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We pride ourselves, at Arched Cabins, on our approach to customer service. Whether you’re a prospective Archer looking to discuss your project or Veteran Arch Developer with questions that need answering, the best option is usually to just reach out.
Our Business Hours are M-F 9am-5pm CST.
We can be reached at 1 (832) 930-2724. Give us a call or email us at info@archedcabinsllc.com.
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In order to better serve our customers, we now offer financing through Hearth! Click the banners to the right see what you’re approved for. It is a soft credit check and will not affect your credit score. We don’t offer in-house financing, but many of our clients finance their Arched Cabin with a construction loan or line of credit. Avoid saying that you’re building a “kit home” as most are not permanent structures. Arched Cabins, however, ARE considered permanent structures. Instead, say that you are building a home with metal roofing/structural components. The technical term for our product is a site built, steel framed, permanent structure. While our product is considered a permanent structure, traditional construction loans aren’t usually a good fit for an Arched Cabin because a traditional construction loan relies on similar homes in the vicinity on which to base their appraisal value. Since our product is unique, it’s unlikely that your banker will find similar homes to your Arched Cabin in the vicinity. However, several of our customers have been able to finance their homes after their builds were complete. One customer in Washington state spent $80k on their build, and their Arched Cabin appraised for $320k. Another customer in Maine’s home sold for $300k. The resale value of our product is competitive with the overall housing market while being dramatically more affordable to build.
Finding land can be very daunting especially if you don’t know where you’d like to settle down. Mainly, watch out for HOA and deed restrictions that may prevent your build. Most rural land should be no problem, in the city is where you have to be careful. But since our design is considered a permanent structure, it’s rare that they are restricted. Contact a local real estate agent to aid in your search to purchase land.
Take a look at our cabins and pricing page and choose the Arched Cabin you like best. You will find many options and you can get an instant quote. When you’re ready to purchase, email us here for the payment options and once we recieve your deposit we will start fabrication of your kit. Delivery times vary from 6 to 12 weeks, contact us for an up to date turnaround time.
Permitting will not be needed in some areas, and in others, you will need architectural drawings and signed stamped engineered drawings. Either way, we seldom run into any issues getting our structures permitted. To start, click here to get a copy of the generic technical drawings, build manual, and example floor plans so you can educate your permitting office on what an Arched Cabin is! This might be all you need. Our design is considered to be a permanent structure. Because the engineered snow loads etc. are determined by location, you would need to get engineered plans for your location to be 100% sure you meet requirements when required. However, we are very confident our structures will meet any requirements. The highest standard we have accomplished for wind was 165mph in Gulf Shores, Alabama. In Washington state, we received a 110 lbs PSF snow load rating. We have also achieved seismic ratings in San Bernardino County, California. We have engineer licenses in all 50 states that we work with that can get you started in this process if it is necessary for your location.
Check out Home Advisor at www.homeadvisor.com as well. They are a great resource!
Shipping is calculated from zip code 77429 and is $2.50 /mile for standard kits up to 24 feet in length, and $3.00 /mile for kits over 24 feet in length. 24XL kits ship at $3.00 per mile and 30XL kits ship at $3.50 a mile. Our minimum shipping charge is $500. Bundled shipping for 2 or more kits: additional kits under 12’ long ship for $0.50 a mile, and additional kits 14’ – 40’ long ship for $1/mile. Bulk shipping rates are quoted on a case by case basis. Shipping rates are subject to market fluctuations but we’ve yet to have to change them after date of deposit.
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We can deliver an Arched Cabin kit to anywhere in the lower 48 contiguous United States that has a maintained road and doesn’t require a 4×4 vehicle to access it. We also need a driveway that is at least 10ft wide and doesn’t have any hairpin or sharp turns that we would have difficulty navigating a work truck with a trailer through. We will load trucks or containers for shipping internationally provided the freight arrangements are made by the customer. Please let us know if you need freight information and a referral for freight logistics.
When planning for the delivery of an Arched Cabin, please plan to have enough people present to assist you with unloading your kit. Kits under 24′ long need 3 people, kits under 40′ long need 4 people, and kits over 40′ long need 5 people. The driver is an independent entity and will not be able to assist you with unloading your kit.
