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   Tim_Mowry | Dec 28, 1998 01:38am | #1

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   I am planning an addition to my house and I have some significant budget restrictions (new baby coming). I am a one-person cabinet/furniture maker and I will often out source cases and doors/drawer fronts to keep my costs down. Along a similar vein I'm curious if there are companies out there that will provide me with pre-fab framed walls to my specs that I can have contractor install and finish. I don't want some canned plan so I've had an architect do working drawings that I would submit.

   Are there companies out there? Will this keep costs lower that walls built on site?

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   Terry_Anderson | Dec 28, 1998 02:12am | #2

   *Tim. I am not sure if this is what your looking for but I came across this web you might want tolook up. http://www.bn1.com/aeh Hope this can help.Terry

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   Ron_Strohbeck | Dec 28, 1998 02:26am | #3

   *I've worked in the building component industry for 14 years, so I think I can answer your question. We never do walls on anything smaller than a single family house. Additions aren't large enough to justify the engineering time, shipping costs, etc. It might be possible to find a small outfit to do them, if your addition is fairly large. Try looking as http://www.trussnet.com for a list of truss manufacturers in your state. Many of them also build wall panels. Something else you might want to consider - do some of the framing work ahead of time. You can build your window headers as soon as you know your rough openings. You might be able to pre-build all your rough opening frames, if you have a place to store them out of the weather. (We do this on our wall panel line) Best of luck with your project, and that new baby.

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   Tim_Mowry | Dec 28, 1998 02:26am | #4

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