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Here's What My Clients
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people like you and I)

 

Bryan Shoesmith

Michael Williams

Erin Krebs

Jeremy Campbell

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"I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to design a custom home that they consult Phillip Rye. I was initially concerned that going through a home design process from several hundred miles away could be disastrous, but found it to be just the opposite. Any changes needed or wanted were handled quickly and efficiently and to my satisfaction, and I am very happy with the resulting house plan. It is truly amazing to see a plan that has been in your head for a long time finally make it to paper, and Phillip made the process easy and enjoyable. "

Kirk Dodson
Lascassas, TN

"Phillip,

My wife and I found working with you a great pleasure. Thank you for your excellent advice and detailed drawings.  We were very pleased with your attention to detail and quick turn around with changes. "

Al and Stacey Lewis
Anderson, MO

"Going into this process, I was somewhat worried about designing our our house entirely over the internet.
After working with Phillip, I can only say that we are very pleased with the final outcome. He was very patient, worked through our revisions, and absolutely used technology to its full benefits.

At times, it was like we were in the same room discussing the design and changes. Bottom line - I highly recommend Phillip Rye and Associates to help you develop your house plans."

Eddie and Diane Gray,
San Antonio, TX

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  • How do I know for sure that my stairs will reach the second floor?

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  • What size room do I need for a safe room and how is it constructed?

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Are you thinking about building a Kodiak Steel Home or looking for a customized safe, secure, steel home?  Customize the interior of your home to your exact specifications.  Working with the Kodiak erection drawings, your home will be drawn to exact specifications assuring your plans reflect the finished product. 

I will help you get a pre-engineered steel home from the factory that meets or exceeds any applicable building codes or loads specified to your homes location.  If your home needs to be resilient for heavy snow loads in Colorado, the hurricane force winds of Florida, or the tornadoes of Arkansas, the a steel building is your best option. 

A steel building will be be heavily resistant to the elements while providing a safe and secure interior environment.

 

CUSTOM, SAFE, SECURE KODIAK
STEEL HOME PLANS

Have you looked through the Kodiak steel home floor plans and nothing fits your needs or you can't customize one to fit your needs?  Contact me today for more information on a customized steel home and the its many advantages.

I can help you customize a Kodiak floor plan or any other floor plan you have to steel construction.  Including Kodiak, I work with two steel companies that can provide complete steel packages for your home.

Learn how you can make your  steel home super-energy efficient and have guaranteed heating and cooling costs.  We will discuss insulation, caulking, windows, water heater placement, HVAC placement and sizing,  attic and ceiling insulation, and others aspects that affect your heating and cooling bills.

Here is what my latest Kodiak Steel Home clients had to say:

Phillip,
I just wanted to let you know how you have made the process of designing our new home the easiest experience I have had in building my three homes over the last 26 years.

Rather than settling for stock plans out of a book or plodding through the process with an expensive, big-name firm in Houston, you have helped us put together a functional design in a package that fits our needs.

I was blown away when you returned our first draft floor plan within 48 hours after we sent our sketches to you. Now that's service! I was a bit uneasy at first by going out-of-state and through the internet, but that provided me with great comfort that I had made the right choice.

Throughout the design process you responded promptly to our change requests. It was really up to us to keep the process moving on. The results have been excellent! We'll keep you posted on the final product!

Thanks again, for all your efforts and professionalism.

Live Real,
Bob & Sally M. - Houston, TX

We have always had an idea of what our dream home would be; yet when the time came to put our ideas on paper, we were at a loss. We wanted to build an energy efficient home, but had very few resources to use.

We discovered Phillip Rye through a web search, and contacted him immediately. Working with Phillip was easy and convenient. We communicated through email and phone calls to work on our house plans, and he was always prompt in his replies.

