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Forums | Affordability | Want to Import Complete Steel Framed Houses |
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mcostache | Posted - 20 December 2002 10:48    I am interested to import complete steel framed houses (single 1 or 2- story)in Eastern Europe. heavy or light gauge structure? Pre-manufactured or not ? cost comparison ? Fiber glass or mineral Isolation ? How much could be the export price per sqft for complete structure, walls and roof ? and for a full affordable House? Wating for your advice. Marius |
dyoungkeit2 | Posted - 20 September 2000 1:52 Your desire for cost savings via factory automation is correct if you lived here. Your local labor force should be factory trained to do it there. A Canadian technical study concludes that steel is not environmentally frienldy. Trees for wood can be competive in cost with steel if the forest management system is up to par. Look up the U.S. manufactured housing market's prediction of things to come in that industry.See: http://modularconnection.com/evolutn.htm l Steel is not a part of it. They have demonstrated rail boxcar type components that are to be stacked, then covered with roof panels that look nearly complete. The Japanese build finished panels and posts that hook together like bed rails to end panels. This is good for an earthquake zone where lumber is scarce. Another thought:: Build a portable truss factory that can be airlifted to remote sites. Plan on using this factory in much the same way that M.A.S.H.(yes, the TV one)hospitals save people. Save and build housing for the needy. Part of your portable factory would be a steel stud maker that unwinds tightly rolled steel then folds and punches the finished parts on site. A change of the dies will convert the machine to an aluminum siding machine. |