Ray Newkirk is a Santa Cruz general contractor passionate about green building, and was one of the first contractors to start building with fire-resistant Faswall® in Santa Cruz. A jack-of-all-trades, master of many, Ray has spent decades specializing in diversity, as reflected in his TESTIMONIALS. From eco-friendly straw bale homes, steel framing, log homes, stick frames, additions, ADUs, remodels of every kind, decks, stairs, railings, arbors, bamboo fences, gates, lanais, floors & shelves and creative projects with many faces. He can even make your garbage look good! (Please visit GarbajMahal.com). Ray’s capacity for turning dreams into reality is second to none.
Ray was also the only contractor to participate in the City of Santa Cruz Green Building Working Group from 2005-2008 that was charged with revising codes to reflect a more sustainable approach to building.
Now Ray & his crew at Outside The Box Builders are building their second Faswall block home. See more at faswall.com and view the video of his first Faswall® house build.
Faswall is a very resilient, fire resistant, seismically sound, highly insulated home built of blocks made of recycled wood chips, cemented together into blocks and filled with 3” of Rockwool insulation. They are stacked “brick style” and filled with rebar & concrete, which gives them their strength & resilience. And they have a 4 hour fire rating!
Looks like the next home will be built of FoxBlocks(.com) then off to hemp blocks for the ultimate in environmentally friendly building. More at:
HempHomesHeal.US
If you have a project for a skilled, creative crew of green builders who think outside the box, please give Ray a call at 831 234 zero 200.