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Below are pictures taken of the first Platinum Advanced Technologies house
ever built in Manatee County, Florida USA and the second one to be built in the
state of Florida, it was built on 20th. Street East Bradenton, Florida.
This system is made up of structural insulated panels (SIP) that are constructed
using a patented system of 4' x 8' steel stud framed panels that are covered
with a bi-directional fiberglass matt and then injected with a structural polyurethane
foam. All electrical boxes and conduit are installed at the factory and stubbed
out to the top of the wall panels. These panels weight less than 70 pounds and
can easily be handled by one man.
Designed to withstand a 230 mph wind and having a crush factor of 25,000
pounds, they will withstand anything that mother nature can throw at them. They
are so tough that the testing lab broke their testing press twice trying to crush
them. Withstanding a racking test of 7800 lbs, applied to one corner of the
restrained panel only produced a deflection of 1.5" and when the pressure
was released the panel returned within a 1/2" of being plumb.
Having an energy rating of R-24.5 on the 3.5" walls and an R-38.5 on the
5.5" walls you will not find a more energy efficient product in the market today.
This product is so air tight after installation that a fresh air vent must be
added to bring in fresh air and equalize the interior and exterior air
pressures.
The exterior walls, windows and doors, the interior steel panelized framing, the trusses, and the ceiling panels of the Rhoden house below were installed
in 4 days on this 1040 square foot house by a seven man crew that had no
experience using this system.
The Rhoden house was constructed from ground breaking to certificate of
occupancy in 8 weeks.
This house was built by Specialty Construction of Bradenton for Patricia
Rhoden under the supervision of Lewis Consulting Services.
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and cut your construction costs by at least 30% on the average construction
project.
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10/04/06 8:00 am
Concrete slab with stemwall foundation. |
10/04/06 8:15am
Arrival of Platinum panels.
Crate of interior steel frame wall sections. |
Crate of interior steel frame wall sections. |
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10/04/06 8:15am
Platinum panels. |
10/04/06 9:00am
Fastening of wall panel bottom track to existing slab. |
Caulking adhesive being applied under base track. |
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Drilling of holes into slab to receive 3/8" x
4" Tapcon type fastener with a fender washer. |
Mr. Lee Martin of Specialty Construction supervising
the work. |
10/04/06 1:00 pm
1st. Platinum panel being transported to the slab. |
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10/04/06 1:00 pm
1st. Platinum panel being set onto the slab. |
Fitting of 1st. two panels into slab corner. |
Plumbing and squaring of the panels. |
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Vice President Rad doing some screwing. |
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Mr. Steve Lewis with the first Platinum panels ever
set in Manatee County. |
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10/04/06 4:00 pm
3 sides of the structural panels have been installed. |
10/05/06 10:00 am
All the side wall panels for the structure are
installed.
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10/05/06 1:00 pm
Interior steel frame walls being laid out. |
A potential construction site mishap. |
10/06/06 10:00 am
Interior steel frame walls and most of the panels for
the ceiling panel system have been installed. |
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Caulk being applied between the seems of the last
ceiling panel. |
10/06/06 12:00 pm
The last ceiling panel being installed. |
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10/06/06 4:30 pm
All Platinum wall panels, ceiling panels, and interior
wall systems are installed.
Picture of the total waste of materials from the
installation of the Platinum system.
(These 3 pieces are panel cuts and are 8' long x app.
1 1/2" wide.)
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10/07/06 10:00 Am
Rear gable end truss is erected. |
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10/07/06 11:30 Am
Front gable end truss is erected.
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These 3 houses being built in Arcadia, Florida were
dried in from slab with a 8 man crew in 11 working days.
More pics to come!!! |
The Mango Model
This 1000 sq ft 2 bedroom, 2bath, w/den home was dried in from
slab to lock and key in 5 working days by a 4 man crew.
More pics to come!!! |
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For more information, contact us at info@sipsworldwide.com
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