Modular Homes and Manufactured Homes – What’s the Difference?
Author: Susan Davidson - Category: Modular Homes - Comments (0) - Add Comment
What a conundrum – a manufactured home is not a modular home, but a modular home is sometimes referred to as a manufactured home. No wonder homebuyers and homebuilders often confuse the two, or do not realize that there is a difference at all.
While both modular homes and manufactured homes begin in a factory, the assembly line is where the similarity between the two ends. What are the differences, then?
Manufacturing Process
It’s true that both manufactured and modular homes consist of manufactured, factory built components. The difference begins in the assembly.
Manufactured homes are built start-to-finish on the assembly line, from limited floor plans and with similar facades. Everything from the structural frame of the house to the cabinets and countertops is assembled at the factory site. These homes arrive at the dealer partially or fully assembled.
Modular homes, on the other hand, are not assembled completely at the factory site. Only the “modules,” or sections that make up the basic framework of the home is assembled at the factory site. These sections are then trucked to the site of the home build and assembled on location, much like a traditionally built, or stick-built home. Read more…