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Home Packages

There is a lot of responsibility when building your new home. You have a lot of decisions to make, but there is one that should be easier than all the rest:

How big of a impact will my project have on the environment?

It’s not something that is thought about till after it’s too late. This is one of the best reasons to go with a package from DC Home Packages. PMHI does it’s best to maximize the lumber that it uses for its framing packages, not only by allowing the option of engineered lumber, but even in how it cuts all the pieces to your project, before you even set eyes on it. Secondly, because they are factory built, the panels are tighter, and therefore more energy efficient.

The saw pictured to the left is where it all starts. This is the saw that is used to cut nearly every piece of lumber that goes into your project. Having 5-axis, and being entirely computer controlled, makes cutting quick, efficient, and cost effective.

Right now you might be asking yourself this question:

So you have a computerized saw, what makes it so much better?

There is really two reasons why:

Efficiency & Effectiveness

    When your package is ordered, your plans go into a computer program that maximizes the number of pieces that can be cut from a single board. Every angle, length, and compound angle is taken into account and every piece that is cut from the board is carefully deducted, therefore making “scrap” piles a mere fraction of conventional methods of cutting.

    Because the saw is computer controlled, as it pulls the board in, it measures the length, figures out where to cut, makes the cut, and automatically calculates when and where to make the next cut without pausing. For example, to cut an 8 ft 2x4 into three pieces, each with a unique angle at each end, would conventionally take several minutes to do, not be very exact, and would likely provide much waste. With this saw? Seconds, with much less waste.

The Saw:

The Design:

The wall panels & trusses that come with the package are all build in a factory, on raised level platforms. This provides better, tighter, more uniform product.

The framing design is the same, so why is building everything in a factory better?

In order to understand the differences, you have to take a close look at the conditions that each is build in. Here are some conditions that affect the quality of the framing:

Weather:

When weather isn’t prime, no one wants to work in it. If the project is done conventionally, the crew has to be in the weather for longer periods of time, which will make them want to cut corners to get out of the weather sooner.

With a package, everything is built inside a factory, which isn’t subject to weather. This means everything is more consistent, and therefore better fitting, producing a tighter structure, which in the long run means a more efficient home.

Speed:

When the panels and trusses come built to the jobsite, it makes things much faster to install. This means two things:

1. Fewer man-hours. (Cheaper)

2. Less time the material is exposed to the elements after delivery (Better materials, better finished product)