Options & Details

“No house should ever be on a hill, or on any­thing. It should be of the hill. Belong­ing to it. Hill and house should live together, each the hap­pier for the other.“
–Frank Lloyd Wright

FOUNDATION

  • A foun­da­tion plan is pro­vided with each Man­dala Home Kit design
  • Man­dala struc­tures can be erected on a slab floor, post and pier, stem wall or a full base­ment as built by your Gen­eral Contractor
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes round homes are designed to inte­grate with a stan­dard con­crete foun­da­tion or Insu­lated Con­crete Form (ICF) foun­da­tion sys­tem. For more infor­ma­tion on Insu­lated Con­crete Forms click here
  • If build­ing a base­ment, Man­dala rec­om­mends using the ICF Foun­da­tion Sys­tem. They are man­u­fac­tured from rigid foam and have a num­ber of benefits:
    • ICF foun­da­tions match Mandala’s faceted Home Kit design
    • Quick and easy assembly
    • Highly energy effi­cient with a net insu­la­tion value of up to R-26 which includes con­crete with no air penetration
    • Improved air qual­ity — con­crete forms mean no studs and cav­i­ties that can hold mois­ture and fos­ter mould and mildew growth
    • No CFCs or formaldehyde
    • Allows for proper cur­ing of the con­crete, reduc­ing the pos­si­bil­ity of cracking

FLOORS

  • Mandala’s floors are con­structed with 2 x 8, 2 x 10, 2 x12 or engi­neered joist sys­tems typ­i­cally sup­ported on a cen­tral col­umn; cre­at­ing a sturdy, squeak free floor
  • A double-layer of ply­wood sub-floor is included in every Man­dala Kit
  • Clients are respon­si­ble for pro­vid­ing and installing their own fin­ish floor­ing. This can include every­thing from hard­wood, car­pet­ing or tile, to acid stained con­crete with pre-installed radi­ant heating
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes also offers the option of pur­chas­ing a sep­a­rate floor sys­tem to incor­po­rate into your own home design

WALLS

  • All exte­rior wall pan­els are pre-built with win­dows and sid­ing installed
  • Stan­dard wall height is 8 feet; how­ever, walls can be increased up to 16 feet to add a greater sense of height or to install a sec­ond floor or loft
  • You have a selec­tion of exte­rior sid­ing fin­ishes and col­ors to choose from
  • Other wall options can be incor­po­rated with Man­dala floor and roof sys­tems including:
    • Insu­lated Con­crete Form walls
    • Post and beam, with straw bale or other alter­na­tive wall system
  • Inte­rior walls and all fin­ish­ing are com­pleted on site by your Gen­eral Contractor

WINDOWS

Win­dows are an inte­gral part of the beauty and ambi­ence of every Man­dala home.

  • Win­dows are pre-installed in the wall panels
  • Clients choose from a vari­ety of win­dow options:
    • Vinyl, wood, metal clad, or fibreglass
    • Var­i­ous win­dow styles and sizes
    • Energy effi­cient options such as Low E, argon, triple glaz­ing, etc.
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes uses Mil­gard, Ander­sen and locally built wood win­dows from Board­walk Win­dows and Doors.
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes also offers the choice of custom-designed win­dow packages.

DOORS

Choos­ing your door­way will reflect how you wish to wel­come the out­side world into your new home.

  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes pro­vides a broad range of exte­rior door choices from basic wood, steel or fibre­glass to exquis­itely hand­crafted cus­tom designed doors
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes uses high qual­ity doors from BC Door and Mil­gard

ROOF

  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes use a free­stand­ing, engi­neered cathe­dral roof sys­tem, where no inte­rior struc­tural sup­port is required.
  • The Man­dala Cus­tom Homes truss roof attaches to the walls with engi­neered steel connectors
  • The Man­dala Kit roof includes trusses, hard­ware, ply­wood sheath­ing, pre cut and fin­ished 1“x6” cedar tongue and groove ceil­ing and cedar trim caps ready for assem­bly (shin­gles may be pur­chased as an option)
  • Your Man­dala may be roofed using fibre­glass lam­i­nated shin­gles, metal or tile, depend­ing on your cli­mate and build­ing loca­tion (shin­gles are an optional com­po­nent of the Man­dala Kit)
  • Man­dala Cus­tom Homes also offers the option of pur­chas­ing a sep­a­rate roof sys­tem to incor­po­rate into your own home design.

SKYLIGHT

A unique fea­ture of a Man­dala round home is the domed cir­cu­lar sky­light in the cen­ter of the ceil­ing. This win­dow brings light into your home through­out the day, pro­vid­ing a bright, open feel­ing to the Man­dala. At night the sky­light offers a clear view of the night sky.

  • Sky­lights are sized depend­ing on the dimen­sion of your Man­dala and range from 4 to 6 feet in diameter
  • Other options include:
    • Enclosed Roof
    • Cop­ula
    • Light tun­nel