Posted By Innova on 25 Feb 2013 07:46 AM
We manufacture MGO SIPS panels in Miami Florida. Please check our webiste, Innova Eco Building System.
I can confirm that they manufacture these MGO panels in Miami. We paid $55K for exterior wall and roof SIPS for a 1750ft2 3 bed 3 bath house we built in Bahamas. The problem arises when you try to put their panels together: the majority of the panels we received had major dimensional problems. For example, our roof design required hips on both levels on the South end. Innova manufactured the panels to fit together laying flat on the floor in 2D. See photos. When erected in 3D the apex angles were naturally all wrong. We had to recut every pie-shaped panel in the field and we had to cut the correct compound angles along the hips (Innova cut them at 90 degrees to the face). Hard to get a clean seam in the field so we had to use wood trim to conceal some of the seams on the underside. While all this cutting and fitting was going on we were paying for a crane and rental on two containers, plus a crew of five. When we raised the issue with Innova they blustered, blamed our contractor, then they blamed me for not checking the panels at the factory, then they ran and hid behind their fine print. They also managed to cut two wall elevations (gable ends) 3" too tall. Same bluster and blame. And every window opening was cut to the size of the flange not the "daylight opening" dimension specified in the mfg specs I sent them with a stern admonition to pay close attention to the specs to avoid the very disaster that ensued, not to mention they had the windows in hand when they cut the panels. We had to fur out every window opening causing complications with waterproofing. They forgot to ship window angle brackets, the lost my a/c brackets, they short shipped loose MGO sheets for the exterior wet walls, SIP screws, caulk and the special joint compound they recommend. The only things they shipped in excess were coraflex stucco and grailcoat for a deck ... both of which I paid extra for. It took over 5 weeks just to get the panels up. I calculated their errors and omissions (excluding the shortages) cost us over $10K in additional labor and equipment rental.