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New Construction

Working Cattle Ranch Home

    Location:  Near Telluride Colorado
    Size:    3058SF    Main House
                                881 SF    Bunk House & Shop
    Status:    Construction Documents

    Design Features:

  • Solar radiant heating and hot water using evacuated tube solar collectors
  • On-demand tankless hot water backup
  • 12" thick insulated concrete form lower level construction
  • Engineered lumber floor and roof construction
  • Optimal Value Engineered (OVE) cost, and tree-saving 2x4 framing 
  • R-7 per inch, ag-based formaldehyde and VOC free closed cell urethane insulation
  • Heavy use of naturally occurring on-site sandstone veneer
  • White cedar deck rails and interior trim salvaged from large burn area on the ranch
  • Recycled douglas fir timber trusses
  • 40% fly-ash content concrete to reduce upstream CO2 emissions



Renovations

New project pending

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