Steps to Building a House

One of the amazing things about homes is that the huge majority of them are built using completely standardized building practices. One reason for this consistency is a set of uniform building codes that apply across the World, each uniformed to handle the countries cilmate. Another reason is cost -- the techniques used to build homes produce reliable housing quickly at a low cost (relatively speaking). If you ever watch any house being built, you will find that it goes through the following steps:

• Grading and site preparation
• Foundation construction
• Framing
• Installation of windows and doors
• Roofing
• Siding
• Rough electrical
• Rough plumbing
• Rough HVAC
• Insulation
• Drywall
• Underlayment
• Trim
• Painting
• Finish electrical
• Bathroom and kitchen counters and cabinets
• Finish plumbing
• Carpet and flooring
• Finish HVAC
• Hookup to water main, or well drilling
• Hookup to Sewer or installation of a septic system
• Punch list

At times many of these steps are performed by independent crews known as subcontractors. For example, the framing is generally done by one subcontractor specializing in framing, while the roofing is done by a completely different subcontractor specializing in roofing. Each subcontractor is an independent business. All of the subcontractors are coordinated by a contractor who oversees the job and is responsible for completing the house on time and on budget.

Houses are generally built on a foundation that is either a basement, a crawl space or a slab. The site-preparation crew typically arrives on the site with a backhoe and/or bulldozer. The crew's job is to clear the site of any trees, rocks and debris, level the site if necessary and dig as necessary for the foundation being built. Concrete is poured into these trenches and holes and will act as the interface between the foundation wall and the ground. Once the concrete is poured, the house looks like this, some homes will require block wall construction with concrete poured inside the blocks with rebar (steel bars) placed down the block, this is used for high wind areas.

We are constantly developing new innovative homes and building manufacturing methods in order to insure the highest standards of quality. Among other things, those standards combined with our state of the art technology have enabled us to create unmatched high performance, energy efficient features in the home industry. No home is too small or too large, and all our homes are build the way we personally would accept when buying a home, with quality, safety, efficiency, value, and of cause built to last.