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Foundation

  • Poured concrete footers
  • Crawl space foundation per plan, w/6 mil poly vapor barrier
  • Crawl space vents per County code
  • Light with switch next to crawl door
  • Concrete steps and sidewalk to end of house
  • Optional poured concrete wall basement available

Floor System

  • 2” x 10”, 2” x 12” floor joists @ 16” O.C., dependent on size of house
  • Solid wood blocking under parallel partitions
  • ¾” T&G Advantech floor decking, glued and screwed to floor joists
  • Mohawk ¾” pre-finished hardwood floors in foyers for homes exceeding 1800 square feet.
  • Standard 100% nylon, stain resistant carpet w/6 lb. rebond pad

Exterior Walls

  • 2” x 4” studding @ 16” O.C.
  • 7/16” OSB sheathing
  • 2” x 12” headers over all windows and exterior doors
  • Solid color Certainteed vinyl siding – choice of colors, w/lifetime limited warranty by Certainteed
  • Vinyl single hung, insulated, tilt-in windows w/grills and screens
  • 1 ¾” fiberglas 6 panel, insulated entry door, w/sidelights if shown on plan
  • Rear door: Vinyl sliding glass door or French fiberglas insulated center hinge w/tempered glass
  • Mid-America polystyrene raised panel shutters on front windows – choice of colors
  • Mounting blocks for exterior lighting
  • Schlage exterior hardware package

Roof System

  • Engineered truss system @ 24” O.C. w/hurricane straps
  • Roof pitch per plan
  • 7/16” OSB sheathing w/plyclips between trusses
  • 12” overhangs at front and rear, 6” gable overhangs covered with vinyl soffit and aluminum fascia
  • Certainteed 25 year standard tab roof shingles over 15# roof felt with ridge vent system
  • Baked on enamel seamless gutters with downspouts and splashblocks

Insulation

  • Exterior walls insulated with R-13
  • Ceilings insulated with R-30
  • Crawl is insulated with R-19
  • Basements are insulated with R-11 flame spread
  • Water supplies insulated in crawl space
  • Air guard package for exterior walls
  • Air stopping for all penetrations

Interior

  • Interior ceiling height per plan
  • 2” x 4” studding @ 16” O.C.
  • ½” Gypsum sheetrock, glued and screwed
  • Colonial 6 panel interior doors
  • Vinyl coated ventilated shelving
  • Shoe shelving in master bedroom walk-in closets
  • 2 ¼” Colonial casing on windows and doors
  • 3 ¼” Colonial base (8’ ceilings) – 4 ¼” Colonial base (9’ ceilings)
  • 3 5/8” Crown molding in living room and dining room
  • Chair railing in dining room
  • Quarter round in vinyl areas
  • McCormick latex flat paint (2 coats)
  • McCormick semi-gloss (2 coats) in kitchen, baths and interior trim
  • Solid wood blocking behind all cabinets
  • Solid wood blocking behind all closet shelving
  • Schlage interior hardware package

Heating and Air Conditioning

  • Heat Pump by Trane (with one year labor warranty and 10 year limited warranty on all Trane functional parts)
  • Outside units mounted on brackets or placed on concrete pad, dependent on lot

Plumbing

  • Two outside frost proof faucets
  • Copper waterlines w/individual shut-off valves under sinks and lavatories
  • CPVC waterlines in AA and PG Counties
  • 80 gallon, quick recovery, electric energy efficient water heater in homes w/garden tubs (50 gallon with standard tub/shower units
  • Washer and dryer hookups
  • Ice water hook-up for refrigerator
  • Delta single or dual lever plumbing fixture package with 4” spreads

Electrical

  • 200 amp service panel box with ground rods (with 1 HVAC system)
  • 350 amp service panel box with ground rods (with 2 HVAC systems)
  • All copper wiring
  • AC/DC smoke and fire detectors
  • Choice of bright brass or brushed nickel lighting package
  • Overhead lighting in all bedrooms
  • Recessed light over all kitchen sinks and over garden tubs per plan
  • Two outside receptacles on ground fault breakers
  • Door chime at front entry
  • Three telephone and three TV outlets (locations chosen by homeowner)
  • Lights at all exterior doors 

Kitchen

  • Wellborn Arlington Oak series cabinets w/recessed panel doors (choice of 5 stains)
  • Base Lazy Susan (per plan)
  • Stainless steel 8” deep double bowl sink w/Delta single lever faucet w/sprayer
  • Formica laminate countertop with backsplash
  • Mannington Resilient no-wax vinyl floors over ¼” luan underlayment
  • Choice of drywalled soffit over wall cabinets or leaving open w/crown mould added
  • G.E. smooth top self cleaning range
  • G.E. vented range hood w/two speed fan and cooktop light
  • G.E. Frost free refrigerator (model dependent on size of kitchen)
  • G.E. Dishwasher w/Quiet Power3 sound package

Bath

  • 60” one piece fiberglass tub/shower combo w/anti-scald valve where shown on plan
  • Garden tubs w/anti-scald valve where shown on plan
  • Toto 1.6 gallon water saving toilet
  • Chrome Delta washerless faucets
  • Wellborn Arlington Oak series vanity cabinets w/recessed oak panel doors
  • Marblux cultured marble vanity tops
  • Mannington Resilient no-wax vinyl floors over ¼” luan underlayment
  • Exhaust fan/light combo in every bathroom
  • Mirrors with lights over the vanities
  • Chrome towel bar accessories 

HRB Builders Customer Care Service

  • Our staff will oversee your project throughout the entire process, and will be on call to answer any and all questions and address concerns
  • On-site mechanical meetings with the trades before rough-ins start
  • Pre-settlement walk-thru
  • 4 month and 11 month customer service follow-up
  • 1 year full service warranty from date of occupancy permit

Contact us for more information about our building contractors.

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