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EASY TO BUILD MODULAR HOME BUILDING SYSTEM
You can, with the aid of a helper or two, build a PAAL kit home by following our step by step instructions. They are specifically tailored to your individual plan. The PAAL modular home building system is based on numbered framing panels, with each panel number corresponds with a number on a the framing plan. It is then a simple matter of positioning each frame module according to the number on the plan and bolting them together.
We call it 'building by numbers'.
PAAL pioneered Australia's use of lightweight hi-tensile steel for house framing and today the company's hi-tech factory produces precision engineered wall and roof frames which are designed to fit together perfectly. Importantly for our clients, this ensures that the structural core of their home is therefore perfectly straight and true. There's no cutting or drilling required - components simply screw and bolt together ... even the service holes for plumbing pipes and electrical wiring are factory pre-punched into the wall framing.
Scroll down for a pictorial staged overview of the Paal home building process.
1. The assembly process is simple; just follow our step by step instruction manual with easy to follow diagrams.
2. A typical Paal delivery to customers building site. The first delivery contains all materials to lock-up stage.
3. As a rule we bring our own forklift and stack all components ready for assembly.
4. With the concrete slab or bearers and joists floor prepared, frame assembly then begins at one corner, joining two panels together.
5. The numbered panels are bolted together - it's like a big meccano set. All bolt holes are pre-punched.
6. Panels are designed as wall, window or door panels, continue to refer to the framing plan for positioning.
7. Once the frame is completed, it is then fixed to the floor with dynabolts.
8. Bracing straps are then attached. They are tightened with adjustable turnbuckles to achieve absolute squareness of the frame.
9. Roof trusses are delivered in knockdown form and bolt together to form two half trusses for easy lifting on top of the wall frames. The two halves then simply bolt together.
10. Roof trusses line up with pre-punched holes on wall frames and simply bolt together. All brackets are pre-located and bolt holes are pre-punched.
11. Continue adding roof trusses following the framing plan.
12. Pre-cut roof battens are fastened with self-drilling screws.
13. The next step is the installation of windows and doors: locate them into pre-set openings and fix with self-drilling screws.
14. Ceiling battens are pre-cut to size and attached with quick-fix clips ready for fixing the plasterboard.
15. If the exterior cladding of the house is brick veneered, this is usually done by a tradesman. Cladding such as Hardiplank can easily be installed by the owner builder following our instructions.
16. The house is now ready for roofing.
17. To reach lock-up stage verandah, fascia and guttering have to be fitted.
18. Then roof sarking and roofing sheets are fitted.
19. The exterior of the house is complete and ready for the interior fit-out. Internal materials are sent as a second delivery after lock-up stage has been reached. From this point, you can owner manage tradespeople for electrical, plumbing, plastering and painting.
