1. FEWER MATERIALS AND CONTRACTORS

Each PermaPanel integrates multiple construction divisions into one panel. When building your next project using these panels, there is no need for 1) framing, 2) insulation, 3) vapor barrier, 4) exterior sheathing, or 5) drywall. The time and cost savings are substantial. Think of the cost savings of removing up to five materials and contractors.

2. REDUCES CONSTRUCTION TIME

The second cost savings comes from drastically eliminating the construction period. Let’s say you’re in Spokane. Your Spokane home builders get your house plans, gets a small crew, and in a few days—the work is done. To break this down a bit more, a new home of about 2,500 square feet can be fully erected and enclosed in as little as 2.5 days with a crew of four people of medium skill. The foundation requires an additional 2.5 days. Thus, an average house can be enclosed – from foundation to roof – in as little as a week!

By eliminating just one of the construction trades, such as drywall, the construction schedule is dramatically shortened. Not only is it shortened by the obvious reduction in work, but consider the savings this offers in the permit and inspection process as well as the cost associated with installing, taping, and texturing drywall. Moreover, installing and finishing drywall is a labor-intensive job that often holds up the entire project. But this is not an issue when building with PermaPanels. (However, drywall can easily be used with PermaPanel should the client desire.)

And finally, time is saved because the trades such as electricians and plumbers can begin work immediately after the house has been enclosed and do not need to wait for framers, insulation professionals, and drywall installers.

Those other trades, such as your plumbers and electricians, also don’t have to worry about ruining the structural integrity by making a wrong cut. If we take the Spokane home builders example above, and you have your Spokane SIPs contractor do a beautiful job with the SIPs framing, but then one of the other contractors makes a horizontal cut in the SIP, the panel is ruined. Expensive preplanning is required as well as custom manufacturing.

It’s a similar thing with your Spokane ICFs contractor. Cuts, of course, won’t matter—but the extensive preplanning will. It’s all too easy to miss something and suddenly be weeks and thousands of extra dollars behind. Plus, drilling through traditional concrete requires expensive, specialty tools. What this means is again, higher costs.

Custom manufacturing is, of course, possible with PermaPanels, however—it’s not necessary. And furthermore, it doesn’t matter which way the panels are cut, so long as they can still interlock. What this means is faster, more affordable construction all the way from house plans to home.

You might be asking, but won’t those other tradesmen need specialty tools then as well? The answer is no. The same tools needed for traditional stick frame construction work just as well on PermaPanels.

3. NO SPECIALISTS NEEDED

The third and final major cost savings area is that a small crew of medium skill is able to build your next project. There is no need to hire expensive specialists or wait on a small pool of out-of-town, certified professionals. In addition, you do not need to purchase costly tools or equipment to install the PermaPanel system. A DIY-minded person can realize even greater savings.

These reasons, and more, are why you can build your next house, shop, or office and save money in the process! And of course, there are the long-term savings from lower utility prices building owners will appreciate month after month.