1483 Mark West Springs
Santa Rosa, California
Owner: David Gurley
Service: Structural Engineering
“…rebuilding a modern home on the site of an existing fire-damaged home…”
Photo Credits: S. Jhutti (1)
Farmhouse Modern – Response to Tubbs Fire
This farmhouse modern home was built on a slightly sloping lot at the top of a hill in Mark West Spring in an area devastated by the Tubbs Fire. This house consists of a large main floor and garage with an upstairs bonus room.
Our role was primarily structural, this structure was later sealed, framed, insulated, and made air-tight. The project was a new build.
Value Added to the Client
As part of the foundation design, we helped making the building air-tight, sealed and insulated by specifying a 15 mil vapor retarder, rat-proofing, and polyisocyanurate foam to create vent-free crawlspace with no insulation. The floor framing with TJI framing and the wall framing was 2×6 stud @ 24” consistent with the latest Green Principles.
Other structural features include exposed paint-grade glulam beams, structural knee-braces and HSS tube columns.
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