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Building the Dream Home, Affordable DIY Steel Frame Homes

This book is all about how steel frame homes are both affordable and available. These homes of 1200 square feet or less, often referred to as ADUs in America, are of much higher quality than timber framed homes. They can be built by a DIYer, or as a hybrid build with Trade Contractors or built by a General Contractor. Regardless of your choice a FrameUpNow cold framed steel home can be built for 1/2 the cost of a traditional timber framed home. Read this book for a complete education on the modern method of building with cold formed steel also know as light gauge steel. Every FrameUpNow home has a complete Bill of Materials that we refer to as a Materials Shopping List. This book offers the Home Depot Materials Shopping List as a download so you may budget your ADU.

2nd edition cover		1
2025-02-12-2nd-ED-BUILDING-THE-DREAM-HOME-FC-CLICK-BUTTONS RF		2
Chapter 1: Meet the Team Behind Frame Up Now		8
Rodger Ford		9
Brad Cooper		9
Bewketu Arifu – HouseDocs		10
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Affordable Steel-frame Homes		12
Chapter 3: Flowcodes, Abbreviations and Construction Terms		16
Flowcodes		16
Abbreviations and Terms		16
Abbreviations		17
Terms		17
Chapter 4: Steel-frame ADUs – The Ultimate in Adaptable, Affordable Housing		20
Is There a Difference Between ADUs and Affordable Housing?		20
Chapter 5: How Steel-frame ADUs Have Become a Game-changer for the Elderly		26
Chapter 6: Building Affordable ADUs – A Family Affair		30
Chapter 7: ADUs – Ideal for Investing, Downsizing or for When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned		34
Investing in an ADU		35
Downsizing to an ADU		36
A change in financial circumstances		36
Chapter 8: Steel-Frame Homes and the DIY Self-build Revolution		38
Why self-build is becoming such a popular option		38
Rising property prices		38
The arrival of steel-frame skeletons		38
Affordable and effective power tools		39
How-to videos and the internet		40
See for yourself		41
Chapter 9: Two Essential Requirements for a Home Built to Last		42
The frame or skeleton		42
Multiple advantages of a CFS skeleton		43
International acceptance		44
The foundation		44
Hire a professional for this stage of construction		44
Get official paperwork to guarantee the work		45
What is included in foundation plans?		46
Three types of foundations		47
Chapter 10: Your Quick Guide to Constructing a Steel Skeleton		48
Chapter 11: FRAMECAD and FrameUpNow – the Ideal Combination		52
About FRAMECAD		52
The Genesis of FRAMECAD		53
Embracing Cold-formed Steel		53
The FRAMECAD Building System		53
Advantages of Using FRAMECAD in ADUs		54
Introduction to FRAMECAD Cold-formed Steel		56
Chapter 12: How to Become a Steel Frame Manufacturer and Collaborator		60
Producing steel frames yourself		60
Impressive production rates		61
Digital Instruction		61
Grow your own CFS business, whether in the U.S.A. or anywhere in the world		62
Overcoming the biggest hurdle – lack of precision		63
Going not just international, but global		64
Need Financing?		65
Further Reading		65
Get in contact with us		65
Chapter 13: For Those Who Are Superstitious, There Is No Chapter 13!		66
Chapter 14: The Materials Shopping List		68
Chapter 15: The FrameUpNow Collections		77
FrameUpNow Tiny Home Series		78
FrameUpNow Affordable Collection		78
Tiny Home Roof Designs		80
FrameUpNow Tiny Home Series		81
FrameUpNow Tiny Home Series		82
18 variations of the FrameUpNow Tiny Homes		83
Cottage 484 f2 45 m2		84
Lilac Modern 527 f2 49 m2		86
Lilac Parapet 527 f2 49 m2		88
Scout 600 f2 55.75 m2		90
Wisdom Traditional 1Br 625 f2 58 m2		92
Birchwood 660 f2 61.3 m2		93
Barton 680 f2 63.2 m2		96
Absolute 732 f2 68 m2		98
Vallita 800 f2 74.3 m2		100
Mulberry 896 f2 83.25 m2		102
Serengeti (Kenya) 990 f2 92 m2		104
Pacifica 1000 f2 92.9 m2		106
Sorin Casita 890 f2 82.7 m2		108
Monroe 1010 f2 m2 93		110
Foxmore 1057 f2 98.2 m2		112
Callahan 1170 f2 80.25 m2		114
Immense 1141 f2 106 m2		116
San Diego 1194 f2 111 m2		118
Lookout 1343 f2 124.8 m2		120
Contempo 1410 f2 166.2 m2		122
Rucker 1552 f2 144.5 m2		124
Rucker with Garage 1941 f2 180.3 m2		126
Lookout with Garage 2115 f2 196.5 m2		128
Bungalo 2245 f2 208.6 m2		130
Mojave 3473 f2 327.3 m2		132
The Versatile FrameUpNow Skeleton		134
Personalizing Your Steel-Frame Home – “Have it your way”		134
Have it your way		135
Sorin Desert Modern Original Design		136
Sorin Bohemian		137
Sorin Cape Cod		138
Sorin Coastal		139
Sorin Colonial		140
Sorin Craftsman		141
Sorin Eclectic		142
Sorin French Country (Faites-le à votre façon)		143
Sorin French Provincial		144
Sorin Georgian		145
Sorin Gothic		146
Sorin Hollywood		147
Sorin Industrial		148
Sorin Italianate (Fatela a modo vostro)		149
Sorin Japanese (Gaweo sak senengmu)		150
Sorin Lodge		151
Sorin Minimalist Skeleton		152
Sorin Minimalist		153
Sorin Mission Revival (hazlo a tu manera)		154
Sorin Modern		155
Sorin Moroccan		156
Sorin Prairie		157
Sorin Ranch		158
Sorin Ranch Skeleton		159
Sorin Rustic		160
Sorin Scandinavian		161
Sorin Second Empire		162
Sorin Second Empire Skeleton		163
Sorin Transitional		164
Sorin Tropical		165
Sorin Tudor		166
Sorin Tudor Skeleton		167
Contact Us		169
Contact Details		169
ADU State-by-State Resource List		171
Financing		176
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