With his background in energy efficiency, he was able to answer our questions thoroughly and help us make the right decisions on the design of our home. It has been a wonderful experience working with Phillip! We are so happy with the final plan and will recommend him to all of our friends, family,and coworkers.
Jason & Heather Rogers
Kodiak Custom Design of the Kodiak Crestwood 4
 

Dear Phillip, 
My wife and I would like to thank you for the great experience of custom designing our dream house. It was a nightmare and $500.00 lost using a local designer who after 4 months gave us nothing even close to what we expected. What a surprise and pleasure to go from start to finish in a few days time. WAY TO GO!!! We will for sure tell EVERYONE we know to give you first chance. 
Jeff & Rhonda Johnsrude
Kodiak Custom Design of the Southridge 2

Mr. Rye,
Thank you so much for your help. I was worried about having house plans drawn up over a long distance but you made it simple. The process was not hard or confusing at all. The energy analysis looks great as far as I can tell and I am excited about having an electric bill below 90 dollars a month. I will definitely recommend your services.
Thanks again,
Dena Walker,RN
Kodiak Crestwood 4

 


 

Dear Client,

First of all I want to tell you my business is not civil engineering, house designing, or energy consulting.  Although my credentials are all of the above, I am in the service business.  My job is to make sure you get what you want, how you want it.  I'm in the business of helping you make your dream home a reality.

With my custom home plans drawn to your specifications, you will be able to see your home in 3 dimensions giving you peace of mind knowing what your home will look like before it's built.

Have you picked out a Kodiak Steel Home but need a customized floor plan or do you have a floor plan you need converted to steel construction? Your home is probably the biggest investment you will ever make.  Don't settle for less.  Choose the best!

With my 100% customized, construction ready house plans, designed precisely how you want them, you’ll watch your ideas become a reality.

Let me ask you a few questions:

  • Do you need a construction ready, full set of house plans?  

  • Do you have an idea of what you want for your new home, but need someone to draw your plans?

  • Would you like to have your heating and cooling system properly sized and a written guarantee on your average monthly heating and cooling costs? Did you know, 90% of the time I can save the homeowner at least 1 ton on their heating and cooling system by sizing it correctly? That’s $2000-$5000 savings!

Let me draw your house plans and you will receive a quality set of plans drawn to your specifications that is guaranteed to have low utility bills!

 

"I highly recommend Phillip's services to anyone wanting custom home plans. After looking at what seemed to be thousands of "canned" home plans, nothing suited our needs and desires for our future home. Phillip made our own ideas real, while also adding helpful suggestions from his experience. He is very courteous and professional and always a pleasure to speak with. Some may be skeptical of this process from a distance. However, I found it to be most convenient and actually preferable. Phone calls, fax and emails streamlined the process giving my wife and I the ability to make decision privately and on our own schedule. We hope to only build one house in our lifetime, but if we do it again, my first call will be to Phillip Rye."

Matthew and Melissa Darnell
Goreville, IL

I have been very satisfied working with Phillip Rye via the internet.  After mailing the initial sketch of my floor plan the rest was done entirely through e-mail and a few short phone calls.....  I'll admit I know very little about computers and I was a little apprehensive about working this way.  It proved to be much easier than I had imagined and I would do it again.  Phillip was very helpful and offered some good suggestions which I incorporated into my floor plan. 
 
When it was time to draw the outside elevations, etc.  I mailed some photos and drawings of homes I liked and then Phillip drew up a plan.  Again, he offered a suggestion to help achieve the "look" I wanted which I appreciated and used.  It has been a pleasure dealing with Phillip.
 
Shirley Baker

 

COMPLETE SET OF PLANS

You'll get a complete, construction ready set of plans you can take to your builder/contractor.
Each set includes:

  • Floor plan

  • Elevations

  • Cabinet detail

  • Electrical plan

  • Foundation plan

  • Several 3D angles and views

  • 3 full-sized sets of plans

  • 3 (11"x17") sets to carry with you

  • PLUS a re-printable .PDF digital copy that you can take into any print shop for additional copies and/or enlargements.


