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\\nShow Notes:
\\nHow does my new home stand up?\\xa0 Discussions on foundations, basements, crawlspace, pier or slab foundations.\\xa0\\xa0 Poured vs cement block foundations.\\xa0 WUI, Wildland Urban Interface and how is protects from wildfires.\\xa0 Do I need fire sprinklers? \\xa0Engineer stamped plans are reviewed by Landmark Home and Land.\\xa0 What are Engineered lumber materials?\\xa0 Can I repurpose items for my new home?
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\\nTranscript:
\\nInterviewer: Hello everyone and welcome to episode 26 of the Panelized Prefab Kit Home Building Show. I\\u2019m here with the president and founder of Landmark Home and Land Company, a company which has been helping people build their new homes where they want exactly as they want across the nation and worldwide for, well, 25 years now since 1993, Steve Tuma.
\\nSteve, how are things going?
\\nSteve Landmark: Excellent. Staying busy as always working with people to develop some very cool homes. A lot of our customers are working in areas that are very interesting whether geographically, weather-wise, building restriction-wise, historic areas, whatever it is. So it\\u2019s always a fun day taking care of each customer individually.
\\nInterviewer: Yeah. It seems like a \\u2013 over at Landmark, you like to be challenged and I think that\\u2019s part of the fun. So today I would like to utilize my time with Steve going over some aspects of panelized home building that we haven\\u2019t had all that much time in the past to go over and some things that I\\u2019m sure will pique his interest, some of the questions and inquiries that potential Landmark customers have brought to us. So if you\\u2019re ready Steve, let me throw some questions out there I think our audience might be keen on hearing you tackle.
\\nSteve Landmark: Yeah, let\\u2019s do it.
\\nInterviewer: Let\\u2019s start with the foundations. How do I know as a new home builder, how do I know what type of foundation is best for my home and building site? I mean do I need the basement type of foundation, crawlspace, what \\u2013 their slabs, piers. It could get very daunting I think with all the choices.
\\nSteve Landmark: Right. Well, there are different situations as to why you would choose one or the other. Sometimes you\\u2019ve got restrictions geographically. Sometimes there are situations of what people are used to building in an area, therefor they do it. Other times, you\\u2019ve got the flexibility of doing any one of those types of foundations. So how does it work? So let\\u2019s just \\u2013 we\\u2019re basically going to review \\u2013 I think you said basements, crawlspaces.
\\nInterviewer: Slabs.
\\nSteve Landmark: Slabs and then a pier system.
\\nInterviewer: Right, yeah
\\nSteve Landmark: So basements are \\u2013 as everyone knows, it\\u2019s like an area underground. It can be a walkout if you\\u2019re on the side of a hill where that basement, instead of just being in enclosed areas, an open area. So if you\\u2019re like on a lakefront or on the side of a hill, you can have a drive-under garage or workshop, additional rooms, family room.
\\nInterviewer: That would be kind of cool to have your garage underground.
\\nSteve Landmark: Oh, people have done it and boats, you know \\u2013 you know, sometimes it\\u2019s just recreational toys if you\\u2019re by a lake. That\\u2019s where you bring the canoe in and picnic tables, whatever it would be.
\\nInterviewer: Right.
\\nSteve Landmark: So basements can pretty much go anywhere where the ground conditions allow for it. You\\u2019ve got to check water tables, make sure the soils are right, make sure the terrain is right for that. Some people will say, \\u201cWell, you never put a basement in California.\\u201d
\\nInterviewer: Yeah.
\\nSteve Landmark: Because \\u2026
\\nInterviewer: You don\\u2019t see many.
\\nSteve Landmark: Well, it depends on where you\\u2019re at because if you\\u2019re in the areas with mountains, you might have a house that steps out of the side of a hill and in a sense the basement is a walkout basement. Someone might say, \\u201cOh, that\\u2019s a three-level home.\\u201d Well,'