Simplex Homes

Simplex Industries has announced they have chosen Viega Radiant Heating Systems as their exclusive vendor to provide radiant heating systems for their customers. Viega introduced a new radiant system option that is uniquely suited for the high quality construction work done by Simplex. The new system also offers customers considerable savings on their energy bills.

“After exploring many different options, we’ve chosen Viega’s Climate Panel System,” said David Boniello, Vice President of Manufacturing and Development for Simplex Industries. “The Viega system uses 48” long by ½” thick panels backed with aluminum, making them highly energy efficient for our customers and easy to install. This system also helps our customers control their energy costs when compared to other radiant systems.”

Viega features special U-Turn panels which allow the radiant heating tubing to be turned at each end of the panel to connect with the next row. The fact the panels allow for pre-assembly makes them dramatically faster to install, easy to carry and easy to handle. Up to 20 square feet of the Viega system can be installed at once.

“Offering this system gives Simplex a number of advantages over our competitors,” said David Boniello of Simplex. “Our customers are excited about the energy efficiency as well as the fact we can install both electric and non-electric controls to monitor the equipment. This is absolutely the very best radiant heating option available for our industry.” Viega Radiant Heating Systems says their products conservatively offer energy savings of 15% and typically offer up to 50% lower energy bills. According to Viega, the system also requires lower thermostat settings, lower water temperatures and provides added re-sale value to homes.

Simplex Industries has enjoyed a reputation as the premier builder of high quality modular homes for the past 37 years. The company builds residential and commercial structures in their two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities located in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Simplex prides itself on not only building to the highest standards, but also having the capability and flexibility to offer completely custom construction.

Posted by David Boniello, Vice President Marketing & Development, Simplex Industries

A staircase is the centerpiece of many homes and it’s often a work of art, at least it is in a Simplex home. That’s because the stairs in your new Simplex home are unlike any other – each is custom made in our in-house stair shop by a Simplex Master Craftsman.

At Simplex, we are one of the very few custom builders to offer our customers an in-house stair shop. The stairs for your new dream home, whether a simple design or a highly complicated showpiece design, come to life on our shop floor – each stair is individually designed and built to your exact specifications.

Having a custom stair shop offers our customers many advantages. Perhaps the most important is quality.

A custom built Simplex staircase will simply fit your new home better than mass produced stairs used by most other builders. The staircase will be uniform in size and wood species and is custom manufactured to fit the exact space it will occupy in your new home.

A custom built staircase also allows our customers to have more design possibilities to enhance your new custom built Simplex home.

Ask your Simplex representative about the advantages of custom stairs in your dream home.

By David Mertz Vice President Park Model Custom Homes Division

Simplex is now a major player in the recreation home market with the introduction of our newest division – Park Model Custom Homes.

Park model homes are among the fastest growing segments of the recreational home industry. These homes are required by U.S. Government regulations to be 400 square feet or less. While they are designed to have wheels and be mobile, they are very often used as permanent or semi-permanent structures at parks, lakes, RV sites – anywhere where rest and relaxation is the owner’s top priority! While many homes are used just as they are manufactured, many owners enhance their property with the addition of features such as sun rooms or enclosed porches and decks.

Drawing on the decades of experience and expertise of our parent company, Simplex Industries, a Park Model Custom Home is simply a superior reaction home:

• Our homes features high quality drywall interior walls rather than industry standard low quality vinyl coated gypsum.

• We offer you the opportunity to custom design your new Park Model Custom Home to fit your individual tastes and needs.

• Our homes are never exposed to rain or snow during construction. The home is built in our climate controlled state-of-the-art construction facilities.

• A Park Model Custom Home offers superior craftsmanship – your home is built by some of the nation’s top craftsmen.

Visit our website at www.parkmodelcustomhomes.com for more information.

Posted by David Boniello, Vice President Marketing & Development, Simplex Industries

As part of our Planet Friendly Homes initiative we are proud to introduce one of the most energy efficient homes you can build, The Greenfield.

The Greenfield is an Energy Star 5+ Rated Home. ENERGY STAR is a joint program being run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help Americans save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.

To earn the ENERGY STAR designation, a home must meet guidelines for energy efficiency set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As a builder, it was Simplex’s responsibility to show The Greenfield was at least 15% more energy efficient than homes built to The International Residential Code. We also needed to show The Greenfield offered additional energy saving features that would make the home a minimum of 20% to 30% MORE energy efficient than standard homes. We are proud to have earn an Energy Star 5+ designation for The Greenfield.

The Greenfield’s pro environment credentials are impressive. For example, we have used high efficiency insulation, eanergy efficient windows, and some of the most energy efficient appliances on the market. Further, The Greenfield was built under The Simplex Planet Friendly Homes program. All excess building materials used during the construction of The Greenfield were recycled – reducing the environmental impact of this beautiful home.

Another special feature of the Greenfield is the fact it is a large home that fits within a small footprint – meaning you can fit this large home on a smaller lot. The key is a unique design that incorporates the garage design within the home footprint. The home is deceptively large thanks to this architectural design.

The Greenfield is a spacious home packed with unique features. The chef’s kitchen overlooks a breakfast nook on one side and a warm family room with fieldstone fireplace on the other. A formal dining room just off the entry way welcomes visitors. A mud room with a closet area helps keep the home neat and clean. Upstairs three large bedrooms feature window box seating. A large upstairs sitting area can be used as an office, upstairs lounge or can be converted to a 4^th bedroom quickly and efficiently without removing any walls.

All of the architectural details you would expect to find in a spectacular custom home are in the Energy Star 5+ Rated Greenfield.

I invite you to tour The Greenfield Model Home at One Simplex Drive in Scranton. Please call us at 1-800-233-4233 for a tour.

By David Boniello Vice President Marketing & Development , Simplex

Industries

Did you catch the episode of The Office where Michael Scott attended the job fair? If so, you saw a Simplex banner proudly displayed as actors Steve Carell (Michael Scott) and Jenna Fisher (Pam) check out the booths at the show.

We received a last minute call late on a Friday afternoon from a producer from The Office asking if Simplex wanted to be featured on an upcoming episode. We quickly put together the banner and shipped it out to California in time to make the Saturday shooting schedule of show. The fact TheOffice takes place in “Scranton, PA”, which is also our hometown, makes the show a big hit in the
area.

This isn’t the first time Simplex has been on national television. Bob Vila’s Home Again TV show featured multiple episodes on the construction of a Simplex Home. Bob followed the progress of the Simplex home from design through construction to set up on the homeowner’s property.

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Posted by Patrick Fricchione, Jr. President Simplex Industries

Welcome to the new Simplex Blog.

We’ve introduced this blog as a way for our company, staff and vendors to connect with our customers – and for you in turn to connect with us.

At Simplex, we’ve put a lot of time and effort into our revised website. Many of the new features and many of our new products have come about directly from your input. At Simplex, we value your thoughts and ideas and have created this blog as a platform to share information.

All of us at Simplex are anxious to hear your thoughts on our industry as well as trends, new ways of doing things and much more.

Please feel free to use this space to learn and share with all of us in the Simplex community.