 

We would like to highly recommend Phillip Rye. He has worked very closely with us, on what was just an idea from my own head, about the house that I wanted. My husband found Phillip's name through his pursuit of a very energy conscious person to take this on, he found his father's videos first and through that we found Phillip.

We were frightened that we wouldn't be able to do something like this over the internet, but Phillip was able to stay right with us and was able to understand all of our wishes for the house.
We were extremely pleased with all of our interactions with Phillip and all of the services he offered us from Drafting to Energy consulting.

Kim and Dan Atchley

 

Pricing:
 


Standard charges are $0.40 per sq ft (under roof)
 

* Under roof includes garages and porches.

 

Payment:

Preferred payment is with Credit/Debit card.  Payment is made through three payments during the design process. 

  • Payment One - $300 payment is made after the initial draft is sent to you. 

  • Payment Two -  Approximately 1/3 of the final balance is taken half way through the design process

  • Payment Three -  Remaining balance when the plan is completed and submitted to you.

Payment methods

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Dear Phillip,

Greg and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the outstanding work you did for us by providing such a wonderful plan for our retirement home. Working via internet was remarkably easy and convenient for us. I would recommend this process for anyone who is not conveniently located near your office. The entire process has been so much fun and I always looked forward to each draft to see the changes and improvements that you implemented. You took our ideas and designed a fabulous home for the limited amount of square footage we gave you to work with.

Because we are down-sizing, we didn't want a really large home but it still had to meet the certain and specific needs of our family. You got it just right! ..........You paid very close attention to my list of "must-haves" and actually came through with each thing on the list. Thank you! It has truly been a pleasure working with you.

Sincerely,
Maureen and Greg Bourns

 

 Southridge 1

British West Indies (Turks/Caicos Islands)

38 Kodiak Steel Home Subdivision


Rye House Plan Design Featured In
"Arkansas Green Guide"

    

 

During the planning process we will discuss the following construction items:

  • Heating and cooling methods: Solar heating, air-to-air heat pumps, geothermal heat pumps.

   

  • Insulation: cellulose insulation and  spray foam

   

  • Energy efficient windows, framing techniques, water heaters, passive solar design, radiant barrier roof decking, and air infiltration.

      

 

 

Nationwide Service

It doesn't matter if I am working with someone down the street or 5000 miles away, I use technology to make the process easier for both of us.   Email and PDF technology allows me to make my service available nationwide.  I will make the house planning process easy for you! I guarantee it.

 



 

Phillip Rye
Civil Engineer, PE

 

About Me

  • Graduated from the University of Arkansas College of Civil Engineering

  • Licensed Engineer

  • Over 10 yrs. experience in house design/energy consulting

  • Thorough knowledge of house construction and structural components.  This includes geothermal heat pumps, air-to-air heat pumps, and cellulose insulation.

    

 

GREEN BUILDING/
HOME ENERGY ANALYSIS


   Heating and Air Systems
Bigger Isn’t Better

Does your house have cold and hot spots? Is a basement bedroom always cold or damp feeling? Is an upstairs bedroom always hotter than the rest of your home? According to recent studies, 95% of new air-conditioning installations fail in regard to operating efficiency, with more than 70% of systems improperly sized or installed.

Heat Flows Downhill

Just like water, you can say that heat ALWAYS flows downhill, or from high energy (warm) to lower energy (cool). You see, heat will build up until it can find a cooler place to go. When you open your front door in the summer, heat rushes in. The cold air doesn’t rush out. Open your door in the winter, the heated air rushes out. Heat builds up in your home due to sunlight, people, appliances, etc. In the summer we want to get this heat out and replace it with nice conditioned air.

Residential air-conditioning systems are made up of indoor and outdoor systems connected by pipes that circulate a refrigerant such as Freon or Puron. Without getting into technical details, the compressor in the system compresses the liquid refrigerant. By manipulating pressure and temperature, the indoor unit can absorb heat out of the house or extract heat into the house depending on the season.

