Bensonwood and Unity Homes Featured on Ask This Old House

WALPOLE, N.H., Jan. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The new robotic fabrication facility for Bensonwood and Unity Homes will be featured in an upcoming episode of Ask This Old House on PBS. Ask This Old House, a spin-off of the iconic home renovation show, This Old House, addresses new trends and answers homeowner questions. Tedd Benson, founder of Bensonwood and Unity Homes, will appear on the show alongside other team members. They follow the process of data-driven architecture models used by the robotic fabrication equipment in the Walpole and Keene, NH factories.

"The Ask This Old House team has their finger on the pulse of the residential construction industry and they are committed to covering innovations that can help the homeowner," said Benson. "We're honored to be included in this episode and share our approach to prefab homes; to ultimately bring a higher quality, more energy efficient, and healthier home to more people."

The show marks the third collaboration with the producers of Ask This Old House and This Old House. In the 2008 Fall series of This Old House, the construction of a new prefab Bensonwood timber frame home was documented from start to finish. Other episodes highlighted various aspects of timberframe and prefab construction.

The new show investigates how Bensonwood's wall, roof, and floor manufacturing lines and robotic timber fabrication are used to achieve higher precision and efficiency.

Benson concluded, "Our factory is only as good as the data that feeds the machines and that's why we still rely on the best people. I hope this episode inspires home buyers and home builders alike, so we see continued innovation and an improved home supply for future generations."  

Check local listings for episode #1709 "Swing Set, Robotic Construction" by clicking the following link and entering your zip code: http://www.thisoldhouse.com/tvschedule.  Watch episodes online at http://thisoldhouse.com/watchasktoh

ABOUT BENSONWOOD: For more than 40 years, Bensonwood has delivered uncompromising quality and innovation in fully-custom, high-performance, timberframe, hybrid and mass timber houses, buildings, and specialty structures. Bensonwood incorporates Open-Built® technologies and environmentally responsible practices in all its healthy, energy-efficient buildings. Learn more: www.bensonwood.com.

UNITY HOMES builds high-performance homes throughout the Northeast. Unity incorporates traditions and technologies from all over the world to create homes that are comfortable, healthy, quiet and energy efficient. Unity's construction system is based on manufacturing building components in controlled shop conditions and then assembling them rapidly on site into a weathertight shell. This results in homes that are extremely energy-efficient. A healthy indoor environment is ensured by the use of non-toxic materials and a ventilation system that provides continuous fresh air. Learn more: www.unityhomes.com.

Contact: Sarah Kossayda, Marketing Director, 603-756-3600

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