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Builder Benefits
Faster Construction - SIPs combine structural framing, insulation, and sheathing into one step which allowing builders to frame more projects per year. A sill plate is installed, and the insulated panels are "tilted" into place and secured. All window and door openings are done at the factory, completed with 2x framing and headers. The fast enclosure system also extends your building season.
Less Framing Labor - The pre-built nature of the SIP system requires fewer framers. Today fewer people are choosing building trades as a career, if this trend continues the labor rate for framers will go on increasing. Building with Quacent SIPS requires less on site labor - saving you money.
Less job site waste - Another benefit of SIPs is the reduction of job site waste, reducing the cost of waste disposal. Wood products usually account for 35% of job site waste while presut SIPs is less than 3%.
Less material theft - Almost every builder has experienced job site material theft. It's much more difficult for panels to grow legs and walk off your job site than it is for lumber to disappear - along with your profit margin.
Fully Customized - SIPs also reduce the margin for framing errors. Each panel is numbered to correspond with a computerized CAD panel blueprint. With the Quacent system, all rough openings are cut and framed at the factory, including structural headers. Panels are built to the engineer's specs, taking the hassle and guesswork out of design and quality control on-site. Maintaining a consistent profit margin becomes easier with SIPs.
Strength - Could your truss roof support a lot of peoples?
Stick-framing relies on the integrity of a multitude of connection points between 2x's and sheathing. With SIPs, loads are distributed across the entire panel due to the continuous bond between the sheathing and rigid insulation. A structural insulated panel can be compared to an I-beam, with the sheathing acting as flanges and the insulation as the web. A SIP house can be 20-50% stronger than a typical wood frame house.
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