WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE!

What is a Manufactured Home?

* The Manufactured home is today’s term for a “mobile” home and is built to a building standard called the “FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY STANDARDS ACT” ( HUD/CODE ). These homes  are designed with a permanent “steel chassis”, considered movable, and carry a “title”. Manufactured homes must be complete with a heating system, water heater, and floor covering from the factory. Also, most manufacturers include a range and refrigerator in their base price. Manufactured homes are generally set on a slab or frost piers.  They can be set on a basement but, require a special “perimeter” frame system. A manufactured HUD home on a basement does not make it a “Modular” home.

 * The “HUD” code is a national mandate and supersedes all state or county building codes. The HUD code has many grey areas, resulting in different building standards among manufacturers.

What is a modular home?

Modular homes offer consumers quality construction methods that take advantage of modern technology.  Contrary to a conventionally built home, which is assembled on the home site, piece by piece and exposed to the elements throughout the entire construction process, modular homes are constructed in segments (called “modules”) in a climate-controlled factory by skilled craftsmen using precise machinery and methods.

 Before a modular home leaves a factory, it is inspected by an independent third-party agency to ensure it meets your state building codes.  Built to withstand the rigors of ground transportation and being lifted into place by a crane, many modular homes are typically built to stronger standards than conventional homes.  For example, most modular homes are built with more framing materials and utilize multiple engineered methods to fasten these materials.

             Once the main modules of your new home are constructed in the factory, complete with attached walls, floor, ceiling, wiring, plumbing, and interior fixtures, they are transported to your home site and place on a permanent foundation by a crane.  Depending on the size of your new home, it could be fully set on-site and weather tight in as little as one day.

             Being constructed in a climate-controlled environment ensure that your new modular home will have consistent, level floors, square frames, and virtually no margin of error in finishing and trim. 

Benefits of a Modular Home include: 

            *Speed of construction

            *Quality Control

            *Cost Control

            *Design Flexibility

            *Energy Efficiency

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