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Seven North's latest 5 star energy rated home. View Certificate
  • Built in 2009

  • Sudbury, VT

  • Efficiency Vermont rated this home 5+ Stars

  • Insulated poured concrete frost walls.

  • Radiant heating tubes in slab over insulation.

  • 8" Minimum wide heartwood pine wall logs.

  • "Interlock" joinery system.

  • Real Log exclusive, patented in 1980.

  • High quality  windows

  • Low-E II glass w/ Argon gas

  • Rigid foam "sandwich-pack" roof over decking boards w/ vapor barrier.

  • Closed roof (no ventilation)

  • Allows for continuous blanket with ZERO air infiltration.

 
  • Wood burning fireplace insert w/ glass doors

  • Integral fan

  • Fresh air ducted from exterior of home into firebox.

  • Geothermal heating system.

  • Open loop system using drilled well.

  • NO fossil fuels burned to heat this home.

  • HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilator)

  • Used to exchange air inside home, bringing in fresh air, tempering it with stale warm air from inside home.

  • Built-in dehumidifying system.

 
  • Solar hot water for domestic use.

  • "Evacuated tube design"

  • Tubes heat manifold using suns radiation.

  • Uses dual coil storage tank w/ electrical supplement.

 
We pride ourselves on paying attention to the details. It pays off, over and over. This home's blower door test results confirmed that. The test resulted 0.11 natural air changes per hour.  That's approximately 75% tighter than the average new home.
Seven North Log Homes, Ltd.   802-453-7813     sevennorth@gmavt.net     2010