Thursday, February 17, 2011

kits for straw bale, etc? middle ground

what exists as a middle ground between entirely made walls, etc and cut wood you use for straw bale or post and beam...

lets tour the web-o!

tangent, but i found this cool thing -if you host this guy, he brings the course to your site so people learn by doing, you provide food, etc. very cool.

post and beam: http://www.vermontframes.com/d_dutch.php dutch saltbox

or bistol dutch saltbox. if they install it with panels (walls?) it is $35, 244. might not include roof?

from find prefab.com

  • Manufactured home. A manufactured home is one built in a protected environment, such as a factory, following federal standards, and then taken to its site. Laws governing the building of manufactured homes were put into effect by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1976, in order to ensure higher grade housing.
  • Mobile home. This is the term now given to all manufactured homes made before the federal rules were enacted in 1976. Because there were no regulations, often these homes were constructed with shoddy materials and techniques.
  • Modular home. This is a type of manufactured home in which the individual modules are constructed at the factory and then trucked to the home site to be assembled. These homes are regulated by state law, and because of this cannot be moved from state to state.
  • Panelized home. A home built in panels, such as a wall with windows and doors already inserted, and then assembled on site. Panelized homes are also regulated by the state.
  • Pre-cut homes. Similar to panelized homes, pre-cut homes are also assembled on site.
enough for now, i guess.

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