CHAPTER 3: STEEL FRAME PRADU
When you read Chapter 2 and discovered all the benefits of PRADUs, it is easy to get side-tracked and lose sight of the main reason PRADUs and ADUs are now more affordable than ever, and that is the introduction of steel frames. As we have already touched on and is well covered in our book Building the Dream—Affordable Steel Frame Houses, steel framing has significantly reduced building costs while also allowing competent DIYers to work with a contractor as a means of further reducing the labor cost. At this point you may be wondering about the materials recommended for the frames in the existing PRADU designs offered in those states mentioned. The answer is that the design is for a timber frame. However, the steel used in frames supplied by FrameUpNow meets all the necessary building regulations across the United States, so the Permit Ready approval for these plans may cover a steel frame and make the ADU Permit Ready. You have probably and rightly figured out that the plans for an ADU built with a timber frame will be different from the plans for an ADU built with a steel frame, especially one from FUN, and you would be 100% right. But you have absolutely nothing to be concerned about, because we have the engineering software and an AI library to convert any plan for a timber frame unit into a steel-frame unit, and these plans are included with any steel frame bought from FUN. In other words, while FUN has designed low-cost, high-quality steel frames for ADUs, we can also provide you with a copy of your Permit Ready (PRADU) plans to save you substantial expense in obtaining your permits. If This is Your First-Ever Construction Project For those of you who are in the construction business, the many hoops you have to jump through will be familiar to you. While frustrating, annoying and frequently far too time-consuming, they will not faze you as you know what to do. As they say, this is not your first rodeo. However, what happens when you embark on building an ADU when the last time you built anything, Lego may have supplied all the materials?
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