.0v/cell). We monitor the Quattro daily and haven‘t had a single warning / error / trip. We’re on the latest firmware, and haven’t done anything to the unit that the VictronConnect app won’t let us do. So, one data point.
We’re still building the house, so we’re mostly running large power tools, pressure washers, lights and the well pump off the system right now. Everything has been functioning well and without complaint. If past is prologue, I don’t see any significant problems cropping up as we add more panels and more loads. We’ll see!
Thanks! I‘d love to hear more about your setup.