In addition to conditioning the air, air conditioners serve another important function. They dehumidify the air. In the same way moisture condenses on the side of a cold glass of water sitting outside on a hot day, air conditioners extract moisture from warm, humid air and deliver it outside the house through a evaporator coil.
 

Oversize units waste money and will not
dehumidify your home.

Oversized systems satisfy the temperature at the thermostat so quickly that very little moisture is removed from your home. This is known as short cycling. Short cycling is more of a problem in the southern US in humid climates. Short cycling also causes large peak demands on electrical supply systems.

Air conditioning units are least efficient when they first start up. It takes 15-20 minutes for a system to reach peak operating efficiency. Oversized units run shorter cycles so more time is spent running in the least efficient part of the cycle.

Shorter cycling and high humidity in your home equals an uncomfortable home and HIGH electric bills! At a cost of around $2000 per ton, oversized units cost considerably more. Why pay for a 5 ton system when 3 tons will do? That’s at least a $4000 savings!
 

Rye Home Energy Consultants Wants To Save
You Money! Lots Of It!!

So how do we determine the correct and guaranteed size of heating and cooling system you need? On new construction we take your home plans and run them through our computer using ACCA’s (Air Conditioning Contractors Of America) Manual J Residential Load Calculations. This is how we arrive at room-by-room totals for heating and cooling needs for your home. Manual J calculations are VERY IMPORTANT because you cannot design a duct system properly without these calculations. Duct systems installed without Manual J calculations are what we call “the Bubba method”. Bubba the contractor looks at your 3000 sq. ft. home and says, “Yep, you need 6 tons”. Some of you are smiling right now and thinking, that’s exactly what he said.

Now you tell me. How does he know this? HE DOESN’T! You may need 9 tons, or 6 tons, or even 3 tons. Do not let someone guess at the size system you need.

Manual J calculations takes into account solar-heat gains, direction the house is facing and orientation to the sun and shading, which can greatly affect the loads needed. We also take into account window sizes, ceiling heights, wall insulation, floor insulation, foundation type, ceiling insulation, and everything else that can affect the heat generated in your home.
 

Why do electric cooperatives all over the
country love what we teach?

Here is one reason why electric cooperatives all across the country love what we teach. Build your house energy efficient, let us size the heating and cooling system for your home, and you will enjoy a comfortable home with low utility bills.

So how does this help electric companies you may ask? See, when an electric company builds a power generating plant it must be designed for the maximum peak loads even if it only happens once a year. Right from the start they are already spending hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars more than they should have to.

Ever wonder why places like California have brown-outs during a hot summer? It’s because the power generating plants cannot keep up with the demand for electricity. Almost every single building in the state is calling for maximum cooling at the same time. Now remember, this may only happen once a year, BUT they have to build the plant large enough to handle this one peak.

When you build your home like we teach those peak demands are kept to a minimum, and when there is a peak it’s much lower because the amount of electricity needed is less. Which takes more electricity? 500,000 homes with 5 ton systems or 3 ton systems? You get the point?

Oh, and one other thing! Now we don’t have to import nearly as much coal from other countries to power the plants and now we can reduce the amount of emissions coming from the power plants.
 

While the home energy analysis is an optional service when I draw your plans, you can't afford NOT to do it. 

Each day thousands of homeowners live the American dream and start to build their new home.  However, they overlook one of the most important steps in the home building process.  They allow their contractor, who usually knows nothing about energy efficiency, to guess at the size of heating and cooling system they need for their home.

An incorrectly sized heating and cooling system results in

  • thousands of dollars in excess equipment
    (this is where we can save you BIG $$$),

  • an uncomfortable home,

  • higher utility bills, and

  • shorter equipment life.


Contact me today about your customized

Residential Steel Home

Phillip Rye - 501-317-9883

philliprye@philliprye.com

  Rye House Plan Design and Energy Consulting     Benton, AR    
501-317-9883     info@philliprye.com

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