How to Build a House in 1 Day [Video]

Very nicely thought out.... that's just big boys toys...real fun.

I shall put 1 on my Christmas list.

Although modularized homes used to be a dirty word, the technology has come a long way. This latest version is amazing in the way it allows for use in a timberframed home, which has a maximum use of materials when compared to conventional stick building.

I think the new and original fastening systems were very well done. If you can marry this technology to a couple of others, such as hyper efficient wall panels (not the OSB) and proper use of PolyUrethane insulation, integrated ventilation, plumbing, and wiring and you've got a real winner on your hands.

It seems to me that good old American know-how could easily surpass this by an order of magnitude. Imagine, building your own home over a weekend or two (to code) on a prepared site and being ready to move in less than a month after ground breaking. All in a flexible, energy efficient package.

This is a good early step in attaining that it seems.

The pre-fabs built in the UK after WWII were incredibly successfull...some people are still living in them today. My mum says her old prefab that she lived in (before I was born) was one of the best designed little houses she ever lived in.

Del

That's cool. But what about wood logs?

In process of building faster homes, we will be destroying our forest at faster rate.

Its better we think of alternate to wood log for this home and save our earth.

Yeh ... I'll go along with that.

We should be making 'logs' of shredded compressed waste plastic.

Although.... are managed forests more energy efficient? And CO₂ efficient? Discus...

Old forests are not much of a CO2 sink. Fast growing new growth is a large CO2 sink.

Wood is a renewable resource.

The key is to manage your resources.

Ok, so build in concrete instead. The manufacture and use of concrete contributes more to CO₂ emissions than transport, and it is largely non-recycleable!

I would caution anyone about leaving their education to the media, especially in regards to science and definately in regards to greenhouse gases and their overall contribution to global warming. Hard science shows that greehouse gases rise AFTER warming takes place, not before, and peak about 800 years after the fact. So in the case of cause and effect, the greenhouse gases are actually on the effect side. We still need to be good stewards of our environment, but we musn't be led blindly be self serving opportunists who create havoc to steer the sheep into their profiteering machine.

Concrete, in particular can be quite attractive, in some locals where the lime or portland are readily available. Elsewhere it is cost and environmentally prohibitive. I personally want to build a monolithic concrete dome (check out www.monolithic.com). combined with straw bale walls, you can have an amazingly reliable and efficient home with minimal environmental impact and long term sustainability.

Still, in places where wood is properly used as a renewable resource, the above article has a lot of merit.