Joomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=27 2010-09-10T04:03:09-05:00 Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2006-10-09T09:49:20-05:00 2006-10-09T09:49:20-05:00 index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27 Rithirun Meas

<h1> <strong><font color="#4ba123"><u>System Basics</u></font></strong></h1><p>Modular homes are offsite-built houses manufactured in a remote facility and delivered to their intended site of use.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left" class="formarticle"><a style="border-width: 0pt; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; background-color: transparent" href="http://modular.homes.usa.googlepages.com/modular_home_1.gif/modular_home_1-full.jpg"><img style="border-width: 0pt" src="http://modular.homes.usa.googlepages.com/modular_home_1.gif/modular_home_1-full.jpg" alt="" /></a>The name "modular home" refers to a method of construction, rather than to an architectural style. Sections of a house, or modules, are completed in climate-controlled factories, and then transported to the building site on steel carriers. There, the modules are lifted by cranes and set onto a permanent foundation. Depending on its size, modular homes consist of 1 to many modules. The biggest, a 9,000 sq.ft. modular mansion consisting of 18 modules was assembled into a house within two weeks.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left" class="formarticle">Modular homes are built to the same state and local building codes and are subject to the same zoning regulations as are site-built homes. They come in variety of architectural styles (Cape Cod, Victorian, Ranch, Raised Ranch, Traditional, Saltbox, Split-Level, Two-Story, etc.). Some homeowners opt for virtually everything to be done in the factory; others hire local tradesmen to customize portions of their house, like kitchens and bathrooms.</p>