Modular refers to a method of building a home, rather than a type of home. A modular home can be built in a factory from a stock modular home plan or from a customized plan, to the state, local or regional codes of where the home will be set up. Modular homes have not typically experienced the zoning restrictions and discriminative ordinances applicable to manufactured and mobile homes.

Panelized homes are factory-built homes in which panels — whole walls with windows, doors, wiring, and outside siding — are transported to the site and assembled. The homes must meet the state or local building codes of where they are sited.

Steel-frame

Steel framing is an equivalent to conventional stick frame or post ; beam home design where the structural lumber is replaced by steel studs and trusses or steel posts and beams. Light-Gauge Framing System features screw-together, galvanized stud-and-truss, grid-type construction system built on 4-foot center.Red-Iron Metal Post ; Beam Systems features bolt-together, pre-engineered post-and-beam-type framing system that uses the red-iron steel “C” beams on 8-foot center. The prefabricated home built with this method can be single-story, two-story, and even tri-level home. Unlike conventional wood framed home that requires interior walls to support the roof, the higher strength-to-weight ratio of steel house allows to span greater distances with less material and fewer supports. The result is higher floor layout and interior design flexibility.

presents prefab building kits designed as wood-framed (also known as balloon-frame, 2 x 4, 2 x 6 or stick-built construction) as well as prefabricated home kit / cabin kit using post-frame method. Cedar

Cedar home kits include everything you need to build the home, itself.

Timber frame structures exhibit a strength and aesthetic quality not found in conventionally framed houses.

WALLS ONLY: The walls-only log home package includes all the logs for the outside walls, including fasteners.

THE COMPLETE PACKAGE: Complete packages also includes interior components required to finish log homes. Prefabricated circular buildings have been built as cabins, studios, homes, offices or community halls and convention centers. Most of today’s prefabricated circular homes and cabins offered across the country use conventional wood-frame or post ; beam construction method. Dome

This results in large flexibility for utilizing interior space to implement floor designs not limited by structural restrictions.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: As a result of the shape, the dome has approximately 30-50% less roof and wall area than cube-shaped home of equal floor space.

Prefabricated Home Packages

If you find yourself and your family in need of additional space, you might want to consider adding a second story to your home. The addition of a second story on a ranch home can radically change the exterior appearance of the home.