Please enjoy your visit to our completed projects pages. Included in this section are homes we have built (and sometimes designed) over the last 20 years (+/-). General Characteristics of Carolina Country Builders "Completed Projects" have changed over the years (as products and methods have been encouraged and introduced).

The list below highlights items that are standard for our company, with the caveat that some projects more then 10 years ago may not have been able to include some things because of lack of availability. Typically, Carolina Country Builder’s projects have been at the forefront of incorporating green building techniques and materials prior to most all other builders in the Triangle of NC region.

More in-depth information and special green building features of individual homes will be found as you visit the different completed projects.

"22 Stages of the Design and Construction Process". Getting on board for the journey of a design and build project and being aware of the ups and downs of the trip can be helpful. For a humorous – but realistic – perspective, click here.

Site/Preparation/Development

  • Optimal orientation for solar energy
  • Provide solar access
  • Tree protection
  • Preserve and use natural water and drainage features
  • Conserve existing on-site vegetation
  • Conserve-reuse top layer of soil
  • Material use optimized by designs based on 2’ increments

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

  • Passive solar design
  • Advanced Framing techniques
  • Extended overhangs for summer shading and siding material life extension
  • Higher than code insulation levels
  • Air sealing to reduce infiltration
  • Low E glass (prior to this becoming part of the NC Building code)
  • Space heating and cooling appropriately sized
  • Above code HVAC efficiency levels
  • Sealed duct with most (if not all duct) within the building envelope
  • Natural ventilation incorporated with mechanical ventilation
  • Recycle construction waste
  • Energy Star Appliances

Indoor Environmental Quality

  • High quality – low sone (quiet) fans          
  • Minimal use of carpet
  • Provide outside combustion air for wood burning fireplaces and install sealed combustion fireplaces
  • Use low or no-VOC indoor paints
  • Sealed crawl spaces
  • Ventilation (kitchen/baths) ducted to exterior

Water Conservation

  • Energy Star Appliances
  • Low flow fixtures/faucets
  • No installed irrigation – mulching for naturalizing the landscape

Materials

  • Recycled Masonry Block
  • Termite protection with borax (or galvanized termite shields)
  • Water based wood and floor sealers (low VOC’s)
  • Plywood boxes for cabinets
  • Casement/Awning windows
  • Metal roofing
  • Extensive use of decorative concrete and wood flooring
  • Regional Southern Yellow Pine trim and framing lumber
  • Compact Fluorescent Lighting when appropriate