Modular Homes - A waste of wood

JTamier · 2007-01-10T15:27:15+00:00

I went and looked at some of these modular homes, and found they arevery costly compared to stick built homes. But the sales peopleinsisted they are better. I was allowed to go to one of the siteswhere they were placing a home on the foundation. What I saw was ahouse built of all sorts of oddly sized lumber covered with lots ofparticle board. The roofs are hinged and when they are lifted intoplace, they are extremely flimsy. The siding is plastic, and lookedcheap. The amount of damage that occurred during setting the home onthe foundation was hard to believe. They cracked some of the sillplates, busted off the pvc sewer drain pipes, ripped out some wiringand crushed at least half of the furnace ducting. The walls crackednoticably, and when the roof was hinged into place, several rows ofshingles were torn and damaged. The guys doing the work said this wasall normal and they repair everything after the house is set. I dont know about you, but a new home should not be patched togetherand require a hundred or more repairs. I also noticed that they joining walls end up being almost 10 inchesthick and consist of way too much lumber. In fact, in order to keepthese homes in one piece during the move, they all consist of way toomuch lumber. In the end, the house looks attractive, but they are notstructurally sound, and are filled with flaws, patched items and otherdefects.I decided that I will build a stick built home which will be superiorand in the end, much less costly. I know my home will outlast all ofthose modulars too.J Tamier

Jan 10, 2007 21 Replies

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hallerb 19 years ago

odd a buddy of mine watched a bunch of neighbors home be demolished for interstate construction.

he reported wood homes were harder to demolish than brick, his theory was the wood siding helps hold everything together better.

sadly the tore down most of the homes and moved a few.

my buddy came within a few feet of losing his........

then they didnt need much of the vacated land. what a waste

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blueman3333 19 years ago

Yeah, but if you are referring to the same Fine Homebuilding issue that I am, then you may recall that the foam was on top of the wooden sheathing (not in place of)

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