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Welcome New TC Family & House-in-a-Hollow Net Zero House Wrap-Up
The TC Legend Family is growing! We have hired two new Carpenters and two new Draftsman trainees! Big welcome to Miles, Lee, Talia & Amber! Check out 'Our Team' to learn more about them. We are...
Bellingham Public Schools Foundation – Let’s Make Sunnyland Solar!!
A Message from Sunnyland Elementary School Dear Sunnyland community and neighbors, As we break ground this spring on the new Sunnyland Elementary and look forward to welcoming students, staff and...
TC Legend Typical House
Ted & Jake did some virtual conference speaking last summer. The subject was how to build an affordable Net Zero home. The Built Green footage is here: Videos | TC Legend Homes, and...
TC Legend Homes Wins 2020 Built Green Hammer Award
We are excited to announce that the TC Legend Homes Everson Farmhouse has been awarded the 2020 Built Green Hammer Award winner in the category of Built Green Project of the Year! The Built Green...
Bellingham Eco-Home Builder Wins 2020 Housing Innovation Award from the Department of Energy
Bellingham eco-home builder wins 2020 Housing Innovation Award from the Department of Energy. Solar-panel powered house with Scandinavian influences.Nationwide competition to promote zero carbon...
Indoor Air Quality
It’s a dark winter evening. You leave the house and as you emerge outside you feel the cold, fresh air and you pop up, feeling sharp, awake, fresh and lively. The operative word is ‘fresh.’ Sure,...
What are SIPs?
What are SIPs? Structural. Insulated. Panels. SIPs are wall, roof (and sometimes floor) panels. Fabricated from a slab of foam sandwiched between two plywood sheets. Actually, it’s not ply it’s OSB...
The Benefits of Slab on Grade
When we pour a slab on grade we are basically pouring concrete directly onto the earth. Sure, there is a 4” layer of foam under the concrete so we don’t lose our heat, and yes, there is 12” of sand...
The Benefits of Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) Foundations
The TC Legend Homes fellas put up the Lake Stevens house's insulated concrete form (ICF) walls in the rain last week over the course of just (2) days! Dan said it went well since the soil had a good...
2019 Summer Update
News since our last update: We found out we won the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) “Cross Border Challenge” award for Net Zero American Home Builder. This was for having a HERS Index...
2018 Year in Review
Here at TC Legend Homes, we are excited to ring in the New Year! We kept busy in 2018, but we were not as active as we would have liked in keeping our “fans” updated on our recent projects. So,...
Read Our 2016 Housing Innovation Award-Winner Case Study
TC Legend Homes built this 2,463-ft2 home in Seattle, Washington, to the performance criteria of the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) program. The two-story home has SIP walls and triple-pane...