SIPS house designing

[Anonymous No.2668118]

My family wants to get me a cheap house on land they already own. They heard about SIPS houses and want me to design one so they can get a quote on price. The problem is I don't know anything about house design. My current idea is a very basic one story house. Maybe a second bedroom too since I want kids not too far off into the future. I'm not asking you guys to design it for me, but advice would be great. Best dimensions for cost/effectiveness? Tricks for saving time and money? Good room placement? Also any alternative methods for cheap house procurement would be ok.

[Anonymous No.2668126]

>people are literally going to hand me shit but i'm too lazy and stupid to try and figure out what it is i want
>please think for me any help would be appreciated
Go take a class at the community college or something. Whatever, just get the fuck out of here.

[Anonymous No.2668142]

>>2668118
look up ICF construction, slab on grade. you can literally do everything yourself, other than needing help with the concrete. you could do like a 25x45' rectangle pretty easily and use some engineered i-joists for a slant roof.

[Anonymous No.2668143]

>>2668118
>cardboard house
shiggy

[Anonymous No.2668151]

>>2668118
check out some of the habitat for humanity house plans.... They have a lot of them online, and they've been planned to make maximum use of a smallish space and simple layout while still providing a comfortable home for a family.
Or just google "1200 sqft 3 bedroom house plan" and look at the images.... In general a single story rectangle is going to be the cheapest, fastest build (assuming that the landsite is agreeable)

[Anonymous No.2668177]

>>2668118
Depending on your state, having 2 dwellings at the same address will get everyone evicted including your parents.

[Anonymous No.2668276]

Use good materials that help with insulation, a good insulated roof and floor slab. Face living room southwest and bedrooms east. Don’t forget sunscreen for your windows, they will help to keep indoors cool in summer. Whilst having next to now windows in a north facing wall will prevent cold air in the winter.

[Anonymous No.2668439]

>>2668118

[Anonymous No.2668448]

>>2668439
Doubt OP is an ant.

[Anonymous No.2668461]

>>2668448

[Anonymous No.2668508]

>>2668118
>SIPS

[Anonymous No.2668724]

>>2668118
For your skill level, I would recommend buying a large prefab garden shed that's sided with plywood then house wrap it, side with vinyl, insulate it and finish it out

[Anonymous No.2668727]

>>2668118
Sips are stupid
There's a reason stick framing and post frame buildings are most popular

[Anonymous No.2668755]

>>2668727
>There's a reason stick framing and post frame buildings are most popular
Because they've been around for many generations, so many tradies know how to do it and work on it, and even most handy homeowners understand it enough.

That doesn't necessarily mean sips is inferior though: popularity and quality don't go hand in hand.

The fact that EPS is known to shrink over time (very slowly, but it does), and that's what's inside of sips panels. That and then fact sips houses are known to degrade unless every seam and joint is completely air tight though, are pretty good reasons to avoid.

[Anonymous No.2668773]

>>2668727
>There's a reason stick framing and post frame buildings are most popular
yeah, because you can give any illegal spic a nail gun and they will be able to slap some cheap shit together.

[Anonymous No.2668842]

>>2668118
Sips aren’t a cheap building material

[Anonymous No.2668902]

>>2668118
SIPS seems to be good stuff thus far based on performance, but I wouldn't call it DIY in any way. Generally done by a SIPS certified architect, with most of the openings/etc handled by the factory in a pre-fab manner. Field modifications are possible, but need special care to maintain the envelope.

[Anonymous No.2669069]

>>2668118
Seeming as you're fucking retarded

Something like maybe doable for you
https://www.brikawood-ecologie.fr/

[Anonymous No.2669071]

>>2669069
Or https://gablok.be/en/

[Anonymous No.2669160]

>>2669069
>>2669071
I hope they come with a clear instruction manual

[Anonymous No.2669182]

>>2668118
>Also any alternative methods for cheap house procurement would be ok.
Do what I did and build an Earthship. Half the materials needed for the structure itself were free: old tires, dirt from grading the site, glass bottles, trees from my property to make room for the building.
The main issue is it is labor intensive and you need to know construction techniques you can learn only a few places like at Earthship's academy.

[Anonymous No.2669189]

>>2669182
>I made my house from trash
enjoy your cancer.

[Anonymous No.2669190]

>>2668755
>unless every seam and joint is completely air tight though
Why not just cover everything with a thin layer of silicone

[Anonymous No.2669219]

>>2669189
Oh yeah the stuff at Home Depot you can build a house out of would never give anyone cancer like a glass bottle would.

[Anonymous No.2669260]

>>2669219
>old tires
>glass bottles
bruh, if you think it was the glass that's the problem, i got bad news for you.

[Anonymous No.2669264]

>>2669260
If you think a wad of vulcanized rubber that has been out in the weather for years causes cancer, I feel sorry for you.

[Anonymous No.2669582]

>>2669182
>glass bottles,
Am thinking of doing raised garden beds like this. As best I know, you use the flaming string method to cut off the neck and duct tape the two cylinders together so they're a closed tube. Then embed in cement.
Sound right? Got a better/good guide?

[Anonymous No.2669777]

>>2668118
Do you like the house you grew up in? If yes, then copy it. If no, change the things about it you don't like.

[Anonymous No.2669778]

>>2668118
Can I have a sip?

[Anonymous No.2669849]

>>2669264
we can agree to disagree. you can enjoy your house filled with microplastics, and i'll enjoy my toothpick house made by spics.