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ReVISION House Scottsdale     |  Demolition







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                                                                                                            Family room rear
                                                                                                            wall. In 2013, a 2-by-8
                                                                                                            wall was built to
                                                                                                            allow the installation
                                                                                                            of a 16-foot stacking
                                                                                                            door. It was poorly
                                                                                                            insulated with
                                                                                                            R13 batt fiberglass
                                                                                                            insulation.












































                                                                          This is the family room insulation, or lack thereof. No wonder this
                                                                          3,050-square-foot house required 8 tons of air conditioning! We
                                                                          are removing all of the roof framing and going with a 12-foot-high
                                                                          ceiling with a flat roof. The above roof deck insulation will be four
                                                                          inches of DuPont extruded polystyrene, and a closed cell spray
                                                                          roof with a reflective spray on membrane. GB

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