1. PRESENTED BY: Al Cobb, Founder, Sips School www.sipschool.com CHAPTER 7 OF 10 Layout & Panel Installation SPONSORED BY:

2. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Learning Objectives  Installing SIPs  Walls and roof  Getting started and staying efficient  Tools and techniques  Preparation for other trades  Rigging  SEAL SEAL SEAL  Labeling  Weather issues

3. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation The Drawings  Called layout drawings??  Review  Rough openings  Support  Point loads!!  Type of package  Site cut  Yield and panel nesting

4. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Panel Prep  Safety  Feet on the ground  Crane time (sleeping operator)  Find manufacturing errors  Preassembly

5. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation A Good Place to Start  Corner  Bracing requirements  Minimal  Straightening still required  Wind  SIP =Sail

6. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Rigging  Safety  OSHA specs  Walls vs. roof  Windows and doors  Temporary holes strapping  Roof rigging  Flat vs. pitched  Wind tag line  Finding a handle  Panel adjustment while still attached

7. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Floor Systems  Platform  Rim board  Balloon  Hanging  Load bearing interior partitions, floor systems, and keeping the SIP install on track

8. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Electrical and Other Trades  Communicate  Site meeting prior to start  Explanation of the system  Panel adjustments to accommodate other trades  Helping the electrician vs. unnecessary cost increases

9. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Tools  Basics  Specialty tools

10. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Seal as you go  Think like a molecule of air  Use you building science knowledge  Mastic  Foam (one- and two-part)  Gaskets

11. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Weather Issues  When to seal if panels are wet  Sealing and a weather-tight roof  SIP tape sticking or not

12. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Planning for Efficiency  Staging in order  Line of sight  Access to staging area  Plumbing and straightening walls  Sealing too soon  Panel joint layout vs. joint growth  Setting last wall panel using the corner

13. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Labeling as you go  Label panels and deck  Label electrical drilled paths  Voids in panel to drill and fill

14. www.sips.orgChapter 7 – Layout & Panel Installation Sealing Behind Other Trades  Changing the order of construction  Insulating combined with framing

15. PRESENTED BY: Al Cobb, Founder, Sips School www.sipschool.com CHAPTER 7 OF 10 Layout & Panel Installation SPONSORED BY: