Building A Customized Modular Home: Its Easier Than You Think

Anyone who has ever considered designing a modular home according to their own specifications should think about contacting an engineer that specializes in architecture. These architectural engineers can often be found locally and will be willing to help you design the modular home of your dream. When you have located a local engineer set up a meeting and make sure that you are prepared for it.

Before attending your first meeting with a local engineer make sure you have a list drawn up that defines your needs and wants. Make sure you spend time separating what you “want” to see in your modular home from what you “need” to have in your modular home. This will make the meeting go smoother and help ensure that your final estimate is realistic and within your predetermined budget.

During the meeting the architectural engineer will probably want to know about the probable building site. Make sure that you can provide details instead of guesses and vague descriptions. Next the engineer will provide you with various features that can be included in your modular home design. This will help you choose a basic layout and once you have decided on a floor plan the engineer will then be able add your requests to this plan.

Most engineers will quickly tell you if your needs or wants are too unreasonable or unrealistic. This is why you should always separate your needs from your wants. This division will make last minute changes easier. Once the architectural engineer has come up with the final plans the design will be given to the actual manufacturing company that will make the modular home. The home will then be created in individual sections.

Once the sections have been created they will be carefully inspected by the manufacture. This inspection will ensure that the modular home will be able to successfully pass any building codes in your area. The sections are inspected individually as soon s they have been constructed. When they are completed and pass the inspection they are then sent to your lot. In some situation the manufacture will ship multiple sections at once to allow different modular home owners to share the cost of shipping making the process more affordable.

Constructing the Customized Modular Home

After the custom designed and built modular home has been completed and successfully shipped it is time to start construction. The first step is building a foundation that the home will be joined to. There are many contractors that will be happy to build a foundation and most can be found locally. When the foundation is built it is time to start putting together the modular home which actually has about 30% more lumbar than a traditional home of a similar size and layout. That is because the sections of the modular home are screwed, nailed, and then glued together!

The entire process of constructing your modular home from the time the foundation is completed should be no more than three weeks. Once everything is done you will be able to move into your new appealing, custom designed, energy efficient home.