Price: Varies, depending on size and options selected. Call for information.
Sq. Ft: 875-2,500+
Bedrooms: 1-5+
Width: 16-26 ft.
Length: 16–64 ft.
Assembly time: 10+ days for 2 people, depending on size & options
Options: Windows, doors, stairs, dormers and partial cathedral ceilings. We offer several siding options.
GREEN HOME KITS: Designing & Ordering «back
- Talk with your local building or zoning officials to see whether you will be permitted to build on the site you have chosen. Ask if there are unusual local conditions such as high snow, wind or seismic loads. Green Home Kits are designed for a 45 pound per square foot ground snow load, a wind speed of 100 miles per hour in an Exposure B setting, and seismic loads for seismic zone D. These design loads may be increased in most situations.
- Talk to your local building officials to determine
what, if any, technical information or drawings the building officials
will require. In some cases, a printed copy of the Green Home Kit
Specifications page will be sufficient. Frequently, floorplans and
elevation drawings will be required. Shelter-Kit can provide a drawing
package that will meet the requirements of most building departments
and includes three sets of foundation plans, floor plans, elevations,
frame plans and details, sections and specifications. There is a $575 fee for this package, refundable if an order is placed within six months.
Occasionally, building officials will also require a set of structural
drawings and/or structural calculations bearing an engineer's signature
and stamp. These are available from Shelter-Kit for an additional, non-refundable
fee of $750 for the drawings. Our Green Home Kit
TM meets the current national building code, IBC 2006, and local variations throughout the U.S.
- Make a detailed list of everything you want and need in your Green Home Kit. We will be glad to work with you to design your floorplan. Please feel free to contact us at any time for help with your planning process.
- Check the Green Home Kit Specifications page to learn more about the materials, features and sizes available.
- Go to our Green Home Kit page and the links from that page, to learn more about the special features and materials available in the kit. You can choose to add all, or some, of these features and materials to your kit. We will be glad to talk with you about the design of your Green Home Kit, and quote a price for you. We suggest that you contact a Certified Green Professional Verifier in your area, to help you through your whole green project. You can find a verifier at http://www.nahbgreen.org
- Once you have decided you want to purchase a kit from us, print and complete an Order Form/Purchase Agreement (HTML or PDF file) and send it to us with the 5% retainer. We will acknowledge receipt of your Order and Retainer by return mail. Your Green Home Kit order will be placed in our production schedule and a Construction Manual will be sent to you. If you are unable to view or print the Order Form/Purchase Agreement or if you have any questions call, write, email or fax us.
Our contact information is:
Shelter-Kit
22 Mill Street
Tilton, NH 03276
E: shelterkit@gmail.com
T: (603) 286-7611
F: (603) 286-2839
Shelter-Kit
22 Mill Street
Tilton, NH 03276
E: shelterkit@gmail.com
T: (603) 286-7611
F: (603) 286-2839