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Creation Of A Neighborhood
By Bob Phillips

The following list is provided by Keith Worrel, President of Advantage Homes, who distributes it for marketing and information purposes. The list describes features which Keith believes are key to defining the construction of a quality built home.

• Customer Treatment
• Framing
• Flooring
• Insulation/Energy Efficiency
• Roofing
• Maintenance
• Concrete Work

This material, which is copyrighted by Advantage Homes, is published on NeighborhoodNet(tm) with the permission of Keith Worrel. Bob Phillips converted the material to HTML for display on the Internet.

ADVANTAGE HOMES

Standard Features Summary

Keith Worrel, Owner

Business Phone: (913)780-9663

Advantage Homes incorporates all of the following features into each home. I welcome you to use this checklist to compare features of other homes to my standard.

Customer Treatment

• Customer's comments and suggestions are welcome
• Customer is encouraged to visit the site regularly during construction
• Construction site is never closed to customer
• Client callbacks and all phone calls handled in a timely and courteous manner

Framing

• Number 2 grade lumber or better used in framing infrastructure
• 2"x 6" exterior walls, including garage
• Basement exterior walls framed with 2"x 4"s
• Double wall sheathing on exterior walls
• 9' ceiling height minimum on main level
• 16" on center wall, ceiling and rafter framing
• Specific framing designs used to optimize energy efficiency

Flooring

• All floor joists 2"x10" or larger
• 12" on center floor joists used to lessen floor flexing

Insulation/Energy Efficiency

• R-38 insulation in ceiling; R-19 insulation batts in exterior walls; R-11 batts in basement exterior walls
• Zoned heating and cooling if large square footage
• Basement exterior walls framed and insulated
• Fully insulated garage with steel insulated overhead door
• Insulated, clad or vinyl windows; all windows thermopane

Roofing

• Preferred roofing material is Timberline composite, cedar shake used if required by customer or developer
• Plywood sheathing on roof even with cedar shake to lower possible future composite reroof costs
• Vents every 32" along roof peak, increased venting along soffit
• Five year warranty against leakage on wood roof

Maintenance

• Brick, stucco, and/or vinyl exteriors
• All copper plumbing water lines
• Higher grade exterior paints
• Clad, or vinyl windows

Concrete Work

• Backfilled areas are water settled before concrete flatwork is poured
• Rebar in all flat concrete work, except basement, where typically no reinforcement is needed
• "Single Pour" basement floor (pier pads are boxed and poured at the same time as floor)
• Foundation defined by very conservative engineering evaluation of site: 10" walls, 24" footings, 2' vertical rebar spacing and 1' horizontal rebar spacing may be used
• Soil test done prior to foundation being poured to insure proper engineering

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Written by Bob Phillips. All rights reserved. Copyright 1997, All rights reserved. August, 1997.
Any reproduction by any means of this material without the explicit written consent of the author is forbidden.
Displayed on NeighborhoodNet(tm) with permission of the author

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