“ as you can see I’ve done a good job of taping all the joints” *Camera man pans immediately to a joint with no tape 😂😂😂

Garages are for cars and tools! Americans park the second most expensive thing they buy outside so they can fill their garages with junk that has a cumulative current value of maybe 50 bucks. Crazy!

I didn’t get it. They are going to have to spray you with the hose again. :)

I thought it was a Monopoly house because it ends up taking way longer than anyone wanted to spend and it makes enemies of your family. ;)

Matt: You need to cut the ends off the rafters. Crew: ???? Ok? Matt looking at rafters: Um...maybe I'll just tear this down.

It's certainly a unique build, totally shielded from whatever goes on outside.... It will be interesting to see how insulated the house is when complete...

"It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!"

You are putting into action tons of things I’ve only imagined (and never completely figured out.) can’t wait to build my next house.

I would love to see close-up and explanation of the rafters attaching to the wall.

Matt, been following you for a while, and enjoying your channel. As an old guy, now 73, with 47 years in cabinetmaking, architectural woodworking and carpentry experience, I am always interested the new ways of doing things. This change up, basically involves placing tech trust in modern adhesives to hold up for 40-50 years, instead of interlocking joinery to do the job for you. Working with other cabinetmakers, I've built some pretty tight structures over the years. And with some well schooled GC's as well. Making the old ways work well, was mostly about patience in the construction, as well as adequate funding to see the job through. Of course things are going to change and hopefully they will change for the better. Time will tell. (Typical commercial home building has little to do with patience or competency.) Thanks Clifton

Your channel is a real gem in advancing residential building (design and planning through finished product).

This is genius! I framed houses for 15 years. I love this way. Can’t wait to see every detail.

What a smart way of simplifying the air sealing process

Awesome work Matt! I'm working towards getting my small home improvement business up to your level. And I'll never get tired of your closing slogan, just love it!

Love the special effects in this one - makes this video an instant classic.

I absolutely love it! I'm getting excited over it and it's not even my house lol 😂 can't wait to see the results of the blower door test!!!

deffo one of my favourite KZfaq channels, great to have some new content to watch during this corona lockdown

Matt, I'm building my first home the same way with continuous control layers, but nervous about how to securely attach overhangs through exterior insulation. Looking forward to future videos of this detail. Keep up the great work!

Very good information. I can't wait to see the next video about the overhangs.

Matt Risinger, your videos are edifying 🍎 from ‘Monopoly’ framing, to ‘Aero Barrier’ sealing, Hardie board siding, and a conditioned attic, I have learned that a stick frame home can be high performance! Thank You!

Really appreciate you getting this technology out there and driving change in the building industry!

I built my 1st home like this the only problems i ran into was how tight it was... Imagine shutting your front door and causing your ears to pop. Or imagine farting and having to open a door or window cuz it wont go away.

Hopefully your insulation is more effective than that vest lol It's also nice to get a real answer to the question "how would you do it if it was your house"

I appreciate the attention to details on this one.

Fantastic Matt. Looks to me to be perfectly designed and executed. This is the form that housing should take in these more volatile climes.

Very cool. I like how you explain why and how you're doing everything. How will you be preventing water from accumulating around the foundation? Keep up the good work.

Excellent overview of things you have covered in past videos. Putting it all together is awesome!

I have questions from my framing days, but I imagine you're going to answer them in coming episodes. Will be watching how this turns out.

I’m glad this won’t be my problem in the future.

I greatly appreciate your videos and will be incorporating many of the building science technologies into my own new construction soon. Can’t wait to see how you will incorporate and secure the rafter “tails” while securing against the overturning moment forces of future live loads on the roof overhangs.

Love the info, something that I can start doing here is South Texas. This makes perfect sense with the heat and humidity that we get here is Corpus Christi. Keep up the great work and info coming, thank you

Love it. looking forward to seeing how you handle the eaves.

Matt, this was a great video, especially for those visual learners. Can't wait for the "Next time, OOOOOONNN the Build Show". BTW...put some really cool white oak floors in that house...it deserves it!

good stuff. i am always floored by the amount of innovation and love for construction in your content

I've actually applied much of this on my travel trailer and we ended up staying in the dead of a Texas winter in it--wow! You can really feel the difference when the outside temp starts off around -8*F and can fluctuate within days (or that day) to ~80*F! That insulation style--you barely noticed the outside temp. Literally had to go outside to check it.

This is great timing as I am trying to come to a resolution for a fire wall solution in Denver on a design I am working on. We have an issue with the eave overhang encroaching into the 3 foot easement that is not allowed per fire code. Thanks for all do Matt!!! SOLID!!!! Some day I will have as many subs as you!

We've been doing this in Japan for years, venting is in the gable walls and top & bottom of the rafters by drilling holes in the facia that is set flush with the wall sheathing.

It would really be cool if you could show some diagrams or drawings of how this works.

