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Projects   Residential – House of the Month – June 2005
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Steel Tree House    [back]

Tahoe Donner, Calif.
jls design


the People

Owner
Jon Traeger

Architect
jls design
14575 Denton Ave.
P.O. Box 9385
Truckee, CA 96162
530.587.5232
jls@tahoearchitect.com
www.tahoearchitect.com

Joel L. Sherman, Architect

Engineer(s)
Louis Woods,
Gabbart + Woods Structural Engineers
872 Oriole Way
Incline Village, NV
www.gabbartandwoods.com

Consultant(s)
Energy Consultant:
Clement Woods,
Woods Energy Consultants
Reno, NV

General contractor
Jon Traeger, Norwegian Wood Construction (owner / builder)

Photographer(s)
– Edward Lupyak, NE Designs, 530.448.1035
– Joel L. Sherman, Architect, jls design , 530.587.5232

Renderer(s)
Jack L. Hawkins, Hawkins & Associates

CAD system, project management, or other software used
Hand drafted & ACAD R-12

 

the Products

Structural system
Owner / Contractor site fabricated and welded steel frames, girders & architectural steel

Wood wall framing w/ steel moment frames, TJI flr. Joists, LVL roof rafters, with steel wide flanges girder beams from tower to tower typical.

Exterior cladding
Metal/glass curtainwall:
Site fabricated Tube steel mullions with Alum. Sash glazing system

Wood:
beveled redwood siding at low walls w/ Fry “X” reglets @ corners typical, and redwood facias

EIFS, ACM, or other:
Three coat cem. Plaster / acrylic exterior sand finish

Roofing
Elastomeric:
Flintlastic torch-down single ply membrane roofing

Windows
Steel:
Site fabricated Tube steel mullions with Alum. Sash glazing system

Aluminum:
Site fabricated Tube steel mullions with Alum. Sash glazing system

Glazing
Glass:
Low-E dual glazing

Doors
Entrances:
Simpson solid core flush panel wood door www.simpsondoor.com

Wood doors:
Simpson solid core flush panel wood door , Simpson single lite French doors www.simpsondoor.com

Upswinging doors, other:
Shoji-like stacking doors to camouflage steel elevation garage doors

Hardware
Locksets:
Schlage www.schlage.com

Hinges:
Hager www.hagerhinge.com

Cabinet hardware:
Owner / contractor fabricated

Interior finishes
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Owner / contractor fabricated 2”x2” stl. Angle framework w/ solid Cherry flush panels

Paints and stains:
Watco, Natural www.watco.co.uk

Special surfacing:
Poured / finished in place concrete countertops

Carpet:
Wool carpet in lower children’s bedrooms

Raised flooring:
Red Oak flooring over 1 ½” light weight gyp-crete w/ hydronic heating / some 2 ½’ stained concrete (L.M. Scofield, Chemstain www.scofield.com) w/ hydronic heating flooring

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Owner / contractor fabricated ambient light fixture at interior steel beam / plaster tower intersection

Downlights:
Halo www.cooperlighting.com

Task lighting:
Low Voltage (Various)

Exterior:
Halo www.cooperlighting.com

 


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