SIPs are commonly used to enclose timber or steel frames structures or can be the the main structural element of the house. Because these panels are structural, fewer inner supporting walls ...

Structural insulated panels (SIPs) take the place of wood studs, sheathing, insulation and vapour barrier used to build most walls in Canadian ... unroll local red tape so thick that SIPs become ...

Stick frame homes are not the only materials out there to build with, many alternative building techniques exist. In this Homestead tour, we visit a home North of Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii ...