These One of Kind PREFAB HOMES are a Housing Solution People have been Looking for!!

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Last month I stopped by Steel and Spark to check out their ADUs and discovered they're up to much more than I originally thought. One of the interesting models they currently have available is called the X-wing, an innovative housing solution that is 100% solar powered. In this video I give a behind the scenes look at Steel and Spark and an X wing they currently have under construction. Watch to learn more about Steel and Spark, a prefab company in Phoenix building innovative housing solutions out of shipping containers.
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@RaraAvis1138 Ай бұрын

I like the fact that each of the doors in the X Wings (on the drawings) are opposing. It gives a sense of privacy. Huge pat on the back to this company on many levels.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Great point!

@fasteddy760 Ай бұрын

Good to see you getting outside of your *cough*, studio. Your videos inspire me in my goal for an ADU on our property.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

lol! yeah studio is a stretch

@olga138 Ай бұрын

Really interesting concept, and I can see how useful it would be after a disaster or for homeless folks.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😃

@genebaket Ай бұрын

Great design they’re thinking ahead. Just one thing kind of stuck in my mind, they are designed to be hosed down inside after the occupant leaves.

@ChrisMaveric Ай бұрын

They're definitely serious about their shipping container design! I'd be curious to know the cost of the ADU version. Interesting business and video... Thanks Kerry

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

The ADU is 185k

@ergofoxxxy Ай бұрын

Interesting. I'm assuming the sandblasting removes all the toxic chemicals from the container's anti rust coating

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

I would hope so. I wonder how they dispose of the anti-rust coating and ensure their workers are not exposed to toxic dust.

@dalegereaux1863 Ай бұрын

Innovative design ! Thanks for the info, Kerry 👍

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@johncummings9494 Ай бұрын

Using what is to create what can be! Excellent idea. Thanks, Kerry!

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks for tuning in John!

@leotatem4879 Ай бұрын

The X-Wing concept is really fantastic. Cheers!

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Glad you like it

@joeking5038 25 күн бұрын

Their innovation in that area (shipping container conversion) is impressive.

@KerryTarnow 25 күн бұрын

Agreed

@kingslender1874 Ай бұрын

Cool but very expensive. Thanks Kerry Gold

@andrewmathewson441 Ай бұрын

Kerry, I anticipate in short order you will in fact be the smartest guy in the room about prefab homes. You keep pulling together details and have great conversations that add significant value to this industry. So may I thank for that. You could be construed as the Wikipedia of PreFab. I've learned aspects I hadn't thought of previously in literally every single video. That mighht be just cuz I'm dumb or maybe because you elicit quality information. You can take your pick.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thank you… appreciate that 😃

@RealBillyGarcia Ай бұрын

❌🪽 = 🏅👍 All it needs is a mini/micro fridge and a cook top. A fold down toilet that’s connected to local sewage is one idea but I think they’re trying to avoid plumbing. So I guess they’d use some public port-a-potties for each X-Wing. 🚽 Nice follow up Kerry. 😎

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Hey Billy. Great ideas!

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

A composting toilet in each unit might solve that problem. Most people don't (or refuse to) understand how they work though.

@RecruitingMaven Ай бұрын

Very cool!

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Glad you like it!

@SethiusAlpha 17 күн бұрын

I've been looking for a solution similar to the x-wing for a dormitory I want to build. The bathroom (with shower) issue is a deal-breaker, but if that got solved, we'd be in the right neighborhood.

@barbaralemons4741 Ай бұрын

Kerry, did you already show the shared bathrooms for the X wings? Vitally important to the possible future residents of these for safety reasons.

@user-kx7rs2fp4w Ай бұрын

What I love about shipping containers is the possibility to cut down on transport cost (I assume they can be shipped via train?) I’ve read about the problems with insulation & moisture but hope the robot use will make container living affordable. SOON.

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

I have questions about the insulation/condensation as well. Phoenix in 125°F? Portland, Maine when it's -40°F? Solar-powered heating and cooling is great, until it can't keep up with the power demands due to the temperature outside.

@user-ii3vn8tn3q 29 күн бұрын

Love the solar on the X wing!

@KerryTarnow 29 күн бұрын

Great!

@lordinquis8r679 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Kerry! Nice deep dive.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@billharker5424 Ай бұрын

This company is amazing 🎉🎉🎉❤

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@__WJK__ Ай бұрын

I can see these being very appealing to those with basic/utilitarian needs but don't really see them outselling other tiny home options. They're also a bit pricey, considering bathrooms (of all things) aren't included. Plus, based on their large size and weight, it looks like they could incur additional (substantial) shipping/placement costs, which would add to the purchase price.

@staciej2580 Ай бұрын

Thanks.

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jamesg.hromnak2333 Ай бұрын

🍀👍🍀🤔nice segment.🔬

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@user-gp9mf8rr9q Ай бұрын

Nice ,great ideas mahalo

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jenndoe3233 Ай бұрын

High techie! Cool!

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Yeah!

@haljordan1575 Ай бұрын

If you're not solving the cost of owning a home, you're not really bringing a solution, you're just repackaging the problem.

@jamesengland7461 Ай бұрын

This looks like a start

@tj2791 Ай бұрын

So many prefab/modular places out there. Too bad most of their homes aren't actually available to buy.

@juleswins3 Ай бұрын

These apparently are according to their website. Homes for the non-homeless run $70,000 to $230,000.

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

How well are those x-wings insulated? Can they be used in Phoenix in the Summer or Portland, Maine in the Winter?

@KevinSmith-qi5yn 16 күн бұрын

I wonder about the practicality of using shipping containers. The end product life cycle of a shipping container is as a steel box which can be re-cast. By adding various construction adhesives and spray foam insulation, the end product life cycle is significantly more complicated as those cannot be present when re-casting. I wonder if there are more sustainable and cost-effective options than shipping containers. This is especially true in Arizona where the metal would require more thermal management. Shipping containers by their design has a limited life span, so they wouldn't exactly outlast a standard building construction. As an emergency shelter, its deployment is limited to areas with road access. Considering the temporary nature of emergency shelters, lighter options may make more sense.

@YellaBellaReno 12 күн бұрын

If you watch the video he did on the apartment building they made, I think you get a better idea of why - at least for as long as we manufacture and use shipping containers - there is a market for repurposed shipping containers. Gotta use what why have, ya dig?

@0M0S01A Ай бұрын

nodding my head like i get it. me just waiting for a finished product and plans

@youtubecarspottersguide1 Ай бұрын

cool is there any issues with smells or contamination from what was shipped in them over the years ?

@jos_t_band3912 29 күн бұрын

Sandblasting will take care of that?

@youtubecarspottersguide1 29 күн бұрын

@@jos_t_band3912 thanks

@sherrylangford6047 Ай бұрын

Kinda like a newly designed prison with a view 😉

@Gmac. Ай бұрын

👍

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

🙌🏼

@Gmac. Ай бұрын

@@KerryTarnow 🙂👍

@AnthonyScottGames 12 күн бұрын

Feels like the building in the middle of the xwing should be a container..

@DKilgallen Ай бұрын

The cost comes out to around $440 a square foot. They have to make these affordable. If building a traditional home is much less expensive then what would drive someone to spend more on these? 160 sq ft. For $70,000. I can have a 675 sq ft. Cottage built for $40,000. I know! Just have a cottage built and don’t worry about how much these cost! But it just bothers me that they’d rent more affordable. Hence, the reason we don’t see more tiny house villages popping up or cities making changes to local laws to accommodate them.

@jos_t_band3912 29 күн бұрын

I guess people like the esthetic of the containers. Recycling etc. The idea of it.

@DKilgallen 29 күн бұрын

@@jos_t_band3912 Definitely love the aesthetic. Just wish it were more affordable to recycle containers as opposed to building from scratch

@alanmcrae8594 6 күн бұрын

True. Cost per square foot really limits solutions like this. It's great that they will have a market and make a living, but for many people it's about affordability not style. It's about owning something and not being squeezed dry by a high mortgage or renting from a greedy landlord. (Private equity are the new pirates in the rental market.) Have to admire the creativity, engineering and technology that are demonstrated here. I wish them well!

@thepunadude Ай бұрын

28MIN: COMPUTER IS FREEZING UP, HAVE MACS SINCE '78, NEVER THIS ISSUE. ALMOST MISSED YOUR POST LOOKS LIKE CONTAINERS!!

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

At least you’re out of youtube jail

@Queen-dl5ju 15 күн бұрын

good idea but i aint sharing a bathroom

@Erin-Thor Ай бұрын

I’m curious about the cost, would they be good for homeless communities?

@KerryTarnow Ай бұрын

Yes that is one if the purposes they’re designed for

@heartofodds Ай бұрын

Honestly, can't imagine why people don't just put up a row of bungalows, or little square box houses(least where it's easy code-wise or people on board). There's not nearly enough. They should just turn standard lots into two small homes, something like that, spread the people out to minimize things people don''t like for their prop. val.

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

Honestly, if they turned every renovatable (is that a word) "abandoned" building in my city into Affordable Apartments, it would solve our Housing Crisis here completely. But the city doesn't want to solve the Housing Crisis. There's 1 owner who has about 15 large, vacant apartment buildings in the city of Omaha. He won't rehab. them, the city won't confiscate them and renovate them, so that's 100's of apartments that exist, but nobody can rent them.

@gjm456 Ай бұрын

Area 51 living at its finest. 🤣

@Dakktyrel 18 күн бұрын

Totally silent "production" floor is not inspiring for growth. I'd be interested to know how they ensure the containers are not contaminated, as this is a fairly large and undocumented problem when buying the containers. Lastly, it's surprising to see an Arizona company 100% relying on solar panels. We already have multiple instances where mild hailstorms completely destroy solar panels or entire solar fields. With insurance companies and solar companies not assisting in replacements this would render these units useless in the AZ summers.

@AdaptableAutonomousHouse Ай бұрын

I don’t understand why such a smart person would need containers. Use laser-cut-and-assembly frame instead

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

Recycling. Also, why are they using cutters with blades that can get stuck? Why not use laser cutters on the steel containers?

@CricketsBay 29 күн бұрын

Or plasma cutters?

@M13x13M 19 күн бұрын

A housing solution 20x the cost of a traditional apartment housing and they don’t meet building codes. You need to look at total cost per sq ft. Including land cost. The land cost makes any building under 3 stories uneconomical.

@RjWolf3000 Ай бұрын

But homelessness doesn’t occur next to acres and acres of afordable land. Cities need some more density than that.

@rainman7992 20 күн бұрын

quick to market...how about keeping profit to less than 1000 dollars per unit...that would help more to reduce cost than anything...open your accounting books...show us the true cost to build....then explain your pricing scheme

@rainman7992 20 күн бұрын

metal water air time...tell me three things abundant on the planet that work together to destroy your home

@jchapman8248 19 күн бұрын

I wonder if next POTUS DJT (and/or his team) is giving this approach to housing a serious thought (Agenda 47 implementation) regarding the major homelessness problem in the U.S.?

@10-OSwords 10 күн бұрын

There's no "dignity" if you don't even have a private toilet. I can see a homeless site having shared showers but sharing toilets is really inhumane, especially for disabled people. & I have lived in homeless shelters, what junkies do to toilets is f-ing disgusting & nobody else should be subjected to that.

@deadwingdomain 6 күн бұрын

Shipping containers are not a substitute for quality homes. I hate this trend...

@KerryTarnow 5 күн бұрын

Thank you for the feedback

@dcpack 21 күн бұрын

100% solar? Who are they trying to kid? No heat, no A/C, no computers, no cooking, etc...What bullshit.

@rainman7992 20 күн бұрын

why would you paint a metal structure any color other than white ? it's a forest gump moment...stupid is as...

@phoebeallen4032 Ай бұрын

I wonder why some people feel homeless people don’t deserve the respect of having their own bathroom.

@user-kx7rs2fp4w Ай бұрын

Stop it. In Seattle, our homeless are going in their pants, on the street (b/c they’re high) or in alleys, alcoves & parking garages. And if you think even half of these people will ever be self sufficient……… I can sell you a bridge……