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Washington Builder to Make a 100% 'American-Built' Home
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Aaron Sullivan of Titan Homes LLC on building a house from scratch from materials only made in America.
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- Date Feb 20, 2012
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Aaron Sullivan of Titan Homes LLC on building a house from scratch from materials only made in America.
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On Friday and other Washington State will break ground on a house using all American made materials so can -- be done air insolvent runs tighten homes LLC and he joins us on the phone.
From Kennewick Washington Aaron thanks so much for joining us you know we saw little item online about this story we had to call you and get you want about X is so interesting -- Easier billing house from scratch.
Everything is made in America you're not using any anything imported from anywhere -- I understand the cost on 200000 dollar home that was an extract.
Maybe six to 8000 dollars is that -- that's about 34%.
Yep exactly out and you know we're as -- of a 100% -- it's really really close but we're fine and it.
Finding it difficult it really depends on how to look at it on whether or not it's a 100% made in America you know for example are.
Windows -- extraction in America -- collapse in the putting the screws during ported over from overseas so.
You know we're getting really close but just to get our staff work.
Worked -- -- -- struggle without.
We're -- what are the toughest materials to come by.
-- meet with -- seems like you know like six years now hardware appliances but you know trying to find.
I'm like -- -- -- -- in America it's it's really difficult.
We're looking at pictures right now the house that you have been working on how many of these have you done so pardon do people.
React positively to it -- they think it's sort of marketing gimmick or did they get really into it.
You know this -- our first one and it responses and overwhelmingly positive.
You know from our suppliers -- subcontractors you know we've -- beside -- gonna get a little resistance because you know there's a lot more work that goes into this perhaps -- them.
To call out each -- expect -- from each component which -- straps to the peak perhaps on the call that out but.
They've embraced it did the next one and not the community's been excellent.
Made in the USA is terrific obviously but are your materials are your products are your tools as safe.
As the others are early yet what's with the safety component.
You know I don't -- why haven't found anything that would be considered less station.
Day you know I I think a lot of what we're seeing and they're they're they seem to eat better -- longer lasting products but.
I don't ran across any issues -- -- would be concerned.
So what's the price of the -- that we're looking at -- -- give you a free commercial what's the price of this and you have anyone inches -- yet.
I know we don't have one -- yet we were just stick -- we're still don't process were we're not done work for them to breaking ground here soon end.
We're gonna -- -- not outside -- 99.
OK so I -- -- -- renderings that we're looking at that thank you so much Aaron we really appreciate you joining us and an American story and president's state thank -- -- -- --