Construction Facts

Modular components are typically constructed within a large indoor facility on assembly lines much like Henry Ford originally instituted with his automobile company. Such facilities use an assembly line track to move the modules from one workstation to the next. Independent building inspectors are on site to supervise the construction and ensure that all building codes are adhered to during assembly.

Up to 90% of construction process of building a modular home takes place in a factory, where tradesmen in assembly-line fashion, build modules with a precision incomparable to on-site construction. Modules must be well built in order to withstand transportation and lifting, allowing for finishing touches to take place in a matter of days. Modules range in size from 10 to 18 feet wide and 36 to 76 feet long. Walls, ceilings, flooring, wiring, plumbing, are built-in.

Building modules are assembled to form a completed modular building at the destination site.
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System Basics

Modular homes are offsite-built houses manufactured in a remote facility and delivered to their intended site of use.

The name "modular home" refers to a method of construction, rather than to an architectural style. Sections of a house, or modules, are completed in climate-controlled factories, and then transported to the building site on steel carriers. There, the modules are lifted by cranes and set onto a permanent foundation. Depending on its size, modular homes consist of 1 to many modules. The biggest, a 9,000 sq.ft. modular mansion consisting of 18 modules was assembled into a house within two weeks.

Modular homes are built to the same state and local building codes and are subject to the same zoning regulations as are site-built homes. They come in variety of architectural styles (Cape Cod, Victorian, Ranch, Raised Ranch, Traditional, Saltbox, Split-Level, Two-Story, etc.). Some homeowners opt for virtually everything to be done in the factory; others hire local tradesmen to customize portions of their house, like kitchens and bathrooms.