BuildZoom has outlined some of the pros and cons associated with modular versus stick-built homes.
What's your opinion?STICK-BUILT! MOST MODULARS ARE CONSTRUCTED WITH STAPLES.
We gained our knowledge in this industry as stick framers and slowly grew into our design/build model based on our framing experience! A stick built home is clearly of superior quality over modular, but that doesnt mean modular doesnt have a spot in the right marketplace! Call us to let our team of building and real estate experts run comparisons in your area that dicatate the most intelligent plan for your development project!
Stick built cause there is now way to build a home in a factory pre assemblied and then ship it to a job site and erect It and expect it to work out 100% there will be a lot of much needed corrections and also stick building is better cause its better lumber that is used a lot more strapping and more nails are driven into the wood instead of staples.
we all like to stick frame cause that’s what we grow up with. now days it’s quicker to have stuff pre build for us like laminated beams, roof trusses. just for the engineering it makes our life easier. I have no problem with moduler homes most cases it’s the persons putting it together that don’t understand what they are doing.
This question is too vague to answer accurately. The answer, however, is simple: It depends upon who is building it.
Just as there are highly educated and skilled custom homebuilders, there are highly unskilled & uneducated custom home builders. The same is true with manufactured homes and depends upon the company building them.
I’d like to ask all of those who answered this question how many modular homes have they ever set & worked on? I own & live in one. I set them & finish them professionally. I also stick build custom homes & additions. The modular company that we use has an outstanding reputation & builds better homes than most homes I’ve seen stick built. They fit perfectly on our foundations and go together without a hitch.
These homes are not simply “held together by staples.” Most everything in the home is glued and nailed to survive going down a highway at over 65 mph. Not many stick built homes are built to this standard. As stated, modular homes have their time and place, but it’s foolish to discredit them as an affordable solution to a custom home based solely on heresay and misinformation.
A stick built home is definetly the number one choice if quality,durability and return on investment are some of your main objectives. Stick built homes are constructed of much higher building standards and must meet stricter building codes, stick built homes will increase in value while overtime modular homes will decrease ;regardless of what you have been told.
On the other hand Modular homes are less expensive, however as the saying goes you get what you pay for.
I think you need to define your terms. Codes and practices may vary from State to State, but in CA there are 2 main types of modular or prefab homes There are some that are built using State Building Code, to the same standards, of the same materials as a “stick built” home. There are others that are built to a lesser standard, using a “manufactured\mobile home” code.
There are major differences between the three. There are high quality framers and stick built or custom home builders and there are wood bucthers. There are high qualty code built modular vendors and there are hacks. On the whole, the mobile end tend to be lower quality, by design. But, they cost less and can still be designed assembled nicely, with good attention to detail.
Google Blu Homes or Champion Modular Homes to see some interesting stuff the prefab guys are doing
Even within the “stick built”, there are builders who panelize thier walls, using several technoligies - Building Code stick framed (but in a plant), as well as various insulated paenels, including SIPS, structural insulated panels, which offer incredible thermal performace and, when used as a roof offer some very interesting design flexibility.
The larger modules can introduce some site and transit logistics - think low overpasses and narrow bridges - so consideration must be given to transport costs. Stacking the modules sometimes requires leaving part of the perimeter foundation open so that the mdule can be trailered in. Some site\design will require a crane. Thought has to be given to where to stockpile the modules, unload the semis and so on,
As an earlier repsondent stated, the question is too vague to answer acurately. There are cases to be made for both, in all thier various flavors.