I'm staying tuned for ALL the details!!!

Can’t wait for the next one!

This looks a lot like a house I saw in one of Lstiburek's presentations. Overhangs added after, polyiso on the outside. I'm convinced exterior-only insulation is the way to go. Just wish there was more out there on how it attaches to the sheathing. So far I can only find highly technical documents targeted at engineers. Looking forward to seeing something more down to earth on this channel

Can not wait, this Build is gonna be awesome!

Conditioned attic - yes, please!

Minutes 1 to 6 "This house has no overhangs". Minute 7 "In a future video i'm going to frame the overhang" :)

Looking forward to your videos on this house. Also planning on building my house and your channel has been great resource for selecting good quality products for my build. Thank you

Such a beautiful build!

Ah I thought this was the monopoly house cause you’ll go broke building it just like the game.

I would love to see a series just on this house !!!!

Excellent video Matt. Thanks so much, Rick

I get that the wall to roof insulation is to seal the house and get high thermal efficiency but it means air refreshment has to be better than an old house. I recently stayed in a new build and I had to leave the sash window permanently open to get enough oxygen at night because it was too well sealed. Those air heat exchangers are the way to go but few architects and contractors seem to know about them and it does complicate the house design because of the importance of air movement starting from the bedrooms and finally exiting through the bathrooms. Anyway that’s my two cents.

Matt I suggest you deploy a method to manage storm water sheeting off the roof during construction. It's a different game during construction without the overhang (until roof drainage systems are added later). Keep up the good work!

I’m always impressed by what you do!…Thanks.....

Really excited for your build. Im just an apprentice, hopefully one day i can do a project just like this!

Now when you add overhangs you were going to have tons of penetration points and some weight bearing on those fasteners seems like a lot of work

nice been waiting for this episode!

Matt. love the video's and can see how your approach makes it simpler as we move toward passive house style standards here in BC, Canada

I respect this guy....taking a splash for the team. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Cant wait to see how you will do the roof, i had this idea youre doing sice a while, hope i will get around to building it soon.

I'm loving this house that small area above the living room that looks like it will not have over hang I love the build show it has changed my out look on how a house should be built

I’m excited to see the upcoming details videos. Keep it up!

really cool

Awesome job!!! I'm in the design stages of doing something similar with the attic/roof of a modern house design in the Phoenix area. Adding overhangs to the parapets. Looking forward to see how you are going to attach them.

Enjoyed the video Matt. Now your building a "Risinger Build" house. Great illustration with the water. Y'all stay well and God bless.

Great as always! :D

Great concept.

I can't wait to see the video for the overhangs. Great video!

Man its finally time to do windows and siding on my very drafty home here in SW Minnesota. I found one contractor that would make the drive (~2 hours). I explained that we were looking to redo the roof as well and an external insulation something like the zip system. I used the "putting on a coat vs putting insulation in your ribs" analogy. The dude spent the next 2 hour telling me how dumb I am and no one builds like this etc. Your work makes sense (I am not a builder, Ive worked construction in the passed but I am not a builder) but scientifically this makes sense to me. Wish your guys were out here. I am tired of $500+ utilities bills in the summer and freezing my arse off in winter.

You may have mentioned this, but it traditional overhangs create an unwanted brake in the structures diaphragm. Eliminating the overhangs and having a continuous 2x at the face of the rafters, that the wall sheathing, and roof sheathing can simultaneously connect to, means you have a high performing structural diaphragm, and a direct load path from the ridge to the foundation. The plywood at the attic floor level also absorbs any gable wind loads and if the ceiling framing is blocked properly at the eaves, and gables will transmit any gable loads out to those same side walls. Thanks for the Video Matt! Looking forward to Part 2, 3 , and or 4

Good to see that you are progressing on your "rebuilt" teardown.

You do a great job Matt!!!

Lovely home Matt.

Just the video I've been searching for! I'm curious about how you deal with the vaulted ceiling and venting the roof at the top above the stairs. I'd like to build a house with clerestory windows and have been puzzled by this detail. Great video series!

Sir, I have enjoyed your videos for a long time and respect what you do , Please take care , stay safe .

Love your show. How would using the zip system work on sealing a house with a shed roof. I was thinking about the perfect house concept with a shed roof.

The USDA (maybe), developed a truss system of building where the walls and roof framing was built flat and tilted up in bays. The roof covering was metal that just hung over the walls like 18". I feel like these super insulated houses that rely on active ventilation, all kinds of taped seals, and silicone calk might not age so well. Our 1790’s brick house here in Ky has the old single pane windows but because of the thick walls, radiant gas heat, and lifestyle choices we’re well below the National average for houses this size as far as energy consumption goes. I built a timber frame shop using kinda the perfect wall system you have. The frame was sheathed in 1" rough cut poplar, tar papered, and insulated with foam board on the outside. Poplar lap siding was put over furring strips, leaving a 1/2" air gap that goes all the way up to the eaves. Air can come in thru insect screen at the bottom and flow up and out the eaves as it is heated and rises. This was done to help shed heat before it can build up in the wall. Between the wood and foam insulation, the shop is easy to heat and requires almost no air conditioning. Adding a small solar hot water radiator would be enough to heat it along with body heat loss as the day gets going. It worked so well I’m going to use the same system in my retirement home. I know tar paper seems outdated, but it’s worked for well over 100 years. In fact I often find that when I come across it during renovations that it’s still perfectly serviceable after 70 years. I like the passive house concept, but you need fresh air for a healthy life. I think letting a house breathe a little is important. Forced air heating and air conditioning is a big part of the problem with energy loss. Sucking in and blowing out air thru every crack. And houses are too big. Nice job on your place though.

Hi Matt! Thanks for sharing. What are your thoughts on covering the house in Poly-iso vs Rockwool after watching the fire demo at the BEC conference?

Inspirational, thanks for sharing!

Mind blowing!

Good stuff looks like you're building for our Canadian winters/rains

I'd imagine these videos save you a lot of time, by not having to explain everything to all the curious neighbors on a daily basis. Interesting details, thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next step. Would this be inspected by a regular building inspector, or a third party,(engineer) at your cost?

Looking forward to seeing the roof finished. This looks a lot like the REMOTE framing system I've seen before. Air and vapor tight until you get to the foundation/slab. Insulated raft foundation tied in to a ZIP/REMOTE framed house seems like the tightest build method yet.

Does building a house like this become susceptible to mold? Very intrigued with this idea of building

Now how would i find someone who builds houses like you. Excellent job

I am a fan of rafter tails for their natural weather proofing they provide and their aesthetics which I like. The modern house look without tails leaves me cold and always "looks wrong" to me on a home. I have done similar sealing but added fake rafter tails. With a thick ledger board ripped to the width of the plumb cut of the fake rafter. You can add decorative, fake rafter tails. Easiest to screw them in from the back of the ledger. They can be laid out symmetrically or any other pattern, on different centers than 16" or 24" and made with thicker then 2x rafter stock. Also consider the exposed underside of the roof above the fake tails. It should not be plywood for visual appearance. At least paint. The ledger can be bolted into the wall framing and a few metal straps to tie in the top or a continuous plywood gusset tied into the roof. Then cap it with ice and water membrane.

Great job Matt

Absolutely fantastic teaching moment. Thank you so much

Love this. Perhaps you'll help make it a new standard.

Matt, been wanting to try this approach ever since a BEC workshop a couple yrs ago. Anxious to see how you attach eaves and insulation and integrate the 2. Have to fight hurricane code here in SC too, so that adds challenge. Thanks!

Are you going to put anything between the studs on the inside?

Interesting, looking forward to seeing the outer shell 🤓

I’m really curious how your going to frame your eaves. In my mind your going to have to puncture plenty of holes in that air tight building envelope.

Really good explanations. Thank you.

I like the concept of how this is going together. I am not sure if I understood fully what you are doing with the roof but I would be thinking this is the perfect platform to build a cold roof on top of this structure so that the roof itself is well ventilated but isolated from the attic space for the utility space.

Matt, Many moons ago, I found myself needing to repair a failed roof rafter during a Texas summer heat wave. I was sweating so profusely, I could barely hold onto tools. That experience inspired me to play around with a passive cooling idea: seal off the underside edge of roof rafters, and create a continuous air "channel" between a ridge vent, and a soffit vent. The basic idea was that the underside of the roof would heat the passive air in that "channel" and as it expanded it would naturally want to migrate towards the ridge, in the same way that hot air rises and cold air falls. Many years later, I have seen inexpensive solutions that incorporate this same basic idea. One of those solutions is a cheap cardboard-like material that installs between roof rafters easily with a staple gun. The side facing up has a reflective foil that reflects the heat back at the underside of the roof. You probably already know about these solutions for preventing the attic air mass from radiating heat downwards into living spaces. And, I'll never forget that Texas summer heat wave: it never got below 100 F. for a full month.

Hi Matt! Thanks for another great episode. Just a quick question about where to install the airtight layer. I would assume it would make more sense, to have it on the outside of your insulation, rather than on the inside. Thanks in advance 👍

Building in near future want to follow your design !!!

I also highly recommend you to install only can lights through the house, such as closets, hallways, bathrooms, porches, laundry, kitchen, living rm, office...etc..in my personal opinion clean cealings look much better than having weird looking light fixtures. Obviously you're going to have fans but try to avoid the light kit on them and just have LED trims as your lighting.

Awesome, Matt

still always enjoy your insight into building

Thanks for your videos, I always enjoy your content. When you show your shots from the attic, there is light coming in along the eaves. Was this shot done before the Zip system was installed? If not, where is the light coming from? The second floor? I’m struggling to understand that connection detail. Thanks, Matt!