Panelized means that the complete walls of a house are factory-made in large sections, or panels. The doors and windows can be factory installed in the wall panels, which is called pre-hung. The panels can also be shipped as a "finished panel", ready for stucco.(Sheathed, vapor barrier "Tyvek" and metal lath) The panels are designed to goup quickly, immediately after delivery, with the roof, closed and locked upwithin a few days.
Panelized house offers these advantages:
- You can choose from a great variety of floor plans.
- Most can be modified to suit a buyer's needs.
- Savings to buyers, including professional builders and developers, who want factory houses made from their own plans and specifications. Many manufactures will turn out one or many panelized houses for any buyer.
- Do-it-yourself buyers can save time and money by doing their own building from a sophisticated house kit instead of going through the agony of building a whole house from scratch.
- Savings are possible on a vacation house that fits any of the first four categories above.
Quality Of A Panelized Home
Panelized houses conform to state and regional building codes. As a result, they are usually better-made than required by most localbuilding codes. Number One galvanized steel and high grade materials are used. Workmanship is usually excellent since it's a consequence of factory fabrication. Parts are put together in forms and jigs, which lock them into place like the mold for baking a cake. Also, there's little room for sloppiness because of the quality control over the assembly-line production of panelized houses.
The greater the number of house parts made in a factory, the less labor is required at the site. Thus, less likelihood of sloppy work and mistakes creeping in when the house is being finished.
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