Build a Kit Home

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Build a kit home and discover the cost savings and satisfaction you receive from building your own home.
Build a kit home and discover the cost savings and satisfaction you receive from building your own home.
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The interior of a Golden Eagle Log Home.
The interior of a Golden Eagle Log Home.
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Putting together a Shelter-Kit home.
Putting together a Shelter-Kit home.
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Golden Eagle Log Homes (www.golden-eagle-log-homes.com) in Wisconsin offers comprehensive packages that include many interior fixtures.
Golden Eagle Log Homes (www.golden-eagle-log-homes.com) in Wisconsin offers comprehensive packages that include many interior fixtures.
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Shelter-Kit (www.shelter-kit.com) of Tilton, New Hampshire, offers a range of post-and-beam kits designed for ownerbuilders.
Shelter-Kit (www.shelter-kit.com) of Tilton, New Hampshire, offers a range of post-and-beam kits designed for ownerbuilders.
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Fiberglass homes like this one from Domes USA (www.domesdr.com) can go up in a hurry.
Fiberglass homes like this one from Domes USA (www.domesdr.com) can go up in a hurry.
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Structural insulated panels (SIPS) can be custom designed to build any style of home.
Structural insulated panels (SIPS) can be custom designed to build any style of home.
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Popularized by the inventor of the geodesic dome, R. Buckminster Fuller, dome home are relatively easy to construct and can withstand hurricanes and earthquakes better than most conventional buildings.
Popularized by the inventor of the geodesic dome, R. Buckminster Fuller, dome home are relatively easy to construct and can withstand hurricanes and earthquakes better than most conventional buildings.
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This award-winning, Craftsman-style home in Madison, Wisconsin, blends the ancient art of timber-framing with modern insulated-panel construction.
This award-winning, Craftsman-style home in Madison, Wisconsin, blends the ancient art of timber-framing with modern insulated-panel construction.

You can build your own home from a kit! Learn how to build a kit home and the kit options available on the market.

With so many decisions to make, thinking about building a new home can be an exciting but daunting prospect. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could order your new home from the catalog and have everything delivered to the building site, ready for assembly? You can. Just order a kit home.

Building a home from a kit is not a new idea. Although Sears Roebuck and Company often is credited with inventing the mail-order kit house the Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan. began the practice in 1906 (Sears offered their first “official” kit home in 1916). Today. hundreds of companies Still manufacture kit Homes.

Most of these build a kit home packages fall into one of four categories: log homes, timber-frame homes, domes. and panelized houses Some manufacturers offer hybrid combination .An enormous range of choice, exists within each category. A kit home can be anything from a basic starter home, to a million-dollar showplace. All kits arrive in pieces — many, many — pieces-that need to be assembled by the contractor or the homeowner. Some kits fall into a “precut” subcategory, where all parts are factory cut, while others require some onsite cutting and trimming.

Build a Kit Home: Do it Yourself

  • Published on Aug 1, 2003
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