| A little research into modular home prices may lead | | | | lower employment costs for the manufacturer and |
| you to the conclusion that, all other things being | | | | lower modular home prices for consumers. All the |
| equal, a modular home will cost less than a traditional | | | | "innards," the plumbing, insulation, and wiring are |
| home of similar square footage and with the same | | | | already in the modules when they arrive at the |
| amenities. And in very many cases, that is completely | | | | building site, so there is no need for cutting and |
| correct. Why? | | | | measuring, or high-priced electricians and plumbers |
| How Modular Homes Are Made | | | | standing around waiting for their materials to arrive. |
| Modular home prices can be kept down because of | | | | The only time plumbers and electricians are needed in |
| the way they are constructed. Modular homes are | | | | the modular home construction process are at its |
| assembled from modules produced in | | | | very end, and rarely is more than one of each |
| climate-controlled clean factories, and because they | | | | necessary. All they need to do is connect the home's |
| are ordered in advance, the manufacturer can order | | | | wiring and plumbing to the power and water sources. |
| exactly what he needs to make the modules for the | | | | Having all their major installations done in the factory |
| homes on order. By ordering parts for several homes | | | | is another reason for lower modular home prices. |
| at once, the manufacturer can buy in materials bulk | | | | Modular Home Construction |
| and get them at discounted rates. | | | | When the modules are completed, they are delivered |
| And because the materials are being delivered to an | | | | to the building site, where a foundation will have been |
| enclosed factory, they are at no risk from being | | | | dug and poured. The lower modules include fasteners |
| damaged by the elements, as the raw materials at | | | | with which they will attach to corresponding |
| traditional home building sites often are. The materials | | | | fasteners on the foundation, and will be lifted into |
| used in modular homes are cut by | | | | position with a crane. The crane then lifts the upper |
| computer-controlled machines to precisely fit | | | | modules onto the lower ones and attached. The |
| together; and there is very little waste. By having | | | | modules are so precisely cut that the fit is seamless. |
| only those materials he needs for his current orders, | | | | A modular home can be completed in weeks, further |
| and by using precision cutting, the manufacturer has | | | | lowering its price. |
| very little waste, and can keep his modular home | | | | From the time they are ordered to the time they are |
| prices low. | | | | connected to their electrical and water sources and |
| The nodules for the modular homes are pieced | | | | ready fro their owners to move in, modular homes |
| together on assembly lines, reducing the amount of | | | | are designed to give you the lowest possible modular |
| labor involved in their production. Less labor means | | | | home prices. |