If you haven’t found property to build your Arched Cabin on, we suggest working with a realtor that will look into zoning and permitting requirements with you to find property in a county or parish that will allow your Arched Cabin build. Then you will begin the permitting process on your end. Depending upon where you’d like to build, it may not involve permitting at all. You will need to contact your local permitting office to see what they require. Once you’re working through the permitting process, you can secure a delivery date through us by placing a 50% deposit.
We have the ability to ship your Arched Cabin(s) within 2 weeks of payment received in full, fast pass fees may apply.
Our DIY Arched Cabin kits include a build manual, base plates (strips of metal that run the length of the arched wall and attach the ribs to your foundation), ribs (curved metal pieces), ridge beam (attachment point for ribs at center peak), insulation for the arched walls, metal roof paneling, color coordinated fasteners needed to attach the sheet metal, touch up paint, seam tape for the ridge cap, rubber trim (covers sharp edge of sheet metal for safety) and foam inserts that fill in the gaps by the front and back wall caused by the bumps in the sheet metal against the end cap walls.
We do not, but anyone with basic carpentry skills can erect and frame in our kits. If you need documents to show local contractors to help obtain accurate quotes please find them here.
Color selection options can be found here.
We have customers all over the US. Most are not available for public viewing. To connect with other customers, find build tips, and ask questions from people who live in and have built Arched Cabins, join our community group on Facebook.
We suggest searching the size of the floor plan you’re looking for in Google Search or on Pinterest. We have a few example floor plans here, but most of our clients design their own using ideas from the internet or with an architect!
The inset porch is created when you recess the end walls when you build your kit. This creates a porch by reducing interior space and extending the roofline out. You will need to order a kit that is the length of your desired interior and porch depth combined. For example, if you want a 30 x 40 interior with 6 ft of inset porch, you would need to order a 30 x 46. Typically, customers choose between 4-8 linear feet of inset.
Yes, you can build an awning style porch covering. If you’d like to order metal for your awning that matches your kit roofing, let us know and we can add it to your order. We charge $3/ sq foot for metal roofing panels. The panels are 3’ wide and cut to your desired length.
The following are interior dimensions from the subfloor to the bottom of the ridge beam. Add 6” for exterior dimensions.
| 8′ Arched Cabin | 10′ 4” tall |
| 12′ Arched Cabin | 12′ 1” tall |
| 14′ Arched Cabin | 11’ 5” tall |
| 16’ Arched Cabin | 14’ 4” tall |
| 20’ Arched Cabin | 16’ 9” tall |
| 24’ Arched Cabin | 18’ 2” tall |
| 24’ XL Arched Cabin | 21’ 5” tall |
| 30’ Arched Cabin | 16’ 4” tall |
| 30’ XL Arched Cabin | 22’ 4” tall |
Our largest Arched Cabin is The 30 XL model which is 30 feet wide, 46 feet long, and 22’4″ tall. This is enough room for 2 stories of living space and a third story storage or sleeping area. It is 1380 sq ft on the main floor. If you add a full second story, you can gain up to another 1340 sq ft on the second floor for a total of 2720 sq ft. A third story loft would have about 6′ of headroom in the center if lower floors are built at 7’5″ tall.
No. All of our Arched Cabins are sold through our Cypress, TX headquarters where we have manufactured all of our Arched Cabins kits for the last 15 years.
Windows can easily be installed in the arched walls without modifying the sructure as long as they’re less than 22 inches wide. If you do want to install a larger window, door, or design a bump-out on the arched walls, we recommend working with an engineering team to make sure the cabin remains structurally sound if you plan on doing this. Reach out to us via email if you’d like a referral to an engineer familiar with our design.
We do not, but you can definitely put our 8 foot wide kits on your own trailer as long as your trailer has the correct weight capacity.
Arched Cabins come with Energy Star rated metal roofs, and R33.6 value insulation for the arched walls. We offer upgraded insulation for the arched walls up to R55.6, and we recommend spray foam insulation if you need a higher R value than what we offer. The cabin design is very efficient, and they can be heated and cooled easily with window units, mini-split systems, and wood burning stoves. Your local permitting office will know what your required insulation R-Value is for your area.
We have generic (non-size specific) technical drawings available to use for permitting. These are great for counties that don’t require size or site specific drawings. If your county needs size and site specific engineered drawings, you can use any engineering firm you choose, or you can contact us for a referral to an engineering firm we work with that can provide those for you. Engineered drawings take around 6-8 weeks to complete. Wait times are subject to fluctuation. For more information, please go to our resource page.
Arched Cabins meet and exceed International Building Code MINIMUM standards of 150 mph wind speeds and 30 psf (pounds per square foot) snow loads and have now received permits in many states/counties across the United States. We have also achieved seismic and wildfire defense ratings in several locations in California. Without modification to our standard kit designs, the highest rating we have accomplished for wind was 165mph in Gulf Shores, Alabama. In Washington state we received a 110 lbs psf snow load rating. If higher ratings are required for your area, custom alterations can be made to our standard kits for a fee. Contact us for more information and custom pricing.
You may use any foundation that will suit your needs best. Pier and beam are usually best for properties with steep grades and are the most common type used for our kits. When you get your structural engineering for permitting, they will make sure that it is built to code and will pass permitting. If you don’t need structural engineering for your build, then call us and we can help steer you in the right direction regarding pier and beam. Concrete slabs would be best designed by a qualified contractor who can do a site visit.
Yes and yes. We manufacture steel embeds to place in the top of the concrete before it’s set to weld the Arched Cabin base plates to when the kit arrives. We can deliver those steel embeds to you prior to your kit delivery or with your Arched Cabin kit. It is also possible to build our kits on an existing slab. Please contact us for more information on how this can be done.
No. We currently hold a patent that protects our design and will legally pursue anyone found to have replicated our design for either personal or commercial use.
No, these can be purchased from any local building supply store and shipping them would be cost prohibitive.
Plumbing and wiring can be run from under the subfloor on a pier and beam foundation. For a slab foundation, it would be installed underground before concrete is poured just like in typical construction. In the interior, wiring can be run through the channels in the PBR roofing panels or through the interior framing.
Welding is not required for kits attached to wood foundations. However, for kits wider than 16 feet we highly recommend welding in a 3×3 steel spreader bar on each end cap. This will make the structure much stronger. Welding is required on kits placed on concrete slabs as the base plates will need to be welded to steel embeds placed in the slab when it is poured.
Yes! Arched cabins are site-built, steel framed permanent structures. They can be insured just like any other home. The roofing panels we sell with our kits at Arched Cabins LLC have a “Hail Resistant – Underwriters Laboratories Class-4 Rating” which typically qualifies our structures for a huge insurance discount.
Shipping is calculated from zip code 77429 and is $2.50 /mile for standard kits up to 24 feet in length, and $3.00 /mile for kits over 24 feet in length. 24XL kits ship at $3.00 per mile and 30XL kits ship at $3.50 a mile. Our minimum shipping charge is $500. Bundled shipping for 2 or more kits: additional kits under 12’ long ship for $0.50 a mile, and additional kits 14’ – 40’ long ship for $1/mile. Bulk shipping rates are quoted on a case by case basis. Shipping rates are subject to market fluctuations but we’ve yet to have to change them after date of deposit.
Click here for a quote.
We can deliver an Arched Cabin kit to anywhere in the lower 48 contiguous United States that has a maintained road and doesn’t require a 4×4 vehicle to access it. We also need a driveway that is at least 10ft wide and doesn’t have any hairpin or sharp turns that we would have difficulty navigating a work truck with a trailer through. We will load trucks or containers for shipping internationally provided the freight arrangements are made by the customer. Please let us know if you need freight information and a referral for freight logistics.
In order to better serve our customers, we now offer financing through Hearth! Click here to see what you’re approved for. It is a soft credit check and will not affect your credit score. We don’t offer in-house financing, but many of our clients finance their Arched Cabin with a construction loan or line of credit. While our product is considered a permanent structure, traditional mortgages aren’t usually a good fit for an Arched Cabin because a traditional mortgage relies on similar homes in the vicinity on which to base their appraisal value. Since our product is unique, it’s unlikely that your banker will find similar homes to your Arched Cabin in the vicinity.
We require 50% down at the time of placing your Arched Cabin order, and the remaining 50% balance is due one week before our truck leaves for delivery or before you load your own trailer with your Arched Cabin kit.
Providing affordable housing to the masses by giving DIY home builders an easy way to construct their dream home that will last a lifetime.
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