Cech House foundation

Welcome back to the Cech House, as we continue with a super-insulated foundation.

You'll see that with the addition of the extra foam to the outside of the ICF foundation walls (extra foam is white that wraps around the ICF walls) adds the extra R value that we need to ensure the proper R value that is designed for this house. We await the installation of the slab foam for the floor of this project's basement. You can see in the photos that the slab foam R value is 12" thick, which is significantly higher than what is typically installed.

As we are working on this foundation, we've been fabricating the wall and roof panels that will form the super-insulated pre-fabricated shell of this house. The delivery of this envelope is planned to be delivered late early August.

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The Cech House: Ground breaking for pre-fab Passive House

We finally broke ground on Michigan's first pre-fab Passive House project, the Cech House, in accordance with the Passive House Institute U.S. 

Below are a few images of working with the footings, in addition to pouring the ICF foundation walls. The targeted R value for the foundation walls will be R-50, with a slab R value roughly the same. This super-insulated below grade basement will support a prefabricated state-of-the-art performance envelope made of dimensional lumber. Every piece of the envelope is built off-site, and will be shipped in to be erected in a matter of days. Check back in to watch the progress of Phoenix HP's first Passive House.