Industry Home production Website www.deltechomes.com | Founder Clyde Kinser Type Privately held company | |
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Key people Robert Kinser, Chair
Steve Linton, President Headquarters Asheville, North Carolina, United States | ||
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Deltec Homes is an American company focused on home production located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is best known for producing round houses and for being the lead builder on a project featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
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Deltec homes are simple to build
History
Deltec Homes was founded by Clyde Kinser in 1955 as Kinser Home Insulation of Asheville. Kinser sold insulation door to door, listening to his customers’ needs, and then sending a crew out the next day to install the insulation. He soon realized his customers wanted to conserve energy in many ways, so he broadened the company’s energy efficient products to aluminum doors and windows, and later vinyl products, and changed the name of the company to Kinco Corporation.
Kinser and his sons purchased designs from another Asheville company called Rondesics who made a round structure, then made substantial improvements to create the compression ring and tension collar roof system. This company, called Delta Technologies, served one customer initially but as the popularity of these resort homes increased, other resort companies purchased Deltec homes and the commercial building applications grew.
In the mid-1980s the business shifted from commercial applications to residential homes and became Deltec Homes. As of 2014, more than 85% of the company's homes are primary family residences. Deltec Homes operated as a subsidiary of Kinco until Kinco was sold in 1994. At that time Deltec was spun out as a separate company.
Deltec Homes is a privately held company and Robert Kinser is chairman of the board. In 2014, the company built its 5000th home.
Products
Deltec produces round-shaped homes that are more hurricane resistant than a traditionally-shaped house. After an agreement with Appalachian State University's Solar Decathlon award winners, the company also offers square-shaped homes focused on net-zero energy in their Renew Collection. The Deltec factory is completely powered by renewable energy.