The Ford house has been delivered and set! On Friday, the Ford house left the Palm-Harbor Discovery Plant on two flat-bed trucks and arrived at its home on Ford St in SW Austin. According to ma modular’s general contractor, Jerry Fryer, “It was a game of inches.” To clear the power lines, the crane was [...]
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Work on the Ford House foundation and house continue in tandem this week. While the house is being built at Palm Harbor-Discovery, a pier and beam foundation consisting of 24 cement piers is being built on site. Do to the nature of the soil (expansive clay), each pier will extend 15′ into the ground for [...]
As I mentioned in a recent post, the Ford House goes into production this week. You may be thinking, wait a minute! That’s Step 6. What happened to Steps 2-5? You’re absolutely right. Here’s a summary of what has transpired since Site Orientation: Step 2 – Site Reconnaissance. Three surveys are required at the beginning [...]
Ma Modular’s Florida/Georgia manufacturer, Palm Harbor-Nationwide Homes, joined “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build the television show’s first modular home. Click here to preview the episode, which is is scheduled to air this Sunday, May 16 at 8/7 Central on ABC: http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition Will Ty and the folks at ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” learn from [...]
With ma inquiries coming in from all over the country, we hired Amy Bernhard to lead the project’s growth, both locally and nationally. You’ll be hearing from Amy on a regular basis…stay tuned…
Join us Sunday October 26th, from 11am to 5pm for an open house at our Luna modular prototype. oh_final_fr_sm.pdf
Over the past couple weeks we have been working on the finish out and hook up of the Luna house. This entails the following: 1. Tie downs to the foundaiton 2. Plumbing connections between the modules and to city water and wastewater 3. Electrical connections between the modules, sub-panel set, and city connection 4. HVAC [...]
This past Wednesday, August 13th, our prototype Luna house was set on it’s foundation in Austin. A really big day for us, and a long, long time coming. It has taken the rest of the week to catch up, get rested, and prepare for the coordination of the completion of the house. After years of [...]
