The Eco-Panels Blog

Frost Protected Shallow Foundation

Frost Protected Shallow Foundation

I'd like to take a moment and celebrate our builder/contractor friend Justin Spear with Spear Head Excavation in Durham, Maine. Over the past year, he has educated us on the many advantages of a Frost Protected Shallow Foundation over a more traditional deep-dug...

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Building a FORTIFIED HOME is easier with Eco-Panels

Building a FORTIFIED HOME is easier with Eco-Panels

The LSU Ag Center is doing in delving into the Insurance Industry’s FORTIFIED HOME program, a nation-wide program that has a prescriptive approach to building a stronger home – with the potential opportunity for REDUCED INSURANCE PREMIUMS because you have proven that you now have a stronger built home. Using Eco-Panels help builders achieve these standards.

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Crawl Spaces – Conditioned or Unconditioned?

Crawl Spaces – Conditioned or Unconditioned?

Sealed crawl spaces can be expensive - both in material and labor - and you have to condition the closed crawl spaces and possibly dehumidify them for the rest of the home's life. That's expensive as well. One alternative might be the "Old School" approach of...

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OH CANADA!!!

OH CANADA!!!

OH CANADA!!! Eco-Panels announces our first international expansion - Saskatchewan, Canada - the official registration completed in late February. Sometimes things take a long time to grow organically - but "deep roots are not reached by the frost." Our robust...

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