--- title: Volstrukt at the 2017 Tiny House Jamboree. description: "Volstrukt launched its Mobile Framing Factory and Tiny House Kits at the 2017 Tiny House Jamboree, where eight tiny houses with #volstruktinsie were showcased." image: https://blog.volstrukt.com/hubfs/IMAGES/Volstrukt_Bryce%20Langston%20Marc%20McQuain%20Derek%20Deek%20Diedricksen_2017%20tiny%20house%20jamboree-348789-edited.jpg --- [![Volstrukt](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/433546/images/logo.png?noresize "Volstrukt")](https://www.volstrukt.com) Search this site on Google Search # Blog | Volstrukt ## Volstrukt at the 2017 Tiny House Jamboree. by [Peter Row](https://blog.volstrukt.com/author/peter-row), on Nov 4, 2017 2:39:50 PM Austin, Texas:  Volstrukt,  the tiny house movement's lightweight steel pioneers, unveiled some exciting new innovations at the 2017 Tiny House & Simple Living Jamboree. Attending this keynote event since its inception, Volstrukt’s  Austin-based team took advantage of the Jamboree’s new home up the road in Dallas, Texas to showcase its full range of lightweight steel framing solutions for tiny and modular houses. Since attending the first Jamboree in 2015, Volstrukt has designed and manufactured over 200 tiny houses for DIY and commercial builders across the USA using the world’s most advanced rolled form steel manufacturing system. In addition to the Volstrukt frames on display, visitors were also able to meet Volstrukt partners and customers who between them had eight tiny homes on display with Volstrukt framing inside. **"Build as a vehicle first, then a house second."** We enjoyed meeting up with Bryce Langston, the Kiwi tiny house pioneer from who is in the USA filming for his channel [Living Big in a Tiny House](http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/).    An advocate of achieving genuine structural integrity in tiny house construction, Bryce's approach of 'building a vehicle that can go down the road first,  then a house second" is a message shared by Volstrukt Co-Founder and CEO, Marc McQuain ![Volstrukt_Bryce Langston Marc McQuain Derek Deek Diedricksen_2017 tiny house jamboree-348789-edited.jpg](https://blog.volstrukt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMAGES/Volstrukt_Bryce%20Langston%20Marc%20McQuain%20Derek%20Deek%20Diedricksen_2017%20tiny%20house%20jamboree-348789-edited.jpg?width=750&height=425&name=Volstrukt_Bryce%20Langston%20Marc%20McQuain%20Derek%20Deek%20Diedricksen_2017%20tiny%20house%20jamboree-348789-edited.jpg)*(L-R) Bryce Langston of [livingbiginatinyhouse.com](http://www.livingbiginatinyhouse.com/), Marc McQuain - Volstrukt Co-founder & CEO and Derek "Deek" Diedricksen of [relaxshacks.com](http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/) talking tiny houses at the 2017 National Tiny House Jamboree* Bryce used roll formed steel framing in his first tiny house build in 2014, the videos for which caught the attention of tiny housers across the Pacific and created interest in a relatively unknown construction method in the USA. “At that time, we were focused on bringing our lightweight steel PocketShop and retail systems from Dubai to the USA,” recalls Marc, “when we started getting enquiries to build tiny houses with roll formed steel framing. Bryce used the Framecad system, also from New Zealand, which was the same system we had used in the Middle East and had just set up in Austin.   The need for structures that are engineered to ‘go down the road’ is at the heart of Volstrukt’s offer, and the superior design and engineering capability of the Framecad system is what sets Volstrukt’s frames apart from both timber and less sophisticated steel framing systems. **Launching the Volstrukt Tinyhouse Self-Build Kit** Volstrukt’s recently launched “Self-Build Kits" were on display for the first time at he 2017 Jamboree.  Designed for do-it-yourself builders to quickly get their tiny house projects well underway, the kits combine a trailer, engineered lightweight steel frame, pre-cut-and-drilled sheathing, and all the hardware and instructions needed to complete the structure. ![Volstrukt_tinyhouse kit_2017 Tiny House Jamboree-237182-edited.jpg](https://blog.volstrukt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMAGES/Volstrukt_tinyhouse%20kit_2017%20Tiny%20House%20Jamboree-237182-edited.jpg?width=750&height=575&name=Volstrukt_tinyhouse%20kit_2017%20Tiny%20House%20Jamboree-237182-edited.jpg) *Volstrukt's new Tiny House Self-Build Kits: Trailer + Engineered Frame + Cut-to-Match Sheathing + Hardware, popular with do-it-yourself and commercial builders at the 2017 Tiny House Jamboree.* Popular with future tiny homers, plenty of tiny house builders also showed interest in the kits as an extension to their tiny house build offers.  [Tiny House Chattanooga](https://tinyhousechattanooga.com/) and [Soutwest Tiny Homes](http://www.southwesttinyhomes.com/), who already build on Volstrukt framing, were both exhibiting at the Jamboree and are early Resellers of the Volstrukt Build Kits. [![Get in Touch](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2330535/446b4eb9-9658-4781-9bf8-61a9bd7ac540.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2330535/446b4eb9-9658-4781-9bf8-61a9bd7ac540) **Mobile Framing Factory Hits the Road** Also debuting at this year’s Jamboree was Volstrukt’s Mobile Framing Factory, an initiative that combines our expertise in tiny house construction with our rolled form steel capability into a production facility that can be deployed wherever large volumes of lightweight steel framing is needed. *![Volstrukt_Zac Siegler and Mobile Framing Factory_2017 Tiny House Jamboree.jpg](https://blog.volstrukt.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMAGES/Volstrukt_Zac%20Siegler%20and%20Mobile%20Framing%20Factory_2017%20Tiny%20House%20Jamboree.jpg?width=750&height=562&name=Volstrukt_Zac%20Siegler%20and%20Mobile%20Framing%20Factory_2017%20Tiny%20House%20Jamboree.jpg)Volstrukt's Zac Siegler with the Mobile Framing Factory on location in Arlington Texas* The unit is framed with Volstrukt’s 20 gauge, high-tensile galvanized steel on a 28’'+8’ gooseneck trailer and houses a generator, steel decoiler and roll forming machine.  Following its trip to Dallas, the Mobile Framing Factory is headed South to start supporting the people of Houston rebuild homes lost in Hurricane Harvey. *![Volstrukt_mobile framing factory_2017 tiny house jamboree-542904-edited.jpg](https://blog.volstrukt.com/hubfs/IMAGES/Volstrukt_mobile%20framing%20factory_2017%20tiny%20house%20jamboree-542904-edited.jpg)Manufacturing lightweight steel frames on loction at 2017 Tiny House Jamboree with the Volstrukt Mobile Framing Factory.* “Logistics has been a constant challenge for us” says McQuain, “so we have been looking at how to bring mobility to our production for some time.  The destruction in Houston, right on our doorstep, was the catalyst to deliver a way of taking our framing production to where people needed it.” “Taking the Mobile Framing Factory to the Jamboree gave us a chance to road test the unit, and show visitors to the show the technology behind the frames.  A few developers and city representatives were excited at how much time and cost they could save by having the Mobile Framing Factory deployed to their multi-unit projects.” Topics: [lightweight steel framing](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/lightweight-steel-framing) [steel frame tiny house](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/steel-frame-tiny-house) [steel frame modular house](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/steel-frame-modular-house) [tiny house kit](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/tiny-house-kit) [framecad](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/framecad) [tinyhouse](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/tinyhouse) [cold form steel](https://blog.volstrukt.com/topic/cold-form-steel) - 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