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SK Unitone Catalog
SK Unitone Catalog
A modular house
in kit form
for owner-assembly
Shelter-Kit Incorporated
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Our products A 9’x12’ unroofed platform.
Shelter-Kit Incorporated manufactures three
basic architect-designed and engineer-tested
These three modules can be joined together
houses, each with its own additional com-
in an almost infinite variety of combinations
ponents. In keeping with our high standards,
to create small, medium-size, or large houses.
all are made of superior quality materials
The choice of plans can be entirely up to the
that form the basis of three modular systems
customer. The house plans included in this
of house building designed for owner-
folder are suggested possibilities.
assembly. Unit One was the first, followed by
Lofthouse 16 and Lofthouse 20.
Shelter-Kit Incorporated 22 Mill Street PO Box 1 Tilton New Hampshire 03276 (603) 286-7611 © 2003 Shelter-Kit Incorporated
Why Unit One is unique
Unit One can be assembled in about four Written for the owner-assembler, not the
days by two people with no building skills professional builder, the manual illustrates
or knowledge of blueprint reading. step-by-step instructions that correspond to
all the labeled parts of the kit and guides
the builders to the completion of the house.
A complete kit It is the key to successful assembly. Every
purchaser of Unit One receives a manual well
The kit contains all the materials needed to in advance of the kit’s delivery so he will
construct the Unit One shell. Hand-selected have ample opportunity to become familiar
quality lumber is pre-cut, pre-drilled to with the materials and construction
minute tolerances, and labeled. These procedure.
materials are bound together with high-
strength plastic strapping in individual
bundles weighing approximately 100 pounds. Framing system
All required hardware is also labeled and
packed in separate containers. The post and beam frame, with its custom-
designed heavy aluminum angles and
brackets, makes it possible for the entire
Portability weight of both floor and roof to be carried
by six posts. Thus the walls are non-load
The contents of each kit can be carried to bearing and conventional structural bracing
sites inaccessible by truck or heavy equip- can be eliminated. This allows for 12’x6’8’”
ment, so it’s not necessary to build an sliding glass doors across the entire front
expensive road. opening, and the placement of other doors
and windows in virtually any location. Non-
structural bracing is used to support the
All tools furnished siding. When two or more components are
joined together, the intermediate walls can
No power tools are needed. All necessary be eliminated.
tools are furnished and even include two
stepladders and two carpenters’ aprons!
(A complete tool list is included with the
Specifications.)
Foundation and the environment Building Codes
In addition to seasonal and year round Many other uses are possible:
homes our buildings have been used as:
Nursery School
Warming house for paddle tennis court Cabana on the beach or at a pool
Artist studio Youth hostel
Study Camp buildings
Real estate office Storage shed
Pump room to house snow-making Carpenters shop
equipment at ski area Trail-side shelter
Emergency store for flood victims Gift shop
A Design and Construction The Best Kit Homes, by Joanna Family Handyman – May/June 1985
Handbook For Energy Efficient Wissinger; Rodale Press, 1987
Harrowsmith – May/June 1987,
Homes by Alex Wade; Rodale Press,
Workbench – July, August 1971 November/December 1989
1977
Science & Mechanics – Aplril 1972 Family Circle – August 1987
The Complete Kit House Catalog,
By Frank Coffee; Wallaby Pocket Woman’s Day – September 1972 New York Times – 28 June 1971,
Books, Simon & Schuster, 1979 20 April 1975
Mechanix Illustrated – June 1973,
Kit Houses By Mail, by Brad McDole 1975 Boston Globe – 31 August 1975
and Chris Jerome; The Stonesong
Press, Grosset & Dunlap, Inc., 1979 The First New England Catalogue Maine Times – 15 May 1981
– 1973
30 Energy Efficient Houses, by Alex Christian Science Monitor – 11
Wade; Rodale Press, 1980 House & Garden Guide – 1973-74 September 1981
Edition
The Complete Catalog of Mail New Hampshire Times – 12 May 1982
Order Kits, by Anna Sequoia; Rawson, The Washingtonian Magazine – July
Pittsburg Press – 21 November 1982
Wade Publishers, Inc. 1981 1974
USA Today – 9 December 1982
Getting a Roof Over Your Head, by House & Garden – January 1976
The editors at Garden Way; Garden New Hampshire Sunday News –
Popular Science – March 1979
Way Publishing, 1983 11 October 1987
Country Journal – October 1980,
The Home How-To Source Book, by Washington Post – 21 January
January/February 1990
Mike McClintock: Charles Scriber’s 1988, 1 June 1989
Sons Publishers, 1983 Fine Homebuilding – October/
November 1981
The modular compoments
How the modular system works
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KIT 38
1 Unit One
1 Porch
1 12’ sliding glass door
1 5’x3’ sliding window
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 51
1 Unit One
1 Enclosed Porch
1 Deck
1 12’ sliding glass door
2 3’x3’ sliding windows
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 49
1 Unit One
1 Porch
1 Special Deck
1 12’ sliding glass door
1 5’x3’ sliding window
1 set tools
Construction Manual
Partitions, screens, fixtures & furnishings supplied by owner.
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KIT 55
1 Unit One
2 Enclosed Porches
2 Decks (1 Special)
1 6’ sliding glass door
1 5’x3’ sliding window
4 4’x3’ sliding windows
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 43
2 Unit Ones
1 Enclosed Porch
1 Deck
1 12’ sliding glass door
2 5’x3’ sliding windows
3 3’x3’ sliding windows
1 junction kit
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 89
2 Unit Ones
2 Enclosed Porches
2 Decks
1 12’ sliding glass door
2 5’x3’ sliding windows
3 3’x3’ sliding windows
1 junction kit
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 36
2 Unit Ones
3 Enclosed Porches
1 Deck
1 12’ sliding glass door
1 5’x3’ sliding window
6 3’x3’ sliding windows
1 junction kit
1 set tools
Construction Manual
Partitions, screens, fixtures & furnishings supplied by owner.
Elevations
2 to 4-bedroom plan (895 square feet)
KIT 28
3 Unit Ones
3 Enclosed Porches
2 Decks
1 12’ sliding glass door
5 5’x3’ sliding windows
1 3’x3’ sliding window
2 junction kits
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 79
3 Unit Ones
2 Enclosed Porches
1 Deck
1 12’ sliding glass door
4 5’x3’ sliding windows
2 3’x3’ sliding windows
2 junction kits
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 82
4 Unit Ones
3 Enclosed Porches
2 Decks (1 special)
1 3’ solid core door
1 6’ sliding glass door
3 5’x3’ sliding windows
5 3’x3’ sliding windows
3 junction kits
1 set tools
Construction Manual
KIT 27
6 Unit Ones
2 Decks
2 6’ sliding glass door
6 5’x3’ sliding windows
1 3’x3’ sliding window
7 junction kits
1 set tools
Construction Manual