Watch above: Saskatoon has its first BONE Structure home. Meaghan Craig gets a sneak peek and gets details on what makes this house unique.
SASKATOON – They are popping up all over the country, including Saskatoon. Homes are being constructed using concepts that even your child will be familiar with.
Welcome to 612 Temperance Street, a home that’s attracting a lot of attention. Two weeks ago it wasn’t there and was assembled using technology similar to that found in a toy room, a combination of LEGO and Meccano pieces that simply snap together.
“This specific is 4,500 square foot and basically this was put up in 10 days, with five workers, with five drills that’s it,” said Marc Bovet, BONE Structure CEO.
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Not a single nail was used to put up this bare bone structure. It’s the first of its kind in Saskatoon and one of 200 the company will build this year.
“The benefits of this particular house is there’s no interior load-bearing walls so that means you have four kids, when they leave home at the age of 28 you can remove those walls, when they come back at the age of 32 with triplets, you can basically re-install those walls for their bedrooms,” added Bovet.
“You can also add on windows and doors on the outside walls just about anywhere on a Saturday morning.”
Each house is custom-made so crews will know how much they’ll need of what, eliminating unexpected budget increases. Officials also confirm that nothing is cut on-site and materials are brought in so there’s no waste.
“A house of this size would have filled up at least seven or eight of those humongous garbage containers in front of every job site which is basically you’re hard earned money going into the trash, 60 per cent of the waste from our landfills comes from the construction industry,” said Bovet.
Costing the same as a traditional home, the company says you’ll still get more for your money.
“The way this house is insulated, it outperforms. This house will save you up to 90 per cent of your energy billings in terms of heating and cooling.”
Stopping by momentarily, the mayor of Saskatoon toured the first floor of the home and said he welcomes even more innovation of this kind.
“The energy savings and the innovative thought process of doing this is certainly very attractive,” said Saskatoon Mayor Don Atchison.
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