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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers and questions most often asked

1 - Why use prefabricated walls?

Here's some of the advantages that we hace noticed:

1. Eight times faster to set up on site
2. No waste on job site, reduced container fees
3. R-25,9 NOVOCLIMAT insulated walls (with flexotherm)
4. Oven dryed interior and exterior factory installed furring strips
5. Qualified labor is less essential on site
6. Superior wood quality since the wood is protected from weather conditions (KD MSR grade, 1 and 2 best quality)
7. Accident on site, insurance premium and claims reduced
8. Exterior air barrier, insulation and interior vapor barrier are factory installed
9. Less expensive than any other building site work since walls are prefabricated with precision
10. Physical efforts are reduced
11. Cleaning is fast, easy and less expensive (container not required during construction)
12. Reduction of construction cost since it takes 20% to 30% less time to complete the project
13. No scaffolding needed to put together the walls of the upper floor
14. Inspection is faster since the components are pre-engineered and prefabricated
15. Occupancy by the owner is 30% faster
16. Mortgage loans are easier to obtain since you're using prefabricated components and buying prefabricated Batiflex or Shell house concepts
17. Superior quality of the owner's home for years to come
18. Superior insulation gives you heating and air conditioning savings of 25% (for the Québec, subsidy of 1500$ by Hydro-Québec or a natural gas company)
19. Financial and administrative fees are lower, proprety is easier to sell, more profit for the contractor/owner
20. Plastified color coded assembly plans easy to follow
21. Structure and framework calculation made by computer, verified by our specialists in the factory
22. Framing stay plumb without bending since wood is oven dryed
23. Manufacturing according to the rules of the trade with cutting edge equipment (lazer)
24. Elimination of cost related to after sale service
25. Guaranteed cost (no surprise) - Quality control quantities included in the Batiflex or Shell concepts are precise

2 - Advantages of jointed structural wood (interior partitions)?

A number of advantages:

1. Resistance to compression for interior partitions
2. Best use of ressources
3. Uniform superior quality
4. No waste of left over lumbers
5. More stability of the product, elimination of torsion, warping, etc.
6. More resistant to weather changes
7. Oven dryed lumbers, no more than 19% humidity
8. Flexibility of available length
9. Avoid defects, blights, wanes, cracks, etc.
10. US and Canadian approved lumbers according to N.L.G.A. rules

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