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Building a modular home is a perfect way to accomplish all of your goals. As a home owner building a new home can be a huge task to take on. Builders and new home buyers are fortunate today in that they have a great research tool with the web and a massive system built industry to rely on for high quality building methods and products to create the home of their dreams. Research in the home building industry is an industry by itself. In the old days finding a builder was a leap of faith. Some times the results were good and other times not so good. Using the research tools available today take the uncertainty out of major parts of the building process helping to make your new home a good experience with great results. Good research results in good results and will make the effort worth while. Yes, the trend in building today is to go with a systems built approach to provide customers and clients with a reliable sound product that is not only comfortable and attractive but energy efficient as well.

Home styles vary throughout the country. In the Pacific Northwest a large mountainview two story chalet may be your home of choice. On the Eastcoast homes favor the classic two story colonial and in the Southwest sprawling ranch style homes with a large veranda are popular. No matter what your home style or taste there is a product available to meet your needs. The modular home industry started as a true affordable home. Sizes were limited as were options. As modular system built homes got the attention of the custom builder population the industry was put to the test of adding more custom home designs, better specifications and more innovative building methods. The modular industry responded by adding capes homes, colonial homes, duplexes, custom condos, apartment buildings expansive ranch homes and more to meet this demand.

One of the homes to catch the eye of large custom builders was the traditional cape cod style home. On a per square foot basis the cost of  building a cape far exceeded the cost of building the same size home in a colonial home style. Custom builders had great demand for the classic cape but found little profit at the end of the job. Once the modular industry got to work on a series of custom cape plans the custom and luxury home builders could now build some truly fantastic capes and actually make money on them. The net result was good for all. The modular factories built more homes reducing cost, the builder sales went up and the end consumer got a magnificant home for far less money than had the same home been stick built.

What are the differences between modular and other building methods. First it is important to define the stick building method that was popular for many years. In stick building the name pretty much describes the process. A load of lumber is delivered to the building site. Some of it may be good and some bad. Short of paying framers wages to find out, the default is to wait until the crew got into the pile and sort through it as needed. The downside here is simply a matter of timing and delays. If bad lumber is found the choice becomes using it anyway or sending the crew home until new materials are delivered to the site. The smarter builders got in the habit of buying "extra" so they would have what they need to keep the project going. Today that really does not work well with the Green Home Building Movement. It really does not work too well with the customer either. Writing checks for materials that may not be good or may not be used at all adds to the home's cost needlessly. In a factory setting it is an easy task to have professional material specialists make sure the materials are up to spec and meet or exceed the quality standards for their factory. Believe it or not where a site builder paying for material specialists would be an unacceptable burden on the bottom line in the world of modular homes it actually increases the bottom line. The modular product is successful because it is built to plan, is perfectly square and plumb and carries some very exacting building tolerances. using only the best materials saves the factory money which is then passed onto the builder and the home owner as service costs are reduced, rework in the factory is reduced and believe it or not advertising expenses are reduced. Yes, advertising. The best sales advertising for a modular home factory and a custom builder is a happy customer. Happy customers are earned by exceeding their expectations.

The custom factory built home approach to building is always impressive to custom home builders that tour a factory when deciding to update their business. Seeing one giant saw in the factory that can cut precisely every framing member to a home in a matter of minutes generally gets some good reviews. On site this requires handling every board multiple times. Some cuts are right on the money and some just off a bit. When building an affordable home or a million dollar mansion the framing cuts are a critical path item to a quality home. Great framing methods make each job operation go faster and easier and results in one of those homes that are superior to others. Better materials, better material cuts and faster build times are really what set modular construction at the top of building system scale.

Housing trends are constantly changing. That is a good thing as it creates the industry that drives the nations economy. If everyone was happy with the home they are in now, a major industry engine would not be. The system built industry and custom builders alike rely on the trend shifts for their business and welcome them with open arms. One of the big trends to make its way into the market place is green building. This movement, also called High Performance Homes, Energy Star building, Eco Performance Homes, Green Energy, Leed Building and Green Building are all really the same thing. People today need quality energy efficient homes to meet the rising cost of energy for heating and cooling. These same people also want to be Eco-consumers and favor buying products that are good for the environment and healthy as well.

Many other product lines make up the System Built Industry in addition to modular building. In factory built homes there actually is a wide selection of options to choose from. In some of the most custom homes there could be a mix of these building methods to accomplish the customers home design and still stay within the house budget parameters. Panelized factory homes have a long history dating back to pre war times. Shortly after the war homes constructed with panelized technology exploded to keep up with the demand for new homes right after the war. Panelized today is stronger than ever for everything from home additions, garages, luxury water front homes, offices, apartment building and a full list of commercial ventures.

SIPs panels are the hybrid of the panelized system built industry. "SIP" stands for Structural Insulated Panels. The name describes perfectly what they are and do. SIPs panels are conventional building timbers that are factory formed with a plywood or OSB outside skin and a foam filled core. These are very energy efficient and save construction dollars for the custom builder and the home owner because of the "Structural" nature of the product. The framing, sheathing and insulation are all part of the product as an assembled unit. The panels are generally set into place with a crane similar to modular building units and the number of panels used is determined by the home design and size.

Some of the most successful and energy efficient home designs use a full range of building systems including stick built techniques. It is common to have a modular home as the main house with a panelized breezeway and a sips panel great room with a vaulted ceiling all wrapped nicely with a beautiful stick built deck or porch. The goal in buying a home and building a home is to get the most product and value for the right price. Fortunately the System Built industry now provides a selection of building methods to do just that.

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