Your Home Structure Determines Quality & Longevity...don't overlook this topic!

Anatomy of a Home
aka: Home Structure

In order to know if you have a well-built home, you need to know its Anatomy, aka: home structure...

...inside and out.

If you know nothing about home structure don't be afraid you are not alone. Not everyone knows everything about home building. However, if you want your experience to be successful and rewarding you need to know more than just the basics.

There are several components that are integral to the function of a well balanced home. Some are required, others are optional, but all need to be considered.

If you know nothing about the internal components of a home, or you don't do your research, you could end up with some real problems. Always, always, always find out what is required for your home and its proper installation-from the correct source.

Ask questions to the right person.

For those of you whom are unfamiliar with architectural and building terms, I have found a couple of websites that offer good definitions and illustrations:

http://www.uen.org/Centennial/08BuildingsA.html

http://www.budget.net/~brich/terms.html

The structure or "shell" of your home structure is comprised of four basic components, which are the:

There are multitudes of choices available for each component to be comprised of, all of which, will affect the end result of your completed home-and how happy you will be with it.

Once you have become knowledgeable about how each of the four components should be built and the proper materials required to do so, you have a better chance to:

Gain confidence-to choose the right General Contractor and Sub-Contractors to build your home. You will know when you are being told the truth and when you are not.