GeoComb Homes are built with light weight sections of platform, walls, windows, doors, kitchen, bath, and roof that are each carried into place easily by two people. A team of 3 or more can move them into position to be assembled into a variety of shapes and configurations with a few hand tools in a few hours.
It starts with a one-cell unit, one level or stacked. More "cells" can be instantly connected into multi-room "honeycomb" arrangments. The interchangeable and interlocking walls, roof, windows, and doors make adding more rooms (or removing them) and designing your floor plan fun and easy. Chains of Geocomb with connected clusters like the ones shown below are just some examples of the versatility of this method. Not yet pictured are the great deck components and the gray water, wind and solar power, and other additions to the off grid sustainability vision we are creating.
The wall and roof components are made of metal reinforced Structural Insulated Panels - a sandwich of rigid foam and sheathing of OSB, MgO, or plywood, and/or skins of wood paneling or MgO, This new generation material is weatherproof as is, and can be painted, textured, or stained. It is fireproof, waterproof, and structural - so the entire home can be fabricated and bult using fire and flood resistant methods and materials when required.
A range of floor, wall, and ceiling skin choices can be available to suit your tastes.Quick-release kitchen, bathroom, and closet additions complete your home package. Standard roofing is EPDM rubber sheeting with options for copper or sheetmetal, and eaves, skylights, and solar integration. We are in the process of choosing additional products and vendors to be integrated into GeoComb Homes. Illustrations of these features will be posted as the specific products are added to our offerings.
It is weather sealed and cozy as soon as it is assembled with no caulk or nails.