Good building practice is just the beginning. The next level approach to quality is to implement the principles of Building Science throughout the construction process. Building Science sees the house as a series of systems which all impact one another. Each system must be designed right, installed right, and maintained right to have a healthy, durable, and energy efficient home.
In our many years of experience, there has never been a lumber package delivered to a job site where visible mold contamination was not present. Most builders figure this to be par for the course and just install the contaminated lumber without question. While this can be considered normal, we don’t believe it to be right or best practice. Once our homes are dried in (roof on, doors and windows installed) we perform a thorough inspection and cleaning of all lumber to remove contamination and prevent mold from being enclosed inside your walls.
In our many years of experience, there has never been a lumber package delivered to a job site where visible mold contamination was not present. Most builders figure this to be par for the course and just install the contaminated lumber without question. While this can be considered normal, we don’t believe it to be right or best practice. Once our homes are dried in (roof on, doors and windows installed) we perform a thorough inspection and cleaning of all lumber to remove contamination and prevent mold from being enclosed inside your walls.
Building a tight thermal envelope impacts the air infiltration rate as well as the insulation. Using Zip System R-Sheathing is a simple way to increase insulation and reduce air infiltration rates (leakage). It adds comfort, improves indoor air quality, and increases energy efficiency.
We are a builder with integrity and capability you can trust. We have all the resources to do the job, making us fully capable of meeting your project needs. We follow through on everything we say we will do. We are very intentional about building trust with our clients. Trust is built on excellent communication with transparency being key. We use a smart interactive construction software for daily reporting and showing the homeowner daily notes and photos of the process. We want to give the homeowner reasons to trust us during the beginning, middle, and end of the project.
ENSIGN designs and implements quality control programs for builders. Ensign investigates and solves problems that commonly occur in the construction industry. We rely on Building Science expertise to stay proactive and prevent problems from occurring in the homes that we build.
