A construction walk-through
The difference
between HUD and BOCA codes, and what it means to you
As we are all
aware, many of today's first-time homebuyers are being squeezed out of the
market place, and as a result, factory-built housing is becoming more and more
popular. It is important for you to accurately distinguish between two very
different types of factory-built homes: manufactured and modular (or
system-built) homes. System-built housing, like manufactured homes, are built in a factory. Unlike manufactured homes, they are
built to national building codes such as BOCA (Building Officials and Code
Administration); UBC (Uniform Building Code); CABO (Council of American Building
Officials); and must also meet any local, city, or county building
codes.
A modular home will have an i.d. plate,
similar to the one here, stating that it is modular (not to be confused
with manufactured, or HUD code, housing).
Modular homes and sectional homes are similar in that they are both built in factories, and are delivered to the site in sections or modules; both are designed like site-built houses, in that the floor joists and side walls are supported by either the basement or crawl space walls. However, the true system-built home has no steel frame unit, and is transported to the site on a flatbed trailer; an All American Home is then crane-set onto the foundation by our experienced set crews. System-built homes offer a variety of different roof pitches, including 10/12 and 12/12; and when you look up at the underside of a true modular home, you'll see the wooden floor and steel jack posts, just like that of a site-built home. In fact, many times a system-built home may actually be stronger than a traditional site-built home; it must be capable of being transported on a trailer, lifted by crane, and then set on the foundation, with little or no damage occurring to the home! A real advantage to system-built housing is that the materials are not exposed to bad weather during the building process, and the building materials are carefully inspected before being accepted. Many of our rejected materials are returned to the supplier, where they are sold to other builders!
To view a
photographic walk-through of the construction process, click on the following
link to All American Homes website, where you will
find several informative pages highlighting the actual construction of our
homes, as well as photos and floor plans for many of our homes - allamericanhomes.com
System-built housing questions?
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