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Modular Homes Have Superior Quality
Quality is invariably superior to what can be done on a job site. Parts cut with a hand saw or a hand-held power circular saw at a job site cannot possibly be as precise as those cut with a $10,000 radial arm saw or $100,000 component cutter in a factory.
Factory fastening methods are also demonstrably superior because they use pneumatic tools, which drive fasteners to precise depths.
What's more, factory inspections cover every construction detail from floor framing to final paint, and trained factory inspectors or independent third party inspectors perform more than one-dozen unannounced inspections per house. The best that can be hoped for at a job site is three or four announced inspections. These days, with so much construction going on, local inspectors don't always have time to get there.
Modular Home Materials Are The Best
The quality modular home manufacturer does not use green lumber and protects all building materials from the weather; otherwise, materials would be too warped or bent to fit into their precise jigs for wall panels or trusses. In many on-site locations building materials are not protected from the weather.
Modular Homes Are Stronger Than Stick Built Homes
The modular unit uses the strongest of all construction methods based on the 2x6 platform framing system. Traditionally, modular units are over-built so they can be hauled on wheels over roads to get to the site and so that a crane can lift them off the wheels and place them on a foundation. Only modular construction is sturdy enough to withstand such forces that are the equivalent to that of a healthy earthquake.
Modular Homes Are Easier To Finance
Modular homes are easier to finance because they have a positive track record. Bankers also like the simplicity of the construction process compared to on-site construction.
Modular Homes Are Faster To Build
From the time you place your order, even when the factory is busy, we can have your new home delivered to your site in six weeks or less and you can move in within one or two months, after you have completed the “button-up” work. The average site built home takes six to nine months to complete.
Modular Homes Appreciate In Value -
The Same As Stick Built Homes
Other things being equal (primarily location), modular homes appreciate in value in lock step with site-built homes.
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