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Quality - Craftsmanship - Customer
Satisfaction Here is what Dreams 2 Reality
Custom Homes offers as standards in our construction.
Can our competition say the same?
Foundations and Driveways
- Engineered conventional foundation with
rebar and minimum 3000 psi concrete as opposed
to a post tension foundation.
- Rebar 12 inch on center both ways in all
flat areas as opposed to wire mesh.
- Foundation height is a minimum of 16 inches
above natural grade to allow for drainage and
landscaping.
- 10 inch anchor bolts are used for fastening
bottom plates to the foundation as opposed to
anchoring clips.
- Rebar enforced driveways with minimum 3000
psi concrete as opposed to wire mesh.
Windows
- Low emission windows.
- Double-pane windows.
- Vinyl frame windows.
Plumbing
- The customer has a choice between a Viega
Piping System or Copper. No PVC water supply
lines are used.
- Customized plumbing installation such as
hose bibs, shower head height and placement,
body spray and fixture placement that is designed
on site with the customer.
- Stub out in the garage for an easy water
softener installation.
Framing
- Maximum 16 inches on center for all studs,
joist, and rafters. Some floor joist may require
12 inches on center to accommodate the weight
of an upstairs room.
- All plywood exterior walls as opposed to
foam board.
- Exterior plywood installed on the bottom
2 feet of all exterior walls to assist in rot
prevention.
- Sill seal under treated plates to assist
in sealing off insects and moisture.
- High-performance DuPont™ Tyvek® HomeWrap®,
the weather-resistant protective barrier material
on all exterior walls.
- Vinyl window wrap around all windows to
prevent moisture penetration and air leakage
around windows
- James Hardie Hardisoffit® fiber cement continuous-perforated
soffit panels.
- Harditrim® fiber cement trim planks for
exterior trim.
- James Hardie HardieBacker® on all shower
and tub walls.
- Minimum #2 Southern Yellow Pine for all
joist and rafters unless long lengths dictate
the use of an alternate wood.
- Solid Fir Studs and top plates as opposed
to finger joint wood.
- 4 x 8 x 1–1/8 inch tongue and groove plywood
sub-floor glued, nailed and screwed as opposed
to 3/4” plywood that is just nailed.
Air Conditioning, Heating
and Ventilation (HVAC)
- Zoned HVAC designed based on house floor
plan with digital thermostats.
- Minimum 14 SEER HVAC units
Drywall
- Soffit board on porches instead of standard
sheetrock or greenrock.
- 5/8 inch fire-rated sheetrock in garage.
- Rounded corners for windows and walls.
Roofing
- LP TechShield® radiant barrier plywood decking
for the roof.
- Minimum 30 year composition Elk Pristique
Raised Profile shingles that are nailed as opposed
to being stapled.
- Counter Flashing for all roof and brick/stone
intersections.
- Continuous Ridge Vent on roof.
- 30 lb felt on roof as opposed to 15 lb.
- Lead versus PVC roof jacks are painted to
match the roof.
Electrical
- Minimum 200 amp service.
- Customized electrical installation (lights,
switches, plugs) designed onsite with the customer.
- Minimum #12 electric wire to all switches
and plugs.
- Minimum 20 amp circuit breakers as opposed
to 15 amp circuit breakers.
- All plug and switch wires are connected
to outlets and switches using screw terminals
as opposed to the 'stab' process on the back
of the outlet.
- Phone and cable media panel that can accommodate
computer routers. The media panel has individual
runs to each outlet as opposed to all outlets
being looped together.
- Switched soffit plugs for holiday lighting.
- Switched mantel plugs for holiday lighting.
- Security system prewire.
Insulation
- Formaldehyde free faced wall and ceiling
insulation with expansion foam on all windows,
doors and base plates.
- Blown fiberglass attic insulation as opposed
to blown cellulose
- Air ventilation baffles installed in ceiling
slopes to assist in air flow from the continuous
perforated soffit vents to the continuous ridge
vents.
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