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Do It Yourself Modular Home Construction System

Bob tours a home built with a low cost, do-it-yourself construction system. The home is designed to be affordable, flexible and easy to build.
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Do It Yourself Modular Home Construction System

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" While to what was your goal in creating this home -- system we wanted to make homeownership. Possibilities for people who can afford -- standard housing product. It's on the market now what's the entry level here in Detroit area eight and 9000 dollars plus the -- cost and what about this this is 40000 dollars same sites. The terms and equipment you provide all the neighboring it's designed and so it's a real do it yourself -- idea -- us now Jean how did you build it what's the foundation system."

" Well always appear foundation system that you see here we dug appears about four and a half feet deep into the frost line -- made in two feet wide because with the doing yourself where we want to make sure that there's a lot of room for error. So that even if you went what you toward your foundation and you want to -- the -- on if you look up with OK and then after it's pardon then you drilling a hole in the concrete. And is that your -- bolt the center --"

" That's how you anchored down that you could have a standard foundation or you could have a full basement or slab or anything."

" Absolutely what this allows that the -- is -- its cheapest possible and it also allows us through what -- but I think what structurally you've got a post and beam system right -- say."

" And what's the size of the --"

" The size of the greatest folk football that both -- Sort of -- it's kinda thing that's in our -- prospect wolf frame. For the record mr. bright what you have to doors fit that end to create a -- all the work on and how to do that. OK what you there first of all your its platform as it relates to a on both sides and -- managers. Kids on this which is part of the hot. But what happens is that since we we have our column -- very -- connected. -- only to connect this in the whole house so this is accustomed -- you'll be -- and of these bolts that edit. The speed. That this it's not copy it. We better start this platform sits on this little so that essentially drops in there carries on like this industry it goes in a twelve by twelve much."

" And they're very lightweight because he uses only a guiding their whatever these are. The wood dust structures trust choice and two people can move these things right we --"

" At a holiday at the closest one available to people -- what maximum do work are simple to what about the mechanicals involved in the house. Overhead yet bodies and special. Look right so what module look at the -- and actually. And -- kind of okay. -- room yet resistance heating system. It's your very expert in the case hot air furnace standard furniture. The electoral assistance essentially cables that come upon. The ceiling happened here are here to do spectacular. Accident which bargain Societe extension cords to check that the oil exported its expansion. The army you have and I thought he would yes. We each unit that toilet sink. Has its old hot water line and old quote all the light and that just screws don't just write your water rose like a garden hose exactly. So that the consumer get the kitten they're really assembling everything themselves without having to call in a Richmond that's correct."

" And what we've done to separate the structure from its mechanical systems so you have your electrical on your plumbing. Nothing runs through structural members. You don't have any pipes or cables going -- a -- know what we've done is we had a central spying system like this -- put a dropped ceiling and eight feet and as you can see you have on your electrical cabling in your thoughts running through there."

" In this were in the kitchen which is a twelve by twelve exactly been dining is twelve by twelve living is twelve what I love so you've got an open double cube yes exactly and then had the bedroom -- that does not 12 o'clock in the bathroom in here and up there."

" And this is the bathroom plus or if you want to let the fire -- which -- figures but we're here why not -- song. And then you have a similar life will you haven't outlet. That's rich in the life is at all once stripped of all are getting those things and plugs in the wall in its pre -- All you're doing is targeting yeah."

" What about."

" Interior partitions with a -- of furniture wall system and Bob and there's -- pieces between the two columns one of the door unit into the door yeah -- panel. You can sit at the door at six inches wide and then I have serious threat that twelve inches what each we've -- separate items from Europe."

" Partition exactly so this is like --"

" What is it the personal wealth isn't what we call -- new furniture while furniture and you can take this and anywhere else should like him for now this 112 -- breaking -- bookshelf or you can take two of them but again we have hardware and have a closet and it -- father and that's clever."

" now here we can see the structure is cut out. You want it. And he and Bob."

" You should see -- in the listeners people like well. -- It won't at all and paid or you can just leave it painted right that's correct and the exterior walls extra ought to start asking him paneled wall okay -- there. -- and insulated core respondent are released Nixon. On this side which is tonight in this is your next one ruler when it could be any kind of any kind of exciting. And an inside the marble is already sure -- and the floor."

" In the Florida get serious here we have a laminated hardwood floor near the pet people and it. There's three courses that run along the appeasement turning group and we put a little bomb underneath it put this right on top spokesman."

" Amazing using these so many different -- out of the equation and you really do empower the homeowner a fair and you've got a backyard deck. Bob yes there."

" Some tells me this is the twelve by twelve foot deck absolutely -- structural system. And you can close the future it or leave it like this so you could just turn it into another. Or basically had changed the architecture but on the -- models while to what is this going to be available."

" A couple of years this is a prototype. Now have to do some redesign -- improving. And create some options so it cavaliers."

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