Microhouse 2013 Discussion
Jacob and Ace
from New Frameworks
Marcin
We are your clients. We provide you with a working brick press and tractor.
You provide complete blueprint and documented build procedure of house prior to the build.
We approve plans and you source materials from IKEA and big box store for lumber and utilities.
You arrive on site and we train you in brick press, hammer mill (for insulation), stucco sprayer and soil pulverizer operation.
House foundation, 400 sf, walls, roof, stucco, in week's time. Modular mechanical unit prepared, wiki house roof modules prepared, bricks pressed by you. We offer 1 full time intern as an assistant, videographer. We provide 6 people for the 2 days of brick production/laying, so we build walls via drystacking (ie, inter brick layer moistened only). We will have second brick press available as backup. We will have second tractor/pulverizer available as backup.
Prior to build, all materials are shipped on site. You coordinate with our site manager. We draw up a careful build procedure prior to the build, and OSE approves it based on our ergonomics experience. You coordinate with our video team on specific daily tasks so they understand and capture all video for an instructional.
Note that the only construction plans are on the wiki. You would have to provide full detail drawings as part of Build Procedure Documentation.
The timeline is for this building season, likely July.
We could offer the machine to you at cost of materials, $4k. You would be responsible for shipping the machine back to your home. The machine does not come with a power unit.
The value that we are offering to you is $5k (we sell machine for $9k). Plus, we are including training on all of the machines. You are providing 3 weeks of design work and 1 week of build.
We could also offer to pay you outright for your design-build services, instead of offering the brick press.
If you cannot do this this year, please recommend someone else.
We are looking for collaboration with you as a pilot project for training builders ( you) to build with CEB.
We would like to invite you back on the future as a Permaculture Design Course teacher for CEB construction, if you are interested in contracting with us in the future. Working with us here would open up this option.
In the meantime, we are all learning together, and using your services as a general contractor design-builder.