Comments on: Yardpods – Personal Space

By: YardPods: Espacio Prefabricado de estructura metálica y paneles

YardPods: Espacio Prefabricado de estructura metálica y paneles — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:12:32 +0000

[...] La forma de la cubierta se puede elegir, el número y disposición de huecos en cada una de sus fachadas, el tipo de carpintería (incluso el material), tres diferentes acabados en su interior de madera contrachapada, y cuatro para el exterior, aunque es posible adaptarlo para que sea el mismo del resto de la vivienda. El suelo puede ser de baldosas de corcho, bambú o cualquier otro, y la base de toda la estructura puede ser desde una cama de grava, de madera, hasta una losa de hormigón, lo cual ahorraría la estructura del piso del YardPod. Visto en Tiny House Blog. [...]

By: Arlos

Arlos — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:36:29 +0000

Malcolm, Your company seems young and lack of a gallery leaves me with the impression, you have one design to offer. for an architect, you’ve designed a box which is typically the result when a contractor designs a building. I’m curious about the placement of bracing on your design. Why not full course cross bracing for shear unless you are using OSB as shear?
BTW, I’m curious, what is your ARB registration number?

By: Arlos

Arlos — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:14:59 +0000

I just built a 10′ X 12′ complete steel frame for a shed for under $500 here in Aptos, CA with materials from the factory in Hayward, CA. Cutting and fastening are really not an issue. It took my son and I one day from unloading material we picked up the day before to completion. I’m a plumbing contractor and work around this material frequently and do not find it difficult at all to build with.

By: Small, Modern, and Green YardPods | Green Blog Media

Small, Modern, and Green YardPods | Green Blog Media — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:51 +0000

[...] work shop, cabana, studio — you name it! The new company was noticed by Kent Griswold, the Tiny House Blog, and he was able to uncover some interesting [...]

By: Malcolm Davies

Malcolm Davies — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:53:03 +0000

With Reference to Danny Moore’s comment above, you are correct that similar steel components can be purchased from a number of sources, however, the components must then be cut to size and assembled. We rollform our own components to exact dimensions so that there is no waste, or cutting required. Our main value proposition is that we manufacture the complete building with customer-specified finishes in a factory. It should take us less than one day to erect the floor, walls and roof and a few more hours to complete the interior. For people who want to build it themselves, they can purchase individual metal components, or order a prefabricated frame from us, again saving time. The frame in the picture can be screwed together in about an hour. Malcolm

By: Friday Tiny House Roundup – July 17, 2009 | Coming Unmoored -- Life in a Tiny Floating Home

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:07:41 +0000

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By: EnergyByEarth.com » YardPod Prefabs: Personal Sheds That Are Quick and Green

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:20:23 +0000

[...] of Houseplans.com and a VP at Mattel. They worked together at GE and Autodesk. Kent Griswold of the Tiny House Blog caught it sitting in a parking [...]

By: YardPod Prefabs: Personal Sheds That Are Quick and Green : Green Resouces

YardPod Prefabs: Personal Sheds That Are Quick and Green : Green Resouces — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:09:27 +0000

[...] of Houseplans.com and a VP at Mattel. They worked together at GE and Autodesk. Kent Griswold of the Tiny House Blog caught it sitting in a parking [...]

By: YardPod Prefabs: Personal Sheds That Are Quick and Green - Zidee.com

YardPod Prefabs: Personal Sheds That Are Quick and Green - Zidee.com — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:30:12 +0000

[...] of Houseplans.com and a VP at Mattel. They worked together at GE and Autodesk. Kent Griswold of the Tiny House Blog caught it sitting in a parking [...]

By: Danny Moore

Danny Moore — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:48:24 +0000

I enjoy the innovation that is going on in this space on low cost prefab housing. We still need to see more in this area. But these are standard galvanized materials (metal studs and commercial components)….. What new, innovative commercialization of modular building components can we buy that make for quick assembly??? Tell me if I’m wrong but all I am looking at is not much different than a shed that you could pick-up at your local lumber yard….