Q: What is True Build?

• 9′ Walls in the Basement instead of 8'  or a crawl space
• 10' first floor walls instead of 9' or 8'
• 9' second floor walls instead of 8'
• Wood I-beams instead of 2x12s
• Advantec Floor boards instead of OSB plywood
• 2x6 (w/2x8) trusses instead of 2x4 (w/2x6)
• Steel beams in basement instead of wood load bearing walls to hold up the home. 
• Poured concrete 8" thick in leu of Cinder blocks. 
• Real Tyvec Home wrap instead of generic wrap. 
• OSB Plywood instead of thermoply "skin" or zip system etc. 

*Manufactures, ten year builder. 

More bolts than ever before. 

• First floor 8' doors, instead of 7' tall doors. Second floor is standard 7' doors. 
• 6' first floor windows instead of 5' windows. Some front elevations have 7' 1/2 circle top windows.
• 8' tall by 9' wide garage doors instead of 7' tall by 8' wide garage doors. 
• All vinyl windows, exterior door trim and all exterior roof and other trim is in made up of a Never-Rot Plastic instead of wood.    

• Additional strapping in the foundation and frame of the home, above code This may be hurricane straps or bolts.
• Behind the wall tiles; Full cement board to the ceiling in all showers instead of cement then blue drywall. 
• Full tile to the ceiling in all showers instead of tile to just over the shower head. 
• Extensive third party and internal checklists.
• Exterior stoop step extends length of the stoop instead of three-foot standard.