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The DIY Guide to Basic Kit Home Building
You Can Build It!

Are you ready to build yourself a kit home? Not sub-contract, actually BUILD IT YOURSELF

This site will convince you that assembling home building kits is within the reach of anyone who can wield a hammer and a drill.

Kit building stages

A kit house has simple A joins B joins C block systems that make it easy to assemble, and with energy and determination to build your own home kits, anyone can do it!

If you can follow straightforward plans, do your pre-reading and take notice of diy advice, your dreams will become totally realistic goals.

It’s easier than you think to build your own home kit, believe me.

Why? Because I did it and I’m NOT a builder. Most basic kit homes can be built by a sole worker. That means you don't need to hire labour, unless you want to go faster. Sure there are some tasks you have to sub-contract by law, like electricals, plumbing and drainage, but....

All the Rest can be Accomplished by YOU.

There is so much diy information available that new skills can be quickly learnt and all bases get covered. Simple house floor plans are everywhere on the net ready to be converted to a fantastic kit home design. Home building kits consist of each and every component, delivered, ready for you to quickly and easily build your own kit home. Home building plans have layouts for setting out a house and house footing design, right through to framing, metal roof installation and cladding the exterior.

You won't believe the feeling, of 'physically' building your own home.

Finished kit house

Why build a kit home?

Kits can cost up to 40% less than conventional home construction because:

● You build it yourself
● Frames and materials are mass produced
● All components are cut to size and pre-marked in a factory
● Delivery of all the components comes in one or two loads
● There is a reduced likelihood of theft as the building is constructed relatively quickly
● Fast, relatively simple construction
● No architect service costs
● No special tools or heavy equipment required

Most kits are

● Cyclone rated
● Fully insulated
● Termite resistant
● Open planned
● Use modern state of the art components and materials
● Basic studios through to multiple-bedroom, multiple-bathroom, double story mansions
● As an owner builder you are decreasing your carbon footprint by decreasing emissions and conserving energy.

AND you are going to build it yourself!

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House Floor Plans for Kit Homes
Hundreds of excellent house floor plans are available to create your perfect kit home and the beginning of your building adventure.

Groundwork for home building plans
To get home building plans operational, you need to do your groundwork. Here we list and explain the due diligence involved to successfully begin your kit home building venture.

Workplace safety tips for kit home building sites
For the kit home owner builder, these workplace safety tips will keep the kit building site free of hazards and the workplan in progress.

Kit Home Owner Builder Mistakes
A great e book to avoid 50 owner builder mistakes when constructing a kit home.

How to books for diy builders
My personal selection of how to books for the diy home owner builders

Amazon tools for kit home builders
My choice of amazon tools hand picked for the kit home builder to assemble the perfect toolkit

Concrete footing design for your kit home.
Making a choice of concrete footing design can be the most important decision when building your kit home.

Raised floor systems for your kit home.
Raised floor systems for home building kits are supplied ready to assemble out of the box. Bearer beams, joists, bridging nogs and sheet flooring all precut to exact specifications.

Framing a house using kit home designed prefab frames and trusses
With totally prefabricated kithome frames and trusses, framing a house is a breeze. They arrive completely preassembled, and braced, with all fastenings and excellent instructions.

DIY roofing systems for kit homes
Kit home diy roofing systems arrive with insulation, battens and precut corrugated iron as well as precut guttering, barges and ridge capping.

Installing house windows in kit homes
Installing house windows in a kit home is a straight forward process as prefab frames have the window sills, trimmers & lintels precisely set up for your specified windows to slot in & nail home.

Hanging a door in a kit home
Hanging a door whether external or internal, is the next task to learn when getting your kit home to lock up. If you specify 'prehung' doors, installation is effortless.

External wall cladding installation tips
External wall cladding can make a kit house look like a spec home: with a few essential tips, and a good choice of siding materials.

You can install drywall with these great DIY plastering tips & plastering tools
Anyone can install drywall, but the right drywall tools and tips will get an owner builder a great wall finish

Flat pack kitchen cabinets: designing for kit homes
Kitchen cabinets in flatpack form are a great fit for the ownerbuilder of kit homes, with kitchen floor plans designed to be built easily and look great.

Bathroom layouts to enhance kit house plans
Tips on bathroom layouts to configure the space planning requirements of your kit house bathroom floorplans.

Kit home basics blog
The Kit Home Basics Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Kithomebasics.com Web site. Subscribe here.

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