What sounds like an ambitious schedule
for any four-man framing crew
becomes routine with one simple ingredient:
factory-made wall panels. With
these panels - already squared and
sheathed - and with factory-made roof
trusses, Lot No. 187 in Maiden Creek
Estates in Maiden Creek, Pa., will go
from completed foundation to completely
framed 2,200-square-foot house
in 2-1/2 days.
Project foreman Hank Mengel rolls
his eyes when asked if he'll ever go back
to stick-building. "Oh, no," he says.
"Never." It's no wonder. At Maiden
Creek Estates, crews are framing a
house in half the time of stick-building
crews down the street. In a competitive
area like this, speed is important. So are
quality and cost containment, and
Mengel says the