Jefferson County 
The Yellow Barn at Conifer: Early American Pre-fab in the Mountains(0)
The historic “Yellow Barn” (well, it used to be more yellow than it is today) at the corner of Highway 73 and Barkley Road in Conifer has long been a well known and beloved landmark and icon of the mountain community. What many may not know, however, is that it and it’s two accompanying historic [...]
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SIP House Construction, Designed by EVstudio
EVstudio has had the opportunity and pleasure to work with a client that desired a SIP (structurally insulated panel) house. Located in Arvada, Colorado, and on property with a lake, the home features a walkout rear basement and other than the foundation walls, all the walls are constructed of SIPs and the roof is framed [...]
2009 Code Update: Deck Attachments
The 2009 International Residential Code has new provisions concerning the attachment of decks to homes. Most significant in this is the new hold-down tension device requirement of R502.2.2.3. This device is illustrated below and will certainly add construction costs to deck addition projects due to the invasive nature of the interior tension device attachment. From [...]
Jefferson County Height Restriction
Jefferson County, Colorado has changed the way that they look at building height effective May 20th, 2008. This is the first change in this definition since 2002. Its a little hard to explain so hopefully I’m allowed to post this graphic from the Zoning Resolution. This particular definition is fairly unique and illustrates why we [...]