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Tying Together a Modular Home
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Tying Together a Modular Home
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" The crane is setting the second module for the first floor this is the box that contains the front door for our house. Once this module is in place we'll be able to take a look at the house on the inside. Day this is what you call that the marriage point between the two boxes right yeah that's correct it's -- right here we have the come along on here. Getting ready -- pull these two boxes. Suggests. So as it's being lowered by the train that piece -- not on the come along as. Bringing the two together so going to sit down. There's no crack in between executive they take it nice and easy and get -- drop the box down in essence they're reaching the sill plate. They're getting this as tight as we can possibly get. This place is huge it is isn't my you know when you -- in the factory looking at the different boxes. You had no idea here in the space itself your thoughts so this is the marriage what was where the two boxes come together us and we're looking at a temporary post. But the rest of the steel columns allow it comes right here they'll go up later today we're -- the staircase access are always right there obviously without plywood and -- Look at a plywood out in and out all the stops right here on site so this is going to have all sorts of different living spaces including an exercise room. And a -- family area over here and a big TV den at the far end. Let's go look at things from the top side correct. Why this is impressive -- what you what you don't really yet when you see those boxes flying through the air is that on the inside they're totally finished. Except for a few little things on what goes on here. Well Bob this is because American law Brian what sort of you know they'll insulate this they'll put the metal strapping on in and help but this Iraq right over finishes that little bit of a gap is not a problem now now. And if you look down the floor there really is no gap that too. Boxes have come together that we got to continue putting in our bellawood floor. And who you really protect everything very carefully don't you yes that's that's prefinished flooring as you can see we're all walking on it so my architect yet. And the other thing when you're in the factory making these rectangular boxes you kind of think well everything's going to be a rectangle but when you marry them you start to get a sense of the volume of the space. And this is the kitchen open to the dining area and here again you've got. Temporary stars that are gonna come out now now this expands. And this will be the bump that we just put in a few minutes ago and then this. Entire area is a living room that -- the dimension here. This is not roughly 35 yeah thirty by about seventeen hearing people like this big living yes sir. And here is where you've got a complicated marriage don't well there's this separate study that we happened here just you know keep for the -- the boxes together as they're being transported inside outside but not all come out and then we'll be able to finish this what a nice flat ceiling but the extraordinary thing is that once it's on site you've got all of these fasteners that are put in these bolts. Going through. That they can get that from the top side correct and so all this has been thought about. And it's all been in there it's all been engineered."
