How are you enclosing the frame above the foundation? What we find is that if the wall around the outside of the frame is thick enough to provide decent R-Value, and if you want the outside skin of that wall flush with the outside of your foundation wall, then little, if any, of each timber frame post is actually directly above the foundation wall. Here's one possible design, using a poured wall foundation, SIPs, and web floor trusses:
Anyone feel free to jump in here and say what they like or don't like about this kind of solution. Obviously, I've done it this way before, but I'm always looking to improve the way we do things, or learn a new trick. CB.
