Masonry Magazine April 1968 Page. 14
Brick Value House
Above: Prefabricated windows and doors are set as soon as the foundation is sill-high so that the bricklayers can work to them. Wood sills come with window units, eliminating sill details.
Left: Flashing installed at floor line. White board is 12" polystyrene perimeter insulation between brick foundation and yet-to-be poured concrete floor slab. Note corner poles which were used throughout.
Note the Flemish tie course at top of wall (every sixth course). Electric service cable and vermiculite insulation were placed in the 3%" cavity just before the roof plate is installed.
Luckily, the industry's engineers had been quietly guinea-pigging several ideas which showed promise. They put these together in Brick Value House, an efficient design of slightly over 1,000 square feet which can be built with slab-on-grade or suspended wood-floor system, depending upon site conditions and owner preference.
The North Carolina brick industry's association-called "Brick & Tile Service, Inc."-purchased a lot in the famous Research Triangle area and contracted with Superior Construction Co. of Greensboro to build the pilot model complete for $7500 flat. This included plumbing, heating, electrical, but no site improvements.
Said Superior's President Eugene Gulledge, a national officer in the NAHB, "Brick Value House employs advanced technology which could provide long-sought masonry."