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Workforce
ProBuilt Homes has a large factory workforce that produces it's quality homes. The workforce is divided up into areas such as floors, walls, roofs, trim, plumbing, electrical and so on, this allows each section of the modular home to be built simultaneously. All employees are trained in a specific skill that they will continue from day to day allowing each employee to focus on one task providing great quality. Another advantage to a large workforce unlike traditional site-built homes, if several employees get sick the project does not come to a halt, the factory will continue to build. |
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Materials
ProBuilt Homes only uses the highest quality materials. ProBuilt Homes inspects every load of lumber that arrives at the factory, if the lumber does not meet the high quality standards the material will be returned. ProBuilt Homes only uses kiln-dried lumber, if using lumber that is green or wet it will dry unevenly warping after the home is built causing multiple problems. Framing materials are the most important part of the home, if this material is green, warped or splintered this will slow down the building process and the material will not fit the assembly jigs properly. |
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Equipment
ProBuilt Homes is able to house large equipment such as board cutting machines. Board cutting machines allow a large number of the same piece to be cut exactly the same size for a precise fit. Large tracks and hoists allow the factory to move modules and other parts of the home at one time making the building process more time efficient. |
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Climate Control
Climate control is one of the biggest advantages that ProBuilt Homes has over traditional site-built homes. Being that the modular homes are built inside the factory allows ProBuilt Homes to build year round regardless of the weather. The other advantage of having the home built in a climate controlled area is that the home is shipped to the job site and only requires a 1 to 3 day window, depending on the size, to set the home onto the foundation and be weathered in. |
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Building Codes
A ProBuilt Home will meet or in most cases exceed state and local codes. ProBuilt Homes Builds in 13 states and some of these states have a higher code standard than others. Rather than trying to retool the factory every time a different home is built, they build all the homes to a high code standard. Site-built homes are usually built to the lowest code standards to try to keep cost down to compete in the industry. To ensure that ProBuilt Homes are built to local and state codes, ProBuilt homes hires a third party company to inspect the homes while they are being built. |
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High Strength Construction
Every ProBuilt home starts as an idea on paper and is eventually drawn by our engineering department. Because the homes are designed to be transported to the job site, often several hundred miles from the factory, they typically contain up to 30% more lumber than their stick build counter parts. Each section of the home must support itself separate from the others. When these modules are joined together at the job site, the result is a much stronger structure than a conventional frame home. |
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Quality Control
The first stage in quality control is the review of the home plans by the third party company. This allows any code compliance issues to be resolved before the home is built. After review the third party company signs off on the drawing which gives the factory approval for construction.
ProBuilt Homes will inspect the home in conjunction with the third party company to ensure the highest quality home. This is done by having a very detailed check list to make sure nothing is missed or constructed improperly. Usually with site-built homes, when a problem is discovered and has to be fixed it is thrown back on the customer. ProBuilt Homes incurs the cost if something is found and rectified immediately. |
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The biggest loss of energy efficiency in a home is air infiltration. Because of ProBuilt Homes building standard, they can reduce this problem. ProBuilt seals areas such as exterior sheathing seams, behind electrical boxes and plumbing holes through floors and side of the home. Once the home is set onto the foundation, foam seal is used to fill the gaps if any between the modules to even more seal the home. Tests from the U.S. Department of Energy have shown that modular homes have greater test results in energy efficiency than site-built homes. Click on the images below to learn even more about energy efficiency in today's building industry. Visit our Think Green section and learn how ProBuilt Homes can make your new home more energy and water efficient. |
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Planning |
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Planning to build a new home is a big task. In the planning process there is a vast amount of savings at hand. The overall design of the house from size and efficiency can save huge amounts of money not only up front but down the road. Sometimes it is best to get help from somebody such as a good general contractor to help plan the design and coordinate the site plan. ProBuilt Homes has the ability to install most of the amenities that a consumer would like in their home reducing allowances and decisions to be made later causing time delays. |
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Construction time frame can be a big savings if all the planning is done correctly. ProBuilt Homes can deliver a house in 4-6 weeks on average depending on the backlog for production. While ProBuilt Homes is building the modular sections the general contractor is doing site work and installing the foundation. Typically the consumer can move into the home 3 weeks after the ProBuilt Home is set onto it's foundation. This move-in date is based on good planning, and how much onsite work such as custom items has to be done. |
Cost Savings |
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Material
Because ProBuilt Homes is a factory and builds more than one house at a time there is a demand for a large quantity of material. ProBuilt Homes buys material in large quantities allowing ProBuilt Homes to get a significant volume discount that gets passed onto the consumer. |
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Labor
Most site-built homes are using all professional trades people that demand higher wages while all of ProBuilt Homes employees are well paid with benefits and can offer lower total labor rates. |
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Assembly Line
Assembly line efficiencies are a big savings in time and money. A modular home has all of its components being built at one time and then all put together one after another. A whole modular home can be built within 2-3 days in a factory because of these efficiencies and building system. |
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Material Waste
Because of the standard dimensions of most modules, there is little if any waste product. Odd and end pieces of lumber can be used later down the line for support or even shipping bracing and packaging. Also in stick-built homes there are losses of material due to bad weather, such as water or ice damage. |
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Theft
Theft on site-built construction sites can be a problem where there is not really any way to secure items until the main house structure is built. This can lead to thousands of dollars of loss on material. ProBuilt Homes factory is secure and the modules after leaving the building are stored in a secure storage area while they await delivery. |
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Guaranteed Price
Ordering a ProBuilt home is much like ordering a custom vehicle. Start with a basic standard and add the features and options that best fit your desires. Once this is completed ProBuilt Homes provides a detailed spec sheet showing all the features and options with a total contracted price. Throughout the process there are only change orders if YOU make the changes. |
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Financing
A modular home can be built faster than a traditional site-built home. With smaller building time frame, the consumer has less payments out on a construction loan, allowing the consumer to get more features and options within the same budget. |
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Insurance
Because a modular home can be set onto the foundation and secured faster than site-built homes the consumer lessons the risk of accidents, theft and vandalism. Because of the the shorter construction time the consumer also saves money on the construction insurance. |
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Design
ProBuilt Homes is a custom modular home manufacturer. Over the last 30 to 40 years there has been a huge change in technologies allowing ProBuilt Homes to build bigger and more custom homes. Consumers sometimes pay thousands even tens of thousands of dollars for an architect to design a home for them. Because ProBuilt Homes has there own engineering department, the consumer can submit a house plan to this department and they can create a modular home very close if not exactly to the plan submitted. Note that there are some restrictions on some designs that may not be able to be built in the factory, however good planning with the builder can accommodate these items. |
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Unlike site-built homes that only provide a minimal warranty, usually what the states require, ProBuilt Homes provides a 10 year limited warranty on the modular home which is included in the cost of the home. ProBuilt Homes uses large whole sale and large name brand companies which also provide additional layers of warranty on the material and products being used to build the home. |
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