Weather-Tight Shell Package Fabrication

Our Pledge

By utilizing the Weather-Tight Shell Framing System from Classic Colonial Homes, Inc. we can assure your new home will look exactly as designed, according to the plans you purchase. CCH, Inc. provides a factory manufactured framing system that is erected on your building site by our experienced framing team, resulting in a high quality weather-tight shell, within mere weeks. In this manner, CCH provides clients with a new standard of accuracy, speed, aesthetic control and value. As always, our homes boast authentic character, exacting proportions & remarkable period detailing, achievable only from our Custom Architectural Packages, which have become hallmarks of our company.

Factory Frame Creation - A Three-Step Process

One: Engineering & Quoting

Classic Colonial Home Plans are converted into working production prints and used to estimate the materials for a given home. A trained team of design staff and engineers collaborate to generate an accurate quotation of the Weather-Tight Shell, a price that CCH guarantees. Once the designs are completed by CCH and the client, the production prints are then used to program an array of fabrication equipment, specially designed to construct the individual house frame panels from raw materials.

Two: Factory Component Production & Delivery

Conventional stick built on site framing is the standard method of residential framing construction in New England and across the greater United States. In this process, 2 X 4 wooden studs and sheet plywood are used to construct the framework of the house. Unfortunately, this popular system of on-site, piece by piece assembly is notorious for a high percentage of errors, waste, mistakes and inefficiency, factors both within (error) and beyond (weather) our control.

Time-tested, top quality materials are employed in the creation of a Classic Colonial Homes Weather-Tight Shell. Critical planning, sizing, cutting and partial assembly are conducted in a controlled factory environment to ensure greater accuracy & quality while reducing build time. Raw materials are carefully selected to ensure every piece meets highest standard of quality. The floor panels, wall panels and roof system are measured & cut by laser-guided manufacturing equipment, then assembled and stacked for delivery. Every items undergoes a rigorous quality check prior to shipping. A predetermined installation schedule is timed according to completion and backfilling of the foundation (handled by the client's builder). The entire factory production process is carefully monitored and controlled by trained, cost efficient factory personnel.

Three: Frame Assembly & Shell Completion

For this final step in the Weather-Tight Shell fabrication, Classic Colonial Homes, Inc. provides an experienced building company to assemble the factory built panels and components on site. A crane is used to hoist and set the individual sections of the floor decking, exterior and interior wall and roof rafters to create the basic structure. Although the resulting frame looks no different from one constructed in the field, in fact this shell is superior to its site built counterparts. The exclusive CCH-produced architectural detailing packages (exterior trim, custom detailed windows & doors, roofing system, siding) are installed, the roof is shingled and within weeks (compared to months of conventional site framing in some cases), the accurate and secure, weather tight shell is complete!

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