15 – Storage
If you are undertaking a DIY prefab project that is going to be built in you spare time and then assembled all at once you will have to deal with storing the various component parts as you build them. This of course suggests that the availability and type of storage space will need to be considered as part of your design process. The good news is that there is a tremendous amount of air contained in your finished building. This fundamentally means that your panels will take a lot less space to store them than they will require when they are finally assembled.
Another good piece of news is that you do not necessarily need to store your prefabricated parts indoors. You do of course need to think about weather exposure and the possibility of pilferage or vandalism. The larger the pieces are that you prefabricate though the harder it would be for someone to walk off with them. Depending on your design approach, the availability of storage space and the means for transportation that you pick you may also be able to store your panels is some sort of bundles or groups that you can load with a fork lift when you are ready to transport them.
One good thought to keep in mind when you are storing prefabricated parts is that you will need to access them later. I mention this because it is important to think about the relative order of access when the time comes to assemble your building. It can be a real pain if the part that you want first happens to be on the bottom of the pile. You should also be thinking about how many times the parts will need to be moved before assembly. For example if you are going to move your panels to a remote site before assembly you might want to store them in the reverse order of need so that when you load them on the truck you can more easily arrange them so that the first panel you need ends up being on the top of the pile.
Perhaps it should go without saying but think about some way of labeling your panels that will help with the assembly process. It is a very good idea to make sure that you can read the labels when the panels are in storage or when they are stacked on the truck. If you discover that the next panel that you need does not happen to be the one on the top of the pile you need to be able to quickly figure out just where it is. Also if you project will be implemented over time labels make it easier to remember exactly what is what. Use some type of label that is suitably indelible too. Years ago I heard of a situation where someone bought a Scottish castle and had it carefully disassembled and labeled. Unfortunately the labels were not waterproof. In the hold of the ship that was transporting the stones to the United States the labels washed off. They left Scotland with a castle and ended up in the United States with an expensive pile of rocks.
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