| What is the most cost effective way of building | | | | spiral set of stairs that could be shipped in a cost |
| stairs? Why do the tract homes use on site | | | | effective way. Spiral stairs are not going to be |
| methods of construction? When you think of a | | | | the main stairway in a home and normally go up |
| factory assembling a product on a assembly line | | | | to a loft or an attic. Most spiral stairs don't meet |
| you think why not a home. Why do they still build | | | | the minimum building requirements for the main |
| homes on lots or residential home sites? | | | | stairway in your home. |
| If homes could be built in a factory cheaper than | | | | When building tract homes the lumber is shipped in |
| on site that is exactly what every home builder | | | | bulk directly to the house site where it will be |
| would be doing. They just haven't quite figured it | | | | assembled. The lumber and other building materials |
| out yet. When dealing with the large amounts of | | | | will be shipped once. If it went to a factory and |
| materials required to build a house and of course | | | | then assembled it would also have to be sent to |
| the expense of shipping. It is not cost effective | | | | the site on which the house was to be built. This |
| to build a conventional home in a factory and ship | | | | added expense in shipping the materials twice is |
| it over long distances. | | | | the problem for such a large and heavy item such |
| This is the biggest problem with cost effective | | | | as a set of stairs. |
| stair construction. Most prefabricated stairs you | | | | There are other prefabricated types of stairs |
| will notice are spiral stairs. These stairs are smaller | | | | that are built locally and the shipping usually is not |
| than most stairs that are used for multi level | | | | a major expense. If you are building a stairway |
| construction. | | | | that is not to difficult to build for the average |
| Spiral stairs are hard for your average carpenter | | | | carpenter it will normally be cost effective to build |
| to build. These stairs can be purchased from a | | | | the stairs on site. This would require having the |
| factory easily and quite inexpensive. | | | | carpenter build the stairs as part of the rough |
| The stairs in your average two story house are | | | | framing and then after drywall have the finish |
| going to weigh about 3 times the amount of a | | | | carpenter build the stair handrail system. |