HOST: Mike, one thing I love about the builders' show is there's not only the big guys, but there's also the small guys with great ideas. Tell us a little bit about what you've got in mind.
MIKE: Well, we've got a brand-new Accuframe system. (HOST: Okay.) and what Accuframe is, is a computer-generated layout system. It's a template of how to frame the wall. And instead of a complicated blueprint, what you receive is an easy schematic plan and a starting point. (HOST: Okay.) Our system comes on a roll, so at the starting point, you roll all the way around the structure. Start from Point A, come back to Point B. A cutting list is part of our system. So, this streamlines the framer's efficiencies when he's cutting his studs and everything. A complete fill of material is also involved and basically the byproducts of the template.
HOST: Right. So we start on that corner, we come out to our basically framing layout that we put down on the --
MIKE: Absolutely. This is the meat of the product. And what you do is you fold it right here and hook it onto the two-by-sixes, top and bottom plate (HOST: Right.), staple it down, adhere it to the plates, roll it out --
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MIKE: And what you do, this is the meat of the product and you fold it right here and you staple it to the top and bottom plate that are laying underneath this. And you just staple along, adhering to the plates, and it lays out each stud, and when it gets to a window and door, it'll give you all the component measurements that make that rough opening correct on the jobsite. And this is what really drives efficiencies on the jobsite. In testing with the DuPont company, we have secured ten- and twelve-percent savings in the framing of -- in using the Accuframe System, and it's a visual template, and it's not a complicated blueprint. So, a lot of builders can use this if they have just a small amount of experience in framing walls.
HOST: Well, at this point, I mean, I'm all about saving cost. You tell me, with this system I can probably say close to ten, maybe a little bit more percent in framing cost?
MIKE: Absolutely. (And waste, I take.) And material waste. Absolutely. And that's a guarantee from the very first time that you use the product. (HOST: Great.) So there's a very little learning curve. And uh the system continues on, and every four feet you get a plate break where your plywood would go. (HOST: Right.) And that's how the system is counting the plywood material list, as well. When it comes to a door, it's the same thing. The framing elements are all there for that rough opening to be corrected on the jobsite. So it not only streamlines the framing process, you can also implement positive framing practices that give you energy-efficiency because we're really dictating the placement of all the template -- (HOST: Right.) components.
HOST: And this -- It feels like almost a tieback material so it can rain on it, and you'll still have your template.
MIKE: Yeah, absolutely. It's a tear-resistant substrate DuPont tieback printed with indelible ink so it can be used in all types of environments. And we're printing it within an eighth of an inch per one-hundred feet, and I think that's accuracy that everyone can deal with.
HOST: Sounds great. I look forward to trying this product.
MIKE: Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
HOST: Thanks.
MIKE: Thanks.
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HOST: Now let us know about this other product you have.
MIKE: This is a product we call Accuframe Greenseal. And Accuframe Greenseal is a new patented system for us. While printing out the layout of the house -- you can now print it out on a gasket cork --
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HOST: Mike, tell us about your other product.
MIKE: This is something we're really excited about. Instead of printing the building material on a DuPont tieback, we print it on a substrate that has a gasket-forming process and when that process is applied to the plate, the OSB and the plate junction is now secured with a gasket seal, which surrounds the entire envelope of the structure. This crushes to a hundred-percent rating and the testing is very good right now that we're finding in the energy-efficiency of Accuframe Greenseal.
HOST: So we're putting this on the walls?
MIKE: Well this represents the two-by-four laying on the floor. Here is the OSB sheeting on the outside, the tieback, and here is the sealing gasket.
HOST: So this is our sill plate, and this is our wall sheet. (MIKE: Yes.) Okay. (MIKE: Yes.) And that'll give us a nice, tight airtight seal right there.
MIKE: It stopped windlash from the inside of a wall cavity and lets the insulation perform at its highest-maximum efficiency.
HOST: Very nice. [END]
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