Our engineered DIY and Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) plans are produced by our design teams working in 4 time zones to accelerate successful outcomes. Plans are launched in one time zone and moved to other time zones in order to achieve 24 hours of productivity each and every day. It is the carefully evolved and integrated specifications that assure the reliable on-site assembly of each and every plan. If you have your own plan, we can convert it into metal framing. Simply submit your plan to us. What if you do not have a plan but have an idea? Use our NapkinCAD solution with easy-to-follow steps to create your plan, then submit your idea, enabling us to bring your idea to fruition.
While lumber has long been the dominant material for house framing, cold-formed steel (CFS) framing provides a better option for cost savings and durability for Do-It-Yourself framing kits. Metal frames, joists, and trusses have gained a reputation for reducing construction time and costs for mid-rise structures. Metal framing brings the same benefits to a single-family home, shed, ADU, garage, tiny home, or garden house, as well as numerous other options.
Unlike wood, steel does not warp, expand, or burn; the walls are perfectly straight. Instead of hammers and nails, lightweight steel frame construction means working with screws and torque-regulated screw guns. Instead of installing utilities by drilling through wood, FrameUpNow DIY kit home panels are pre-punched to accommodate electricity and plumbing. Families, with maybe a little help from friends, can erect the frame of their home in only a few days.
FrameUpNow manufactures CFS framing to conform to your engineered metal house frame plans or choose from one of our DIY metal home skeletons. CFS skeleton parts are made from structural quality sheet steel that is formed into C-sections and other shapes by roll-forming the steel through a series of dies. No heat is required to form the shapes (unlike hot-rolled steel). FrameUpNow DIY framing packages are lighter than other framing materials. In most cases, no lifting equipment is required, and with lightweight steel frame trusses, one person can easily carry an 8-foot-wide fabricated panel, resulting in no need to find a residential house framer near you, you can DIY FrameUpNow homes yourself. Frame components, panels, and trusses can be delivered, ready for erection, or shipped to the job site for assembly. Metal framing without welding…fully framed homes appear in days, NOT weeks.
The plan you choose represents the skeleton of your structure. Your FrameUpNow plan will be complete with a universally accepted engineering stamp. To secure building permits, you will likely need to include a site and foundation plan plus additional details specific to your taste and area prior to submitting the plan package to your local building department. Details required locally may include state-specific engineered stamped drawings for the site plan, foundation, MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing,) and energy compliance documents.
Founder's Accomplishments
You may have heard of the expression “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”, and when it comes to the triumvirate responsible for the Frame Up Now concept, the phrase could not be more appropriate.
Including the two founders, we have three highly successful individuals, each from differing professional spheres, each bringing a unique set of skills to the table, yet all sharing the same common belief.
A belief in and total commitment towards cold-formed steel (CFS) frame construction for affordable residential housing, not just in the United States where the company is based, but anywhere in the world.
When three highly successful individuals each recognise the potential in a unique form of construction, yet from three separate viewpoints, you know you are on to something special.
So, let’s learn a little more about the men behind the Frame Up Now concept.
Rodger Ford
A remarkable entrepreneur who is as enthusiastic about life as he enters his ninth decade as he was in his third, and who revels in identifying and developing new concepts and ideas across multiple industries. In his own lifetime he has achieved more than some would in three lifetimes, and in as diverse industries as you could imagine.
Rodger is the man who founded AlphaGraphics, Printshops of the Future in 1970 and which, by 1988, had expanded to 400 locations across 20 different countries.
Not content with one successful venture, Rodger also co-founded PetsHotel, which revolutionized the pet boarding industry through the provision of an upmarket sanctuary for both cats and dogs. So successful was the concept that in 2000 the company was acquired by PetsMart and today there is a PetsHotel in most PetsMart outlets.
It might well surprise you to now discover that some of Rodger’s most significant and beneficial work took place in the realm of medicine, where he was the CEO of SynCardia between 2005 and 2011. There Rodger changed the operating philosophy of the company from being a ‘science project’ into a bioscience pioneer. The result saw the achievement of groundbreaking milestones in the realm of artificial heart technology.
Rodger spotted the potential for CFS frame construction in 2022 and his approach to the business is that of an out-of-the-box thinker, a visionary, and a man with tremendous entrepreneurial spirit and knowledge of how to effectively and efficiently bring concepts to market.
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Brad Cooper
Brad was quick to identify the many advantages of CFS frame construction and now considers it a necessity in the homes that he builds.
There is very little about residential construction that Brad doesn’t know. Having been involved in the construction industry for 22 years, Brad is the owner of MC2 Homes based in Benson, Arizona. His specialty is the construction of custom-designed properties where, as he puts it, “Each design has a meaning and a purpose.”
He spotted the potential for CFS frame construction from a practical point of view and with a constructor’s eye for the whole process. While understanding how the system can be used to help construct affordable housing, he also recognised the potential for the construction of larger properties that he could offer at a more competitive price. With CFS frames there is no sacrifice in quality, but there can be considerable savings in construction time, and therefore labor costs.
Jonathon Sipe, PE.
He is a fully licenced Structural Professional Engineer,having earned his BS/MS degrees in Structural Engineering at the University ofCalifornia San Diego. Jonathon performs structural engineering all over the USand Canada. He is licensed as astructural engineer in over 20 states, which gives him the ability to stay upto date on multiple municipality codes and requirements.
Jonathon began his career concentrating on residentialproperty, working with major construction companies such as Lennar, KB Homes,Richmond American and Toll Brothers. From there he progressed somewhatdramatically to large-scale infrastructure projects in the sphere of bridgebuilding.
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