Contract to dig

• Professional design and customization services
• Site evaluation, lot walk, and home staking
• Building permit and site condition assistance
• Personalized reconstruction meeting
• Temporary electric pole installation

Excavation + GRADING

• Excavation for basement
• Rough grading of disturbed soils with positive drainage grade away from the house

FOUNDATION + BASEMENT

• Full basements or partial crawl (per plan)
• 8”x16” concrete footers
• Interior and exterior drain tile tied together, draining to sump or optional natural/gravity drain
• 8’ poured concrete foundation with engineered steel rebar reinforcement (per soil conditions)
• GMX black elastomeric membrane with 2-3/8” drainboard applied to foundation walls
• Two white vinyl operable basement windows with screens
• Basement floor is 4” thick concrete slab over 4” gravel with a 6 mil vapor barrier
• Garage floor is filled with gravel (not soil), smooth troweled finish

FRAMING

• Treated sill plates with sill sealer anchored to poured wall
• 2×10 / 2×12 dimensional floor joists (sized per plan)
• 3/4” OSB tongue-and-groove subfloor glued and nailed to reduce squeaks
• 2×6 studs 16” on center exterior walls with double top plates and 3-ply headers (sized per opening)
• 2×4 garage wall studs
• 6:12 roof pitches
• Fully sheathed OSB exterior
• Raised heel, engineered roof system with OSB sheathing and clips

Front Porches (per plan)

• Porches built on poured concrete wall, not treated posts
• 5/4″x6″ SYP treated deck boards over 2 x6/2×8 treated joists (per plan)
• 6″x6″ LP® SmartSide® cedar texture trim wrapped posts below aluminum wrapped front porch beam (per plan)
• LP® SmartSide® cedar texture trim skirt board

EXTERIOR FEATURES

• Harvey® Slimline single-hung windows with screens (per plan)
• Internal window grilles on front elevation (per plan)
• MMI Door® 9-lite, 2-panel fiberglass patio door
• MMI Door® 6-lite, 2-panel fiberglass entry door
• 16×7 Wayne Dalton insulated overhead garage door
• Maintenance-free HeartTech® D4DL .044” thick Super Polymer® vinyl siding
• Vinyl shutters or aluminum window wraps on front elevation (per plan)
• Aluminum soffit with 12” overhangs
• Perforated soffits at eaves for roof ventilation
• Aluminum wrap over 2×6 SPF sub-facia
• GAF® dimensional shingles installed over 15 lb felt underlayment with closed-cut shingle valleys
• Ice and water guard membrane installed to prevent ice-damming
• Seamless aluminum gutters and downspouts

INSULATION + SEALING

• House wrap on all exterior walls and gable ends
• Premium air infiltration reduction package
• R-10 GMX Thermal Drain® basement insulation panels
• 4’ fiberglass drape basements/crawls (per plan)
• R-49 blown fiberglass attic insulation
• R-19 batt with kraft face barrier sidewalls

ELECTRICAL

• 200 amp service panel
• NEC compliant copper wiring
• Two waterproof GFI outlets located at front and back of home (per plan)
• Hardwired smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors with battery backup at every level and in each bedroom
• Circuits for the well pump, gas furnace, and air conditioner
• Two GFI outlets in garage
• Garage door outlet and opener sensor wire (per plan)
• Wiring included for front doorbell
• Light fixtures/lighting allowance
• Washer and dryer outlets

HEATING + COOLING

• Energy-saving digital programmable thermostat
• Lennox® 14 SEER 14ACX air conditioner
• Lennox® gas furnace with Power Saver™ constant-torque blower motor design (93% AFUE rating)
• Custom-designed, hand-built mastic sealed duct work
• Whole house auto-damper fresh air ventilation system
• Exhaust vent for electric dryer
• Bath fans with metal vent duct directly to outside

PLUMBING

• PEX water supply lines
• Ice maker outlet box
• 50-gallon electric water heater
• Sump pit and pump
• Two exterior frost-protected hose bibs
• Moen® 1/2 hp garbage disposal
• Plastic washer box and dryer vent duct

Interior FEATURES

• 8’ ceilings throughout
• Knock-down textured ceiling finish (except garage)
• Interior drywall is finished, primed, and painted
• Sherwin Williams® Low VOC paint (1 color throughout, flat sheen only)
• Capped knee wall at top of stairs in lieu of railing
• Poplar stair parts with wood or wrought iron balusters
• Painted farmhouse trim
• Windows are drywall returned with deep-painted wood sills
• 6-panel Masonite hollow core, smooth texture, interior doors
• Schlage® satin nickel door hardware with privacy locks on bedrooms and bathrooms
• Front entry door painted on-site with Schlage® satin nickel pitcher style entry set with deadbolt
• Deadbolt-type locks on other exterior swing doors

KITCHEN + BATH

• Locally made custom kitchen and vanity cabinets by Riceland®
• Shaker-style, recessed panel, painted maple kitchen and vanity cabinets with decorative door hardware
• Wood toe kick with shoe moulding under all cabinets
• Cabinetry features dovetail drawer boxes, soft close doors, and lazy Susan corner base cabinet (per plan).
• Laminate kitchen countertops with 4″ backsplash
• 7” drop-in stainless steel kitchen sink
• Moen® chrome one-handle kitchen faucet
• Laminate vanity tops with china drop-in sinks in all bathrooms
• Powder room choice of vanity with white china drop-in sink or pedestal sink
• Mansfield® elongated water closets
• Sterling® 60” solid Vikrell® tub/shower unit in all bathrooms
• Quality Moen® chrome handle/lever faucets in all bathrooms

FLOORING

• Mohawk plush carpeting. High-density 7/16” 6lb pad
• Sheet vinyl with high-density foam cushion
• Shoe moulding in all hard surface flooring areas

COMPLETION + PEACE OF MIND

• Final construction clean
• Removal of construction debris
• Final walk-through and inspection
• New home orientation. Complete homeowner manual and warranty packets delivered at closing.
• 10-year Limited Transferable Structural Warranty
• One-year Builder Warranty, per BIA of Central Ohio guidelines
• 30-year Transferable Warranty on GMX Waterproofing System
• Lifetime Transferable Warranty on HeartTech®Vinyl Siding
• Lifetime Warranty on Vinyl Shutters
• All manufacturer’s warranties are passed on to the homeowner (GAF, Schlage, Moen, Lennox